On Tuesday, 11/29/11 we departed Rivers Edge Marina in St. Augustine, FL- fueled up and got an 11:00 AM opening of the Bridge of Lions. Headed out St. Augustine inlet and travelled south on a beam reach, 15K wind with a double-reefed main and the cutter sail- a wet ride- sailed through the night. We continued under sail on Wednesday on a starboard tack until the wind swung to the north and then died at around 5:00 PM. Motor-sailed until around 1:00 AM Thursday when the wind picked up again- NW 10-15K, starboard tack with just the jib, until we reached the gulf stream current close to shore- had to motor-sail again to maintain 5K of speed. We entered Lake Worth inlet (Palm Beach area) around 8:00 AM. Took a bus ride to West Palm Beach and a long walk around. On Friday 12/2/11 Leiby rented a car and drove Glen back to our car in St. Augustine. We almost had a head-on collision on Saturday in the rental car when a car being driven with the hood up and chased by the police came straight toward us, the wrong way in traffic. It certainly is scarier on land than at sea! On Saturday night we saw an elaborate, lighted Christmas boat parade. We stayed in Palm Beach, waiting for the weather to settle until Tuesday 12/6/11. We took a couple of walks around the perimeter of Peanut Island- a nice park walkway. We left Tuesday night around 5:00 PM and sailed on a port tack until the wind died and then motor-sailed through the night. On Wednesday, 12/7/11 we anchored next to the Venetian Causeway in Miami around 11:30AM. We have been enjoying our time in Miami- getting repairs to our dinghy engine, doing other boat maintenance, provisioning and having a package delivered from home. We are waiting for a weather window to cross the gulf stream to go to the Bahamas. Pictured: Glen and Leiby offshore; approach to Palm Beach; approach to Miami and me in front of the hotel Jer and I stayed at 2 years ago in South Beach.
omg scary about the close accident!! YIKES!
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