For all you snow birds who are heading south and perhaps thinking about crossing Lake Okeechobee to get to the west coast of Florida, take a look at this report from Peg and Jim Healy, very experienced cruisers on their Monk 36 Sanctuary. They crossed from east to west last week and wrote the following for Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net:
“The condition of the water is deplorable. In the anchorage at Stuart, the water is ‘Lake O chocolate milk.’ The water throughout the system is an ugly, dark brown. Water levels are high, and there are no water level issues on the St. Lucie Canal or at Clewiston…
“The downstream gate at the St. Lucie is misbehaving. It took several tries and at least half an hour to get it closed. Delays at that lock are possible until that gets corrected. The lockmaster is not happy.”
Read more:
https://cruisersnet.net/healy-report-okeechobee-waterway-east-to-west/
