Left Indiantown Marina in Florida this morning about 8:45 for Stuart. It was a short and mostly boring trip, but we had plenty of water under our keel. Along the way we think we found Arrow’s mother. One of our previous boats, Arrow, a 60 foot Consolidated was built in 1924. We passed by a Consolidated that must have been 110 feet long and looked very similar/familiar except, of course, in size. It made us very nostalgic. We were the…
Off to conquer Lake O today….. Left Roland Martin Marina at 8:15 and cruised right through the open Clewiston Lock heading east. It was a pretty day with sunshine, blue skies, light breezes and calm seas. The first hour or so we saw depths of mostly 6-7 feet where our charts were showing them to be 11-12 feet, but we didn’t have any problems. After about an hour and a half most of the depth sounder readings were between 9…
This morning we pretty much decided to head back to Ft. Myers. Based on the dock master telling us that she had six boats call the yard because they grounded between the Moore Haven Lock and Clewiston and needed prop repair/replacement. Also, our friends who now live in Cape Coral, emailed us last night to let us know that their friends did this same trip last week in their 48 foot Viking Princess with a four foot draft and grounded…
Woke up early this morning to dark skies and sprinkling rain. We tossed off our lines about 8:20 am to head for River Forest Yachting Center in Moore Haven, Florida which is our first stop before crossing Lake O. It turned out to be a beautiful travel day with sunshine and clear blue skies and remained that way for the whole trip. We are traveling on the Caloosahatchee River, so the water is brownish, but our view upon leaving Ft….
Preparing to leave our comfortable space at the Legacy Marina which we’ve called home for the past three weeks. Getting a little antsy to hit the road again. Yeah, I know, hit the waters again. We plan to leave tomorrow morning to head across Lake Okeechobee, or Lake “O” as the locals call her, to Stuart and Florida’s east coast. Lake O is big, it’s the second largest fresh water lake in the continental United States. Roughly circular, it’s approximately…
Monday, 3/25/19 – Tuesday, 4/2/19, The Legacy Marina, Ft. Myers, Florida Ok, it’s been a while since the last post just because there hasn’t been much happening to tell you about. We’re just hanging out at the Marina getting boat projects done, walking to the Historic Downtown and to Publix, reading, and ordering things from Amazon. Michael got a haircut at the Barber Shop in Historic Downtown from the historic barber who was 82 years old and has been cutting…
