We left Haulover shortly after sunrise on Tuesday morning and headed north on the Waterway towards Fort Lauderdale. Our original plan had been to head out of the inlet at Fort Lauderdale and sail the ocean to Lake Worth, thereby missing the numerous bridges that open on rigid schedules between these two locations. However our weather guru and travel advisor (Christopher) told us that the conditions were not right to go "outside". So, at Fort Lauderdale we continued up the Waterway with Dave and I thinking that we still could change our collective minds before the Hillsboro inlet not far north from there. As we neared there, the weather forecast was still not favourable so we resigned ourselves to the route of many bridges and kept going. Not too much later the skies opened up, thunder crashed and lightening flashed around us. Our advisor was right again.
Our timing for the bridge openings worked out well that day and we anchored when we got to Lake Boca Raton. We were pleased when we saw Chris and Divya on 'Maggie M' pull into the anchorage an hour or so later. Besides being excellent musicians, another attraction for Christopher is that Chris' full name is Christopher James as well, so he has started affectionately calling him "same name guy".
Wednesday we continued on and made it to the north end of Lake Worth. Chris and Divya showed us where to take the dinghy to shore and we explored the area a bit with them and traded stories over a supper out. Returning to the boats, the wind was calm which usually means a peaceful night at anchor. However, with no wind to make the boats all swing one way, boats were all meandering around often in opposite directions from each other, and we found the boat next to us that had no one on it kept getting too cosy with Tiffany Rose. With a gentle push (it was that close) it would meander away for awhile. I had this brilliant idea that we should sleep in the cockpit to keep an eye on things. Dave thought that a good idea for awhile, then wisely retired below. I was still convinced that I should sleep with one eye open so did so until the wind began to blow a bit and all the boats started behaving as they should. The other eye then closed but it was almost dawn. In retrospect we should have moved our anchor spot when we saw there was a problem but the decisions made in the middle of the night are often different from those you make in the light of day.
Wednesday we continued on and made it to the north end of Lake Worth. Chris and Divya showed us where to take the dinghy to shore and we explored the area a bit with them and traded stories over a supper out. Returning to the boats, the wind was calm which usually means a peaceful night at anchor. However, with no wind to make the boats all swing one way, boats were all meandering around often in opposite directions from each other, and we found the boat next to us that had no one on it kept getting too cosy with Tiffany Rose. With a gentle push (it was that close) it would meander away for awhile. I had this brilliant idea that we should sleep in the cockpit to keep an eye on things. Dave thought that a good idea for awhile, then wisely retired below. I was still convinced that I should sleep with one eye open so did so until the wind began to blow a bit and all the boats started behaving as they should. The other eye then closed but it was almost dawn. In retrospect we should have moved our anchor spot when we saw there was a problem but the decisions made in the middle of the night are often different from those you make in the light of day.
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