Daylight Savings Time started today so the Sun does not rise until 730. We rode our tandem bike 4 miles to church at 9 o'clock, then stopped for breakfast, and shopped at the adjacent hardware and Publix stores. Back at the boat we stored our provisions, bought ice, and cast off at 115. Boat traffic as we approached the intracoastal waterway inside St Lucie Inlet was very heavy, but once on the ICW it was easy going. At that point we began for the first time to have the red markers to starboard as we headed south on the ICW. The weather then was cool and clear. Wind was from the Northeast at about 5 knots so we sailed some but mostly motorsailed. After a few miles we entered Hobe Sound and begin to pass a string of palatial homes along the waterway. The two pictured below were over the top, we thought. The first was a boathouse larger than most everyone's house, and more elaborate, too. The second is harder to see in the picture but if you look at the extreme right you will see that the home has a waterfall. Don't know where the water comes from but there it is. The house itself was invisible behind a large expanse of lawn and landscaping up the hill.
After negotiating 3 bridges near the Jupiter Inlet, we found an anchorage just off the waterway with deep enough water but only just enough room to anchor from the bow and stern.
The third picture shows the technique we have worked out to keep the dinghy from banging into the boat all night when we are anchored or at a marina. We haul the bow up high and secure it with a fender between the dinghy and the boat. We have come to call that 'lynching' the dinghy, and it works well in a variety of wind and wave conditions.
Only 17 miles today, but we were only underway for half the day and did not hurry.
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