Day 14    April 24, 2018     Ft. Lauderdale to Lake Worth 

        

Most bridge openings are on a schedule, while some are on request.  When we came in the Port Everglades inlet on Saturday there were several sizes and shapes of boats on both sides of the bridge waiting patiently for the scheduled 3:30 p.m. opening.   This morning for the 7:00 a.m. it was only Aurora who stopped traffic.  Sure hope she didn’t cause anyone to be a few minutes late to their destination.  She was into the Atlantic early to avoid the predicted rainstorms in the afternoon, with sails up for a short time, then motoring 3 miles off shore avoiding any wave action for the rest of the trip.

 

It was a clear, calm day and arrived to the Lake Worth inlet around 1:00.  What wasn’t calm were the currents where we anchored, and after noticing every boat in the anchorage had their bow facing a different direction decided we were too close for comfort and went a few yards farther into the anchorage.

As predicted the storms came rolling through in the evening cleaning the sea salt off Aurora’s topside, but thankfully didn’t produce any significant lightening.  Even with the shift in current overnight our anchor held us in place for another comfortable night’s rest.

Nautical Miles:  45