Palm Beach Yacht Centre, Palm Beach, Florida

A container ship being loaded at Port Everglades

It was quite windy when we woke up this morning, we discussed whether it was a good day to travel. In the end, we decided to go since the whole day was in the protected intercoastal waterway, and we're glad we did. The travelling was great. We went under 18 bridges, 6 of which had to open for us. Luckily we didn't wait long at any of them. We also went by the very busy Port Everglades, which can have ocean going ships and cruise ships going every direction. Luckily, we saw some container ships being shunted around, others being loaded, and lots of cruise ships docked, but they didn't interfere with our travels at all (nor we with their's). We have passed by some huge beautiful homes in the past, but that is all we passed by today. It is hard to imagine that there are so many people with that kind of wealth such a small area. And many of these mansions have huge yachts docked in the front yard. However, we did see quite a few houses with "For Sale" signs on them.
Arrived here in Palm Beach just after 2. It was windy all day, but it didn't bother us as we travelled. However, the gusts as we tried to dock made docking rather challenging. This marina has very short finger docks, so we have had to figure out a new way to get on and off the boat. We  climb over the side of the aft deck, and land on the dock, or on a stool when the tide is in. Didn't know we could do it that way. The gate that we normally use is no where near the end of the finger dock.

A container shp being positioned by a tug

This small house is for sale if anyone is interested.

This price is for the lot between the house in the background (it is actually on the other street) and the intercoastal waterway.

We went by so many mega-yachts, as well as boats like this one that are a little different from the ordinary.

From beautiful boats to something you hate to see; it is a power cord going to one of the boats in the marina here with barnacles hanging from it. It obviously has been hanging in the water (ouch!!)

Went for a walk tonight, then ordered pizza for supper. The forecast is for winds for most of the rest of the week.  We will move on tomorrow to a marina that is better protected in the winds. Both winds and waves have us doing a lot of bouncing around here, even though we are securely tied to the dock.