Days Inn Fort Pierce Midtown

ICW Mile 965 Anchorage

by grandmaR

We anchored south of the bridge and off Harbortown Marina. We now prefer to go to the marina (see Marina tips)

It was ***very** windy (not protected from the east where the wind is coming from), and the boat swings **wildly** in the current - completely out of synch with the other 3 boats here. Every time the bridge opens it is noisy (bridge horn etc.) but there are almost no openings at night.

The boat rocks as it swings. It took Bob 2 tries to get the anchor set, and that almost never happens. Also the chart shows 8 feet, and the area has lumps. Tried to turn just after going through the bridge and it is shoaled up by the bridge. The shoal goes south down almost to the red marker that shows the marina entrance. There are also other lumps.

Anchoring closer to shore may be less current. We seemed to swing more than the other boats, and the wind was the same for all of us so it's probably that we have a deeper, larger keel and the current affects us more.

Fort Pierce, an oasis of rest in wild wild Florida

by Pavlik_NL

"Everywhere attractionparcs around, here it's quiet"

Halfway West Palm Beach and Cape Canaveral at the Northpoint of Hutchinton island you can find Fort Pierce. In a state full of attractionparks and busy cities, this town is a peaceful place where you can find rest. We choose this place as our residence here in a wonderful house on the island, just 300 metres from the beach. Fort Pierce itself can be called dull by many, but we liked it as it was a quiet place that brought all busy ones in a days drive from there. In the evening, but especially in the early morning, walking over the beach was a wonderful thing. We are used to see the sun set on our side of the Atlantic. The more special it is to see here the sun come up from the ocean.