Scott here. West Palm Beach has been a wonderful. We could spend more time here as well. But, we need to move. Hopefully we can take off before 7:30 am. Don’t know how the bridges are and we have a lot of them we need to have opened. I would like to get to our marina as early as possible to have time to get a pump out.

Initial Plan
Date: December 3, 2023
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Crew: Captain Scott, 1st Mate Rita, & K9 Jazzy
Start at: 7:30 am
End at: 2:30 pm
Total Time: 7 hours (4:51 hour travel time + bridges)
Distance: 43.7 miles

Hazards for the day

TM 3.1 ( ): Southwest Edge of Presidential Exclusion Zone, All vessels transiting this zone shall maintain a steady speed and shall not slow or stop from waters of the Lake Worth Lagoon including the Intracoastal Waterway from the southern tip of the Everglades Island in the north to approximately 1000 yards from the south of the bridge on the south and from the western shore line to the western edge of the Fisherman Island in the east. Vessels needing to wait for the Southern Boulevard Bridge to open in zone 2 are permitted to wait in this zone only for the draw bridge to raise for safe passage.

TM 8.9 (mm 1,031): Lantana Bridge, low steal is 20’, should have 3’ more in the center.

TM 16.6 (mm 1038.7): George Bush Blvd. Bridge, 9’ opens on demand

TM 17.5 (mm 1,039.6]: Atlantic Avenue Bridge, 12’, opens 1/4 & 3/4 hour

TM 26.1 (mm 1,048.3): Camino Real Bridge, 9’, open on the hour & 20 & 40 minutes.

TM 32.6 (mm 1,054.9): NE 14th Street Bridge, 13’, 1/4 & 3/4 past the hour

TM 33.9 (mm 1,056.2): Atlantic Boulevard Bridge, 9’, hour and half hour

TM 38.4 (mm 1,060.6): Oakland Park Bridge, anywhere from 18-22’, opens on the 1/4 & 3/4 hour

TM 41.9 (mm 1,064.6): Shoaling, A shoal exists in this area, have observed larger vessels run aground here at low tide while waiting for the bridge to open.

TM 43 (mm 1,065.8): Obstruction. Between G19 and G21 there is a submerged rock that TowBoat US knows about as they often are at that location. Do not go close to the greens. Stay mid-channel.

TM 43.4 (mm 1,066.1): Shoaling. Shoaling is starting to spill in from the east between G25 and the 17th Street Bridge in a couple of places. Stay closer to the center of the channel and the red side especially if you are a deeper draft vessel.