Out of Lollipop at 9AM. A lot of fog kept us in place longer than planned. It did give us time for coffee and such.
It's about 1:30. We are in the St Lucie canal on the East side of Lake Okeechobee.
The lake was non-eventful. 8 to 10 feet most places. Saw 6.5 just west of the Port Mayaka locks. The locks were open on each side so we just slid through. Easiest locking to date!!
We stopped at Roland Martin's Marina in Clewiston and fill up at the 10 hour mark. 65 gallons to fill. I learned many years ago to not trust fuel gauges and was glad to have her full.
The picture is the railroad bridge just East of the Port Mayaka lock. It only lifts to 45 feet. As we approached we were able to observe Captain Billy loading on 55 gallon barrels to the port side of a sailboat, fill them with water until the boat was healed over enough to allow the mast to pass under the bridge. A very interesting process. I'm glad that we did not have to participate!
It's about 1:30. We are in the St Lucie canal on the East side of Lake Okeechobee.
The lake was non-eventful. 8 to 10 feet most places. Saw 6.5 just west of the Port Mayaka locks. The locks were open on each side so we just slid through. Easiest locking to date!!
We stopped at Roland Martin's Marina in Clewiston and fill up at the 10 hour mark. 65 gallons to fill. I learned many years ago to not trust fuel gauges and was glad to have her full.
The picture is the railroad bridge just East of the Port Mayaka lock. It only lifts to 45 feet. As we approached we were able to observe Captain Billy loading on 55 gallon barrels to the port side of a sailboat, fill them with water until the boat was healed over enough to allow the mast to pass under the bridge. A very interesting process. I'm glad that we did not have to participate!
We are less than 20 miles from Stuart. One more lock to go. More later
No comments:
Post a Comment