As you can notice from the title, we did not make Ft.Lauderdale. Once again, we were on the wrong side of the tides and currents. One week either way would greatly improve our speed. With current against you, you cannot make the alotted time between the bridges and thus keep missing the openings. One bridge was within one minute of opening and the lady bridgetender forced us to wait another half hour. Very frustrating.
However, near the end of the day, the winds reached over twenty knots making these narrow channels lumpy and with white caps. Our alternate marina in DelRay Beach has only jagged pilings on the canal side that we are tied up to and the tide range is over 6 feet. I will be up several times tonight to adjust lines as the tide falls again.
Tomorrow we stay in Miami before we begin the run for the Keys.
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