DAY 14 -- September 30, 2006

7:45 am -- After breakfast -- Captain Ed and MaryAnn board the Navigator without me.  They cruise through the Queens Harbour Lagoon to the locks.  I am waiting for them since I have come by land -- in a car.

David, our Harbor Master, suggests taking the Inland Waterway south exiting to the Atlantic Ocean at St. Augustine rather than north at Mayport.  

8:35 am -- Navigator approaches the Beach Boulevard Bridge which is under construction.  A collection of barges blocks the channel.  After multiple radio calls Captain Ed successfully hails a tug boat captain who directs them through the construction site.   Mary Ann describes their passage under the Beach Boulevard Bridge:  ‘It was like threading a needle.”

10:10 am -- Navigator enters the Atlantic at St. Augustine -- David’s tip was a good one.    Once on the open ocean Captain Ed is able ramp up to 25 knots in a SE direction with a quartering sea.  Conditions are good.

2:05 pm -- Navigator is outside Cape Canaveral -- conditions are even better -- with a following sea --  one foot waves -- traveling speed at 28 knots.

6:47 pm -- Navigator makes the turn into the Inland Waterway through the Lake Worth Inlet -- fifteen minutes before sunset --  at mile marker 1017.

7:16 pm -- Navigator docks at North Palm Beach Marina -- slip number 85.

The trip from Harwichport, Cape Cod, Massachusetts is complete.  The voyage has been successful, fun and safe.

 Captain Ed and his “crack” crew all agree that this was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.  We know we are fortunate to have had the opportunity laugh as much as we did on this trip and to realize that even though we are getting older our original personalities ---- which brought us together in the first place -- are still intact.

Thanks to all our readers -- we hope you enjoyed the trip as much as we did!