November 13-15
An early morning departure on Saturday to catch the current and high tide at St Lucie Inlet was in our plans. We said good by to s/v Meredith and headed out. The trip was uneventful. We cruised past Ft Pierce, remembering last years trip with Liz Murphy aboard. There were lots of boats on the waterway since it was Saturday so the ride was not very calm. Winds were out of the north apx. 15-20 making for choppy water in the ICW. A few boats whizzed past without warning but Kinvara held her own. Once we made it to the St Lucie River we turned to starboard and headed north again up river. This was virgin territory but luckily it was an easy 7 mile run. We docked at Loggerhead Marina near downtown Stuart. It is nice with clean facilities but our slip is at the end of the docks and therefore we get hammered with all the waves from boats going in both directions. There is no breakwater or speed limit going by. We have spent 2 days rocking almost constantly, sometimes 30' of center, which is putting a lot of strain on our dock lines. To make it worse there was an air show both days which created more boat traffic and deafening noise. The first time watching, yesterday, was fun but again today it was loud. We took a dingy ride under 2 bridges across the river to another marina which we wanted to be in but they still had no room. There is a 2 year wait list. We think people come and stay there for the winter season. So tomorrow we are moving to another slip, a fixed dock, behind the floating docks where we are now. Hopefully it will be a calmer slip since we leave Kinvara for 2 months! Our friends, Sandy & Al are picking us up in the morning.
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