Frogwatch wrote:
Can anybody provide any useful info on inlets south of Saint Lucie for
a 28' sailboat with 13 hp engine? What about Jupiter inlet? What
about Hillsboro inlet? If Hillsboro inlet is ok, it would be good to
use it to get to West End because it lies enough south of West End to
be able to use a SE wind AND the Gulf Stream current to good effect.
Sailing direct from Lake Worth Inlet which is what most people do
would involve fighting the Gulf Stream.

Probably be faster to get down to a boater bar or marina and ask around.
Waiting for advice here could throw your schedule to hell.
And you can't get beer here.

Jim

On Apr 6, 7:57*pm, Jim wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
Can anybody provide any useful info on inlets south of Saint Lucie for
a 28' sailboat with 13 hp engine? *What about Jupiter inlet? *What
about Hillsboro inlet? *If Hillsboro inlet is ok, it would be good to
use it to get to West End because it lies enough south of West End to
be able to use a SE wind AND the Gulf Stream current to good effect.
Sailing direct from Lake Worth Inlet which is what most people do
would involve fighting the Gulf Stream.

Probably be faster to get down to a boater bar or marina and ask around.
Waiting for advice here could throw your schedule to hell.
And you can't get beer here.

Jim

I will not be leaving for a week or so. Am home doing honey-do stuff
and reluctantly going to work, gotta make some money to pay patent
fees.
I never did buy that Porta-bote and am kicking myself for not doing so
because the nesting dinghy (the fading yellow one) keeps catching my
jib sheets and eventually it will be at a seriously inopportune time
(like in heavy seas). So, I just found an 8' porta-bote in Crystal
River I may go get.
Meanwhile, when I see to many bits of political BS here, I toss one in
too. Shouldn't, I agree but I succumb to temptation.