March 25th NH anchors at Lake Worth

NH spent theee nights at Lighthouse Point Marina which was the perfect spot to get some boat work done and relax by the pool in between appointments. A new stern truster has been installed so Nandad is very happy to finally have both thrusters working. I guess on a single screw engine this is very important! The Puritan EX head system turns out to be a little more problematic. Parts need to be ordered and then Ray will come find us wherever we are. It will be a very efficient “Craper Masher”  when the project is complete. The best news of all was the engine fuel did not need polishing and Nandad drained the filter - finally some task that we could complete. 

This picture above is a Barefoot Mailman on top of the Hillsboro Inlet Bridge. Legend has it that during the late 19th century nearly 28 miles of the mail carrier route for South Florida was traversed by boat and by walking along the sand from Palm Beach to Miami. James “Ed” Hamilton who was the third Barefoot Mailman disappeared in 1887 near the Inlet. It is speculated that as he was swimming across he was eater by alligators! Nana took this picture while biking to Hillsboro/Pompano beach with Nandad. 

This picture is of Cap’s Place Island Restaurant and Bar which back in the 20’s was a rum-running restaurant and gambling casino nestled on an island in the Florida bush. Now Nana decided that given it was a Wednesday night the chance that we might get a table could be reasonably good. A small boat takes you over to the island and the dock is right beside the slip where NH is docked. In 1990 the restaurant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Once we arrived at the restaurant the wait was 90 minutes so Nana and Nandad had a drink by the old bar and enjoyed looking at some of the famous people who had in the past eaten there - Clinton, Churchill, Roosevelt - to name a few. Unfortunately , due to the fact that we did not have a reservation, we did not get to taste the delicious food nor were we given a look at the menu! However we were not at all impressed, there was a distinct lack of friendliness - may be related to COVID fatigue. The building itself looked like it could fall down any minute. An overall disappointing experience. We had a delicious dinner at our local restaurant on the dock The Nauti Dwag.

Thursday NH leaves Lighthouse Point Marina and cruises 22 miles up to Lake Worth to anchor for the night. Once again we cruised under several

bridges passing Boca Raton, Caribbean Key, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, and find the perfect spot directly past the Lake Worth,Lake Atlantic Bridge to have a sunset dinner onboard. Tomorrow we plan to team up with Seneca and possible go to the Palm Beach International Boat Show. As with all boating plans we will see.