What a beautiful day we had on Friday to go out in our powerboat Coqui. We launched at Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter (no issues this time thanks to our Boat Boy Jim), and took a nostalgic trip down the Intracoastal Waterway to Lake Worth and Peanut Island. Jim had never been here, but this is our old stomping grounds from almost 40 years ago. Some things had changed, like most of the quaint little houses are now huge mansions taking up entire yards, with boats with four engines on lifts. Other things haven't changed, like derelict boats and other liveaboards anchored in every nook and cranny.
We even saw Captain Joe's water taxis. We worked with Captain Joe on the Empress of Palm Beach dinner cruise boat, oh so many years ago.
Luckily this time, conditions were perfect for the incoming tide to make the water very blue and clear at Peanut Island.
There was even a manatee and calf that cruised through. They sure are easier to see in the clear water. Coming down the brown ICW, we had a close call when one surfaced just two feet away from the side of the boat.
Dave sent a photo to Sharon of Jim talking to her on the phone, so she could see where we were.
After our picnic lunch, the guys went snorkeling. The water, although chilly, was the clearest Dave had seen it here, so the gulfstream must be close offshore the inlet. The guys said that there were all sorts of fish and three different types of jellyfish that they had to maneuver around.
We even got to see a ship go out the inlet. When we used to anchor our sailboat here, that was one of the highlights of our day, with such a busy port.
Taking a jaunt through the Port of Palm Beach, we saw this mega yacht anchored out.
As we were getting ready to pass in front of this other mega yacht, it gave us a loud warning horn signal, because it was turning up a side channel.
The wind picked up and the sun was getting low, so unfortunately we couldn't explore any further south. Someday we will do this again and see more ships, yachts, and Palm Beach mansions. We proved that "you CAN go back again!"
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