Vero Beach to Bahamas Dec 22 - Dec 24

Vero Beach to Grand Bahama Island, Ocean Reef Yacht Club (ORYC)

Dec 22 Sun:  We depart Vero at 9:17 am after topping off fuel, water, pump out, and take showers.  We arrived at north bridge Ft pierce 11:00am and made to our anchorage in North Lake Worth at 5:45pm.  There were lots of boats in the anchorage, and lots of shallow spots.  After we anchored the boat behind us moved, I guess he thought we were too close.  

Dec 23 Mon:  We depart 6:45 am, Shirley agreed that most of the the homes along the ICW were over the top, same for yachts. 

Lots of bridges on this stretch but there was not too much waiting.  We arrived in Ft Lauderdale at 3:30pm and waited for the last bridge opening before our exit out to the ocean. Heading out of the inlet was rough, just for Shirley,  and for a while after that, but seas did calm down and the rest of the night was good. We did not much sleep on our 3hr shift since the auto pilot was not working. We sailed most of way till the wind died. 
We received a message that Herb had passed away at 3:30pm, what a wonderful man, a real gentleman. 


Dec 24 Tue: We arrived in Port Lucaya 7:30am, port tie, Ryan, the dock master helped.  We cleared customs and immigration and head to ORYC at 11:30am.  Shirley did some shopping in Lucaya and bought ear rings she liked from last year. 

 Going into Silver Pt inlet was like coming home, folks in dinghies welcomed us, as well as lots of shouts from the beach. Tom met us at dock B3 and helped us tie up.   There was some mix up in the office about where we were located, Tom helped clear it up.  We are in B4 using B3 power.  Lots of hello’s and greetings, cocktails with Tom, Rick came by in his boat.  We went over to see Liz after a shower.  Dinner at Esters tonight then to bed for some much needed rest.