Adventures aboard Soul Purpose

03 April 2013 | Mouchoir Bank (Atlantic Ocean) and South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands
28 March 2013 | Sapodilla Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
27 March 2013 | Georgetown, Great Exuma
03 March 2013 | Rudder Cut Cay, Exumas
22 February 2013 | Allans Cay to Staniel Cay, Exumas
15 February 2013 | Paradise Island - Atlantis Resort
14 February 2013 | Nassau, Bahamas
06 February 2013 | Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera
02 February 2013 | Pineapple Cays, Eleuthera
19 January 2013 | Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas
08 November 2012
29 May 2012 | Dickies Cay to John Cash Point (near Marsh Harbor)
28 May 2012 | Fisher’s Bay to Cistern to Man-O-War Cay / Dickies Cay (back and forth across the Sea of Abaco)
27 May 2012 | Green Turtle Cay to Fishers Bay, Great Guana Cay
23 May 2012 | Crab Cay to Bluff House Marina, Green Turtle Cay
22 May 2012 | Crab Cay, Little Abaco Island to Crab Cay off Manjack Cay
21 May 2012 | Great Sale Cay to Green Turtle Cay, umm, nope, how about Crab Cay on Little Abaco Island instead?
19 May 2012 | Lake Worth, FL to West End (Settlement Point), Grand Bahama Island
18 May 2012 | Stuart, FL to Lake Worth (West Palm Beach), FL

Day 20: We have arrived!

09 November 2011 | Stuart / Port Saint Lucie, FL
Sunny
So in true Derek and Rachel style, we are a little late (okay 5 months late) in posting our final blogs from Leg 1, the trip from RI to FL, but I suppose it is better late than never...

We woke in Melbourne after the calm night at anchor (finally) and in true ICW form, pulled up anchor with groggy eyes and motored back into the "slow lane". We had only anchored in a small river just off the ICW, so within minutes we were headed south again with the wind gently blowing behind us. The sun was already starting to peak through; after weeks of "inordinate cold weather" per the locals, the prospect of sunshine was a phenomenal thought for our last day on the ICW.

As Derek posted last, we still hadn't figured out where to keep Soul Purpose once arriving in Stuart/Port Saint Lucie, so after some AM coffee and rasing the jib, I jumped on the computer and located several marinas tucked in behind the St. Lucie Inlet and the ICW. The cool thing about Port Saint Lucie is that you can enter another canal, just like the ICW, which takes you all the way to the west coast of FL and the Gulf. Unfortunately for us, we can't cross under all the bridges, so we won't be able to journey to the Gulf unless it is via the Keys, but for smaller boats (or ones without masts), you can easily run uner the 56' fixed bridges. Anyway, becuase of the canal that crosses FL, there are some deeper waterways in the Stuart/Port Saint Lucie area farther from open ocean and the ICW.

After a few calls to area marinas, we settled on Loggerhead, opting for a dock instead of a mooring. The per foot fee was too high for long term storage, but we deciced to figure out the long term plan once we were landlovers again and able to drive around to check out the other marinas and boatyards.

Now that business was compete and knowing we only had one final day of our water-trek, we settled into a relaxing afternoon grilling up the remaining food, catching some rays and sipping on drinks. The afternoon passed like many others and as the sun started to lower in the sky we turned off the ICW toward our destinatation a few miles inland. Coming into Loggerhead was a pretty straight forward besides the confusing dockhand...he really wasn't very helpful with directions as to which dock we were spending the night, but in true form, we winged it and landed safely tied up around 5 PM. We were excited to reach our destination 20 days after starting, but sad that it was coming to an end too.

Mom and Dad showed up shortly thereafter and helped us unload a few things - for the first time in 15 days, we locked up Soul and headed somewhere else for the night. She did a wonderful job transporting us to FL and we knew we'd be sad to leave her here for the winter, but at least we knew winter in FL was a better life for a boat than on the hard in RI! Tomorrow we'd start the search for a safe, suitable winter dwelling for Soul.
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Vessel Name: Soul Purpose
Vessel Make/Model: Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi 40
Hailing Port: Portsmouth, RI
Crew: Derek & Rachel
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Soul Purpose is a Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi 40 catamaran. She is 40' in length with a 21'6" beam and was manufactured in France. [...]
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