We reached Vero Beach, FL on Monday trying to stay ahead of the cold front due across the eastern part of the country. Departing the ICW, we entered a very sheltered ‘lagoon’ where Vero Beach Municipal Marina is located.
Vero Beach Municipal Marina is in a park like setting offering all the services and amenities that a cruiser could need. Vero Beach is within walking distance from the Marina and with our bikes we can be there in just under 10 minutes.
Photo: Vero Beach Marina (Compass Rose with another Krogen in the middle)
Vero Beach does not allow anchoring. The harbor has a mooring field with about 50 mooring balls each with at least 2 boats and most with 3 boats sharing the balls.
Photo: 3 to a mooring ball
That makes for over 100 boats here for the Annual Thanksgiving Gathering of Cruisers. Everyone will gather this afternoon for a potluck Thanksgiving Day dinner. The dinghy dock should be a site to see with dinghies tied up 3 deep you sometimes have to dinghy hop to get to your dinghy.
Photo: Dingy dock at Vero Beach (are these those manatees we've heard about?)
Vero Beach has become so popular for boaters that it has been nicknamed “Velcro Beach” because once here you just don’t want to leave and many have just made this their winter destination.
When we first arrived at the marina office to register we were given a brochure put out by the city entitled “Vero Beach Where The Tropics Begin, a Jewel in the Crown of the Treasure Coast”. So far we have found it hard to argue with that introduction.
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