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A Boat Trip Across the Okeechobee Waterway 2012 MacGregor 26M 1

The Okeechobee Waterway 2 Rt 1: 154 sm Rt 2: 165 sm Source: USACE Digital Visual Library

1928 Okeechobee Hurricane -- 2 nd deadliest in U.S. history: 2,500 killed in FL Result today: 30’ Hoover Dike surrounds the lake 145 mph winds at West Palm Beach landfall Eye passed over Lake Okeechobee Flooding to 20’ on south then north shores NOAA.gov taylorengineering.comhistoricpalmbeach.blog South shore 3

4 Bill and Sue’s March 2014 Trip Advanced this trip by car Timing: good weather forecast 1 Mar: Positioned trailer in Palm City, next to Stuart on the Atlantic coast 2 Mar: Launched at Cape Coral home Two overnights (separate slides): Port LaBelle and Clewiston 4 Mar: Trailered home from Palm City Various speeds--leisurely 3-day trip Multiple well-marked manatee zones up to power plant by Manatee Park--heavily patrolled by LE boats Helpful Resources Nautical chart 11428, Okeechobee Waterway Dozier’s Waterway Guide, Southern 2013, Florida, the Keys and the Gulf Coast, Chap 14, “Okeechobee Waterway” MacGregor 26M

Seen Along the Way ft Trumpy wood motor yacht Freedom Built Refurbished for $6 million Near-sister ship of former presidential yacht Sequoia

6 Okeechobee Waterway Locks Call Corps of Engrs (863) for waterway status Waterway has 5 locks Franklin (near Olga) Ortona (east of La Belle)… Moore Haven (west lake shore) Port Mayaca (east lake shore) St. Lucie (west of Stuart, FL) Locks open 7-7, 7 days/week Call lock master on Chan 13 …with boat name, direction--e.g. “sailing eastward,” and request for instructions to transit lock …or use horn: 2 long + 2 short blasts Enter as instructed (green light is displayed) Use your bumpers--lock walls have wet greenery Hold their ropes on walls--firmly, as water can surge a bit Let rope move in hands as boat rises or falls All easy. Just pay attention & do what lock master says St Lucie Lock Source: USACE Digital Visual Library

7 Locks in Action Ortona Moore Haven St. Lucie ft this day

Okeechobee Waterway Bridges 8 Fixed bridges are high--no issue except for big sailboats Railroad bascule (draw) bridges up unless train coming A couple swing bridges can be only 7-9 ft above the water Our MacGregor 26M--without mast mounted--had a height of about 7 ft, and we eased under them slowly without having to ask bridge master to swing for us If you’re higher, call on Channel 9 …or use horn: 2 long + 2 short If no radio contact, watch bridge in case it’s already slowly moving! Ft. Denaud Swing Bridge West of LaBelle Source: Hendry County Engineer 9

Where We Stayed 9 Roland and Mary Ann Martin’s Marina & Resort 920 E. Del Monte Avenue Clewiston, FL (863) Std room $95 + tax. Marine gas Dockage $1.50/ft w/motel room Port LaBelle Marina 1152 Marina Drive, LaBelle, FL (863) Dockage 50 cents/ft Gas (marine) open only Mon-Sat 9-1 Port LaBelle Inn (200-yard walk) 1563 Oxbow Drive, LaBelle, FL (863) Std room $86 + tax Restaurant closed Sun-Mon (and isolated location a mile from town) Source: Port LaBelle Inn

10 Port LaBelle Marina and Inn There are now a lot more slips than this shows -- and alligators…. Inn  Gas dock  Large Marina Sign Source:

Our End-Point 11 We pulled-out at Leighton Park, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave, Palm City, FL, about a mile south of the marina (after Bill doubled-back with the boat), and beside the Palm City Bridge. With boat on trailer, the drive back to Cape Coral took 3 hours. Sue got off the boat at Meridian Marina (formerly Martin County Marina… has no ramp), and drove our pre- positioned car & trailer (no charge by the nice marina folks after 3 days parked there w/permission) around to Leighton Park. Meridian Marina, 1400 S.W. Chapman Way, Palm City, FL (772) Source: Martin County Parks & Rec

Questions? 12

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