December 17th.... Peck Lake to Lake Worth, FL

With a cup of coffee in hand, I dinghied over to "Night Hawk" to discuss a plan for the day. We only had about 20 miles to go so there was no huge rush. It was decided that we all needed a walk on the beach before heading out to deal with 7 bridge openings.

Peck Lake is separated from the ocean by a 50 yard dune that is covered with vegetation. You can't see the ocean from the anchorage, but you can hear the waves crashing on the shore. We walked down the beach a mile or so and then turned around. In one specific area there were about 50 small boats fishing with cast nets. They would throw their nets and then back up their boats as they hauled them in. It looked like an accident waiting to happen.

Whatever they were fishing for moved gradually to the north and the boats followed.

When we returned we got the boats ready for travel and headed out at about 10:30. The trip south through a few lakes, Hobe Sound and finally Lake Worth was uneventful. The bridges are a pain. Some open on request, but most here in South Florida are restricted to the hour and half hour so there is usually quite a bit of time spent treading water waiting for an opening.

Our anchor was down adjacent to the inlet at about 3:30 in the afternoon.

We spent the rest of our daylight hours preparing "Sapphire" for ocean travel, and had some chicken for supper.