Was glad I tuned in the Waterway Net, because they have an excellent weather forecast for the Bahamas and the rest of the Caribbean. Now we know what to listen to before we take off for the Bahamas. I had a hard time getting on the net, but finally succeeded and found out the Bonny Dundee is still in North Lake Worth.
Batted zilch on phoning boatyards in the Stuart area. Most of them didn't have channels deep enough for the Jofian to get into, one was out of business, and another didn't accept do-it-yourselfers. So back to square one.
I reviewed my notes on other yards I'd phoned. The most promising seemed to be Old Slip Marine in Riviera Beach, which is maybe twenty miles south of Stuart and forty miles north of here. They require buying in their store, but their rates are very low. Roy and I decided to go up there and check it out. By dumb luck, Tri-Rail is free today and tomorrow. The shuttle buses are always free, so we rode the free shuttle bus to the Tri-Rail station and the free train to West Palm Beach and the free shuttle bus there to downtown. The only fare we had to pay was on the local bus to and from Riviera Beach, and that was only fifty cents apiece, so we travelled nearly a hundred miles for a total expenditure of two dollars.
The yard was definitely the best we've seen since we've been here, as well as being the lowest priced. The people are all very friendly and pleasant. It's a lot like Cobb's, but with private showers. It's next to a park, just off the ICW, and only a couple of blocks from the local bus. Couldn't be much better than that. We made a reservation for Friday at their marina for a week, and then we'll haul out. They didn't even ask for a deposit on the reservation! It's a load off both our minds to finally have a boatyard to go to.
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