Y Knot Now

Hello from cloudy and rainy Riviera Beach, FL (just north of West Palm Beach).  I picked up Y Knot Now, a 2007 40-foot Mainship Trawler in Ft Lauderdale this morning.  She is a beautiful boat with a cherry interior and teak holly flooring throughout.  She is powered by a single 440hp Yanmar diesel and a 8.5kw Kohler generator both with about 400 hours.  She is in excellent condition and was ready to begin her trip north.

After a brief safety inspection and a thorough check of all the systems, we got underway just past 1:00pm in the afternoon.  It was very cloudy and windy, but always nice to be making way and smelling some diesel burn.  About 3:30pm as we were waiting for the Camino Real Bridge to open, the rain came... and boy did it come down.  After a 30 minute gully washer, it finally just drizzled the rest of the day.  The drizzle was only an inconvenience as we continued north on the ICW. 

We arrived at Riviera Beach Municipal Marina at 7:15pm or so putting 47 miles under the keel.  We got Y Knot Now tied up in a slip and finished a few odds and ends before heading over to dinner at the Tiki Bar around 8:00pm.  It was not a very eventful day, but a good start to our long trip ahead.  We will need to settle up with the marina in the morning since they were closed when we got in tonight.

We are looking forward to another productive day tomorrow.