Vero Beach to Lake Worth

Thanksgiving week was pretty busy!  Our newest crew member, Alice joined us on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving.  At Vero, Thanksgiving is a "big to do" but with over 180 people and the possibility of rain, the dinner at the park didn't sound inviting, so Chef Ed cooked a small turkey breast, stuffing, mashed potatoes, maple carrots, cranberry sauce and we even had apple and pumpkin pie for dessert.  Later, after dinner we heard the call "Makai, Makai" and there was Scott and Kitty from "Tamure" who we hadn't seen since leaving them in Norfolk in May.  But after 3 weeks of Vero it was time to move on.  So we started looking at the weather and decided that Monday would be a good day to go.  As we were finishing up things on shore on Sunday, we met up with Rick and Linda on "Sojourner".  They had just arrived on Sunday and were also planning to leave on Monday.  Our plans were to go down the ICW but after checking the weather again, we decided to drop anchor at Fort Pierce which is only 14 miles from Vero and stay over night for an outside trip to Lake Worth.  We dropped anchor by noon and as the day went on, the anchorage became crowded with more than 10 boats pulling in, and "Sojourner" was one of them along with 2 boats he was traveling with, "Bravo" and "Avalon".  We talked about Tuesdays outside run and decided to leave at 6:30 am for the 54 mile trip to Lake Worth.  Captain Ed fought the 3 knot current going out the inlet but the day was perfect.  We could of used more wind, but was able to put up the sails and motor sail.  The water was calm and the skies were cloudy but it was nice and warm.  So, here we are currently at anchor at Lake Worth where we will stay until the weather gets better.    The sun is shining but the winds are blowing 20-25 knots so we are on anchor watch .  Two other boats already had to re-anchor as they were not set and were dragging!