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Trip Start Jan 30, 2008
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Delray Beach Yacht Club
(Delray Beach hotels)

Flag of United States  , Florida,
Monday, February 18, 2008

      Almost there!  We are currently in Delray Beach, Florida a days trip from Fort Lauderdale, which will be our jumping off point.   Navigating this area of the Intra Coastal has been pretty tricky, especially when anchoring for the night.  We draw 6 feet so many marinas around here won't take us, whenever we want to refuel and plug in for the night.  Its alright though, we finally found a great place tonight and we're pretty exhausted after the weekend.  Motoring through Palm Beach on a weekend was insane!  So many yachts everywhere.  It was lifestyles of the rich and famous right in front of us.   The boats just got bigger and bigger, along with the houses!   You know there big when you have to question yourself on whether it's a country club or a house.  There was also a fishing tournament going on, so you have these huge sports fishing power boats racing by you one after the other.  It was a pretty exciting and stress full day all at the same time.  It would have been fine if our boat was racing around like these cigarette go fast boats, but we were motoring at about 7 miles an hour haha .
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 .  Felt like we were riding a bike on the Autobahn.  Anyways, our last couple meals have been pretty good.  Last night we had a southwest chicken, rice, and corn mixture.  Doesn't sound like much, but with some spices and hot sauce, it turned out great.   Penne pasta, grilled chicken with marinara sauce was for dinner the night before last and and prior to that was Bangers and Mash.  We tried fishing at our last anchoring spot, but couldn't get anything!  It was even worse because about 50 yards off the boat, pelicans were having a field day diving and getting their dinner.  We'll get ours soon enough.  The weather down here is amazing!   We're all getting pretty tanned now and t-shirt and shorts are finally a steady attire for us.   From here on out we're looking for a weather window that is looking like Wednesday through Friday.  Until then, we will do our last food shop and attain some last minute bits of hardware we need.  Keep your fingers crossed for good weather and South winds! 
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westinlord
westinlord on Feb 18, 2008 at 06:49PM

palm beach
it could be one of the most over the top places ever

pennylane21586
pennylane21586 on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:20PM

sweet
wow....i am so jealous and amazed at you guys. have tons of fun and come back in one piece! or three...

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