Wednesday April 13, 2011

Ship from China in Fort Lauderdale


Lat 25 57 60; Long 80 07 64; Fuel 156 gal; eng 692.42



left Turnburry this morning in order to travel up to Lantana where hopefully, I can get the Inverter fixed. Along the way, we traveled through Fort Lauderdale. I can't believe the number of large and I mean really large yachts moored along the waterway. Our boat could serve as a tender on some of them. When we at Turnberry, I mentioned the large yachts in the harbour (100 ft +) to the harbour master and he said that two of them were owned by the same person (a Mexican gentleman) and he had another in the Mediterranean. One of the yachts was going to the Caribbean and the other would stay here. I wonder what he does for a living?


A few of the yachts along the way




The trip down was without incident and we traveled about 45 miles. Lots and lots of bridges crossing the ICW. Some of them we can get under without opening because they are at least 19 feet high at the centre. However some of them we have to wait until the scheduled lift time which depending upon the bridge occurs at either on the half hour and hour or on the quarter past and quarter to the hour. They have timed the bridge openings so that if one opens at the half hour, the next will open at quarter to the hour. You usually have enough time to make the next opening.

Went to a great restaurant in Lantana - The Grumpy Grouper - sort of the local bar but great food.

Lanata Marina while a nice marina has no pump-out or fuel. Along this stretch of the ICW, this is quite common, so you have to look for marinas which have these facilities if you need them.

And Joe,Laura and Lesley, you need to get this rig for rowing.