Headed up to West Palm Beach yesterday. It was slow going due to the many bridges we had to wait for. We arrived at Palm Harbour Marina during mid tide. The current was running at 4 and a half knots! We turned down the fairway, and the current overrode our bow thruster and turned our boat sideways . This was truly a very scary situation. As John tried to set the boat straight, our bow thruster overheated and stopped working! Then...the slip we were to go in to, already had another boat in the slip. We were told to wait a minute, while they scrambled to find us another slip on that dock. To make matters worse, another boat started to pull out of a slip. I had to run up to the bow flailing my arms and yelling for them to stop! Finally, using the stern thruster, we were able to back into our slip. It was by the grace of God that we didn't really damage our boat. Yes, a beer never tasted so good after all that.
Last evening, we cleaned up, walked around the town, and had dinner at a wonderful restaurant.
Ahhhhhhh :-))
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