January 2nd – 4th. Lake Worth, FL

After a fantastic breakfast at the Paris In Town French cafe we moved Catalpa about 5 miles south down Lake Worth toward West Palm Beach.

We passed the Port of West Palm Beach. It’s a busy spot where cruise and container ships come in from the ocean.

They exit through the Lake Worth Inlet. Near the inlet are many sail boats waiting to cross the Atlantic to the Bahamas. It’s only 55nm between West Palm and the Bahamas. I’ve been told that it has been a while since there was a decent weather window for the crossing. The Gulf Stream runs between Florida and the Bahamas. If the wind and current are wrong the ocean can produce big waves out there.

We decided to go out the inlet and bounce around in the Atlantic for a while.

Wait a minute! I don’t even have charts for the Bahamas! We turned around and went back in the inlet. The current was strong.

Our main reason for moving was the Palm Beach Sailing Club. For a fee, they allow visiting sailors to use their dinghy dock and facilities. We were also getting very low on water. We filled up. The anchorage area is a bit open to the wind but it is convenient to have a safe place for the dinghy and hot showers.

Ollie and I explored some of the surrounding neighborhood. There are a number of small parks along the waterfront. One had a dog park.

Scenes from the Palm Beach Sailing Club.

Club house.

Catalpa is in the background (somewhere).

Dinghy dock.

Catalpa anchored in Lake Worth (West Palm Beach).

This next picture was taken by my brother-in-law on Hobe Sound. It may be the only picture with all three of us on the boat.