Day 138 - February 16, 2013: North Palm Beach and Stone Crabs

With high winds and a cold front coming through, we decided against anchoring out and chose to move up 10 miles to the well-protected North Palm Beach Marina. We had wind gusts up to 31 mph during the evening, and temperatures fell into the low 40s, more than 20 degrees lower than last night.

We had a close call on the ICW, with a large cruiser coming within 10 feet of our port side while passing. It threw a massive wake which rolled Great Laker heavily back and forth and could have done severe damage. I'm very disappointed with the lack of many of these captains' skills and basic courtesy in this area.

You never know what you will see on the ICW. I don't know if this house is worth saving, but someone is taking the trouble to move it somewhere.

Used house on the move

Before departing, we went over to the Greenmarket near the marina. This farmers market was nicely laid out in a very spacious park setting near the water. We ran across a seafood booth with fresh Stone Crabs from Marathon and left with plenty for dinner. After arriving, we had our first stone crab meal, and it was delicious. The cracking was fun and done largely with a hammer. However, there were bits of shells and crab everywhere.

Preparing Stone Crabs for dinner