CRUISED ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!

We left Lake Worth inlet along with so many fishermen through the cut to the Atlantic Ocean! The exit was the experience of a lifetime!! With all the waves from the boats and the currents coming and going, we were going sideways and fronts and backwards... but once finally out there (10 min. max).... we were totally fine and looked like seasoned travellers. It was not near as rough as when Paul test "drove" the catamaran on the Gulf side of Florida. BUT... we will lock shut the fridge tomorrow as the oil from pickled peppers flew out of the fridge along with the green relish. I am actually so glad the fridge was packed tightly with food as then nothing else moved around.

We were about 3 miles offshore with the shoreline in total sight, and we traveled about 50 miles from Lake Worth to Ft. Lauderdale. When we entered Ft. Lauderdale, 7 huge cruise ships tied up there. I mean HUGE.... and I imagine all the people coming and going to crew and those traveling on them that are helping the commerce here in the great city of Ft Lauderdale. I saw the Oasis of Seas... the widest I've ever seen and I also wrote down the name of the Crown Princess... and 5 others that I could not see names of. Awesome!!

One of many megayachts here.

We traveled inland on a "canal" system to New River here in Ft. Lauderdale. We had a reservation on slip #3 at the municipal marina. It is a fantastic slip and the least expensive slip we've paid for. As we travelled up this canal we saw millions of dollars sitting on this one canal... megayachts and sleek boats. I haven't seen anything like this since 2009 in St. Maarten! The economy here is booming! We saw so much in this one day that I've only seen in movies and magazines. After we docked, we then see these megayachts travel by us, some are piloted by a tug because they are so huge and the canal is so narrow.

The back tug boat is helping to turn it

This is the front tugboat... helping to guide it through the tight canal. 

One Megayacht being towed through the canal

www. novascotia.com is seen here by Theodore the Tugboat... anyone who had children when we did would know who that is and he had many other cast members on that children's tv show. I actually thought Theordore was a fictitious character but no... an actual boat for promoting tourism.

There are so many manatee here in this canal !!

We are one day from Bimini and the exit to the Atlantic will be more gentle than at Lake Worth, as it is much wider inlet (hence the cruise ships) and the fishing boats will not give us a problem. The waves tomorrow are suppose to be only 2-3 ft instead of 4 sometimes today. We will be staying at The Big Game Club in Bimini. Again we should be there shortly after lunch. We will be checking into Customs there... getting the fishing license etc.

This is the last blog for awhile, but the marina tomorrow may have free wifi... otherwise we have our SAT phone and we can blog when we get to Nassau. So if there is no blog for a couple of days, no worries.

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