Palm Beach

Well we're warm wonderfully,sweatingly warm. The sail down the intracostal from St Augustine is pretty straight just like the coastline . There is a little bit of interesting navigation as you go around inlets and the water is beautiful when it comes in from the sea. Overall straight and shallow, but really fun. We have been seeing lots of dolphins sometimes they swim with us. Once there were 2 on either side of the boat and they swam with us for about 1/2 mile. Tom said that he felt like King Neptune, with his chariot drawn by a team of dolphins. there are many drawbridges on this route and they too provide a bit of a challenge. sometimes there are 3 or 4 in a row. Usually the timing works out but sometimes you get through 2 and wait for the next one for 1/2 hour or so. It always seems that the wind and current push you forward when the bridge is closed and hold you back when the bridge is open and the bridge tender is telling you to keep moving up. Tom is really good at managing to turn and wait in small spots. I make sure I am not at the helm when we are going through drawbridges even though you might think I would be used to them from Eel Pond. O, well. We are in Lake Worth in Palm Beach waiting for the weather to be good for crossing the gulf stream. It is really hard to be patient and we hope we get to the Bahamas before the kids.