Vero Beach to Lake Worth

Going as fast as a turtle.....

One think about sailboats - they only can go so fast.

We got up at 6 in the morning just as there was some light in the sky, kicked over the motor and left the mooring field..  As we went south we consider where we were going to fuel up - we were getting to the point of needing fuel.. Since we had 8 bridges with 4 of them being restricted to opening at certain times we didn't think we could make Lake Worth to re-fuel.  Alternative was to stop at Ft Pierce and get fueled up.  It was only 10 miles south of Vero Beach and on the way I realized we could go out into the ocean and sail down the coast and back into Lake Worth inlet AND MISS ALL THE BRIDGES!  Sounds like a plan...

NEED TO TAKE MORE PICTURES...

We got into Lake Worth about 5pm and rafted up with Pegasus.  Being the gracious hosts, they had drinks and dinner ready for us. We got about 6hrs sleep before the up anchor signal was given and we were under way AGAIN at 1:30am.. There was an outgoing current and tide which pushed us out the inlet about 8kts... Four boats were making the crossing headed from Lake Worth to the Bahama Bank.

 

We had a NE swell of about 3-5 ft with wind driven wave from the east causing plenty of chop on the water.  This kept our speed down to 4.5 kts and made for a long trip.  We made it onto the bank about 10:30am, this was about 3hrs later than we expected.  Now we had to get to Great Sail and anchor for the night.

We got to Great Sail in the dark about 8:30p,  very tired but happy - WE WERE IN THE BAHAMAS.

Tuesday morning we all got up and headed to Spanish Cay where we would get a slip and clear in customs and immigration.

 Customs over here is real treat, you never know what it going to cost you or how much time they will give you..  It cost us $150 and got 90 days.  As a side note, a boat came in today and had to pay $300 for the same size boat.  Go Figure.