We had made reservations at Lake Park Marina at the south end of Lake Worth but started exploring other options as we made our way south. We knew we were in for a big blow on Sunday and wanted to be as protected as possible. We called Old Port Cove Marina (about 5 miles north of Lake Park) and found that they could accommodate us so we headed there instead.
Every time we leave Vero, we seem to have some engine issue and this time was no different, barely under the bridge just south of the mooring field the alternator belt started screeching. I shut down and we drifted while Dan tightened it. We did that two more times and decided to slow back for a while. We concluded that the batteries were low enough that they were demanding too much from alternator and thus the engine. Everything settled down after an hour or so.
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| Vero mooring field at its best! Ready to head toward Lake Worth area. |
We arrived at Old Port Cove before 4:30 and settled in wait for the blow. We called Tess Hinckley who we connected with the last time we were in the area and found that we were even closer to her here in OPC. She has been dealing with some health issues so offered to pick us up and lend us her car for a while. We took her up on the offer and of course found the nearest Publix.
The blow came in with a vengence and we rocked and rolled and creaked and groaned for a LONG time. When things settled down we contacted Tess again and have had several good visits and shopping trips with her!
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| Tess, Jeanne and I went for nail treatment. The ladies asked me to remove age spots and wrinkles....sorry I don't have that much time or patience. We are what we are! |
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| Here we are at Old Port Cove, not exactly a sailboat haven! We are the mast just under the moon a little to the left. Ragtime did nave a few more sailboat neighbors than we did. |
Our whole time at Old Port Cove I felt like a hanging chad...here we are in Florida and are full of indecision! Where to go?? No areas south of here seem to have any slips, it seems everyone is sitting tight waiting for El Nino to settle down! Jeanne and Gerry had decided to hang at OPC for the duration - - - and not worry about trying to cross to the Bahamas. We spent the next week saying "What are we going to do???" No answers seemed to arise. We have enjoyed OPC, but it is relatively expensive and we didn't want to keep bugging Tess to use her car.
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| While driving around yesterday we went to one of the large malls in Palm Beach, of course Dan and Gerry didn't mind, it was Sunday and it was before noon so all the stores were closed, but there was a wonderful art exhibit of loads of Dr. Seuss illustrations. |
Finally yesterday Jeanne, Gerry, Dan and I drove around the area checking out other marinas and found that Loggerhead Marina at Palm Beach Gardens had a good monthly rate and we learned that Sevilla had just made a reservation to spend a month there, so we moved HERE this morning. It was a 4 mile trip NORTH!! We have rented a car for a month and will do our worrying again in a month!!
Dan has had fun with his camera, here are some of his shots.
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| We passed Edge, Bud and Tessie's old boat as we went through the PGA bridge and also got a kick of the "hard top" setup on the sailboat in front of it. I assume they do a lot of cocktails "up" on deck!! |
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| We've been fascinated by the banyan trees down here. This one was pretty amazing. |
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| We wish we knew who this creature was, we're just glad he was on the piling and not on the boat! |
As we won't be moving much for a month, I'm not sure how much blogging I'll be doing, but we'll see... ~~~_/)~~~M&D
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