Monday, March 7, 2011

We move about a half mile in Lake Worth

We slowly hauled the anchor after being here for a month.   Barb scrubbed the anchor rode while I pulled it aboard.  As we lifted the anchor from the bottom we saw a marine head (toilet) hooked on our anchor.   It is impossible to tell when we snagged it.  Maybe the anchor hooked onto the marine head while we hauled the rode.  In any case, the anchor held successfully for several weeks.  We made our way to the Old Port Marina without raising the anchor and head out of the water.  As we approached, the marina staff suggested we slow down and raise our anchor before we entered the marina, but I said that our ground tackle included the head and that we would remove it once we got to our slip.  They had big smiles on their faces as we passed by.  We were told at the marina that several vessels sank in the area in Hurricane Wilma.  Maybe the head came from that event.  At least we didn't hook an entire boat and we have done our part in cleaning up some of the junk at that anchorage.



Now we have a day to clean up the boat, do laundry, pump out the holding tank and fill the water tank in readiness to head south and to pick up our dinghy in Pompano Beach.  Stay tuned.

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