Back On The Water

We are pretty much settled in now and have started kayaking again. Although I didn't have my camera for the first trip, we went in the mangrove backwaters of the St. Lucie River's North Fork, along with some new found friends, who showed us the way.

Today we went to Sandsprit Park and kayaked the perimeter of Manatee Pocket. The tide was really high and actually washed over the fish cleaning station at the launch ramp (yes that is a real pelican on the piling by Dave).

There are tons of huge sportfishing boats docked at the numerous marinas in the area. 

Hinkley Yacht now only services huge motoryachts and their own brand of boats.

We even saw a boathouse, which is very unusual.

This is a pretty rare sight too...a boat with Volvo IPS drives which have counter rotating props facing forward. The exhaust comes out the opening in the back and it steers independently. This is a big boat to be on a lift!

We came across one of our Sailing Club members boats from Hope Town, that he sold a couple of years ago. It used to be immaculate, but it has gone downhill, which is sad to see. However, it is a 1966 boat, which is amazing.

Here is the queen of the harbor. It is a gorgeous Chesapeake Bay Oyster Buy Boat. At the stern was a manatee trying to drink the water from the air conditioning outlet. How appropriate since it IS Manatee Pocket after all!

Lastly, we saw the best name for a boat (he may be dunboatin too 😉)....

There were several side canals that we wanted to check out, but decided to save them for next time. It sure was great to be exploring by water again!