- 52.4 miles
- 7 hours 56 minutes
- 6.7 mph average speed
- 13-18 mph winds
We took the inside route from Ft. Lauderdale to North Palm Beach. Winds were 18 mph when we arrived at the marina but Kevin did an amazing job docking the boat. We were glad to be in a marina with nice laundry and shower facilities and a nice restaurant after having been at Pier 66 which was under renovation and had no amenities. We were even gifted a bottle of wine when we checked in to the marina! Dinner at the onsite restaurant, Belle’s, was wonderful.
We spent all day Wednesday doing a little cleaning, laundry and waiting for a serviceman to come fix our head (toilet). It was super windy again today so we were glad to be docked. As we spent the day waiting for the serviceman, we only got to go out for dinner. We went to Stormhouse Brewery which was good and, as a bonus, it was Trivia Night. The Perfect Match team did not fare very well in the game but we had fun trying!
Flagler Museum is the former winter retreat, Whitehall, of Henry Flagler and his third wife. Whitehall is a 75 room, 100,00 square foot mansion built in 1902 as a wedding gift for Flagler’s third wife. The New York Herald described Whitehall at the time it was built as “More wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world.” It would be worth looking further into Flagler’s biography as he was an amazing self-made millionaire who was also very generous with his wealth. He was a founding partner in Standard Oil, the largest and most profitable corporation in the world for over 100 years, and was also responsible for much of the development in Florida, including hotels and a railway from St. Augustine all the way to The Keys which established many of Florida’s east coast cities as tourist destinations.
After touring the beautiful Flagler Museum, we had lunch at Almond in Palm Beach.
