Delray Beach City Marina - at a dock

The slips are wide. Notice the long gangway, never too steep like at some marinas. 

 When you’re in a good spot for doing boat chores, you want to take advantage of the opportunity. The city marina here is small, only a strip of docks, perhaps 20 in all but they are absolutely first rate in every respect. The city recently renovated the marina and in the process spared no expense. The docks are concrete, each dock has it’s own aluminum gangway, each dock has its own free pump out station, the ice is free (as much as you want), water for your boat, and the washer and dryer do not take coins (it’s free too). Of course, they have bathrooms and showers and they are very well kept. 

The stormy season is starting in earnest in Florida - we’ll have to negotiate that going north

The docks are at a right angle to land so you have to allow for current as you pull into your slip. We didn’t do quite a good enough job at that but the 60 ft fingers have rubber protection on the entire length. There’s a resident Dockmaster that will help you in, a very jovial chap who will give you the pass key for the showers and laundry and for doing your own pump out. 

So, being all fired up in getting things done, I did a pump out, took on water, did a laundry, defrosted the freezer, and otherwise got Fleetwing ready for the rest of the trip north. As a greeting, Mother Nature provided a lightening and rain show for us and the weather looks to be unsettled for tomorrow when we really need to go north so we can keep our date with the A/C repairman in Titusville on Friday. But then, watching the weather while on the water is nothing new for us cruisers.