Winds are forecast and look to be 5-10 from the NE everything else looks good so we left the Marina at 10:45 AM There was a light chop on the bay, there were lots of pleasure boats out at tah Passage and Egmont Key Islands fishing or enjoying the beach…
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Annamaria Is. Paellas
We went to friends Margie and Adrian’s today with a few other friends, Susan, Mike, Edin John who grew up with me on Aguirre Sugar Co. in Puerto Rico, and some other friends of theirs who came by, we were 15 in total. We cooked two Paellas, a…
Annamaria Is. Paellas
We went to friends Margie and Adrian’s today with a few other friends, Susan, Mike, Edin John who grew up with me on Aguirre Sugar Co. in Puerto Rico, and some other friends of theirs who came by, we were 15 in total. We cooked two Paellas, a…
Marina Jack to Galati Marina, Annamaria Is.
We got the boat prepared and left Marina Jack at 9 this morning. The weather was beautiful, with temps in the mid 80s and light winds. The bay waters were calm. We made our way up Sarasota Bay to Annamaria Is. where we pulled into the marina at no…
Marian Jack Thursday
It was a good weather day again today. This morning I did the holding thank pump out, it is not a fun or pleasant job but everything went fine.Aft that we drove over to St Armands Circle, a nice shopping area with lots of restaurants also. We…
Marina Jack, Wednesday
It was a nice day today not too windy, cool and not a cloud in the sky. we drove over to Anamaria island to visit frends who live there. We had lunch and spent most of the day there, touring the area it is very nice there. Their house is right on the b…
Marina Jack, Tuesday
The cold front which caused so much trouble over much of the South came through this morning. Lots of wind, some rain, and a little lightning, but, lucky for us most of the real bad stuff was not there.Spent most of the day doing some projects on …
Marina Jack, Monday
I got in touch with Enterprise Car rental about a car today. they picked me up at the marina at 11:30Once that was complete I drove over to a nearby hospital to have my blood/coumadin requirement tested. From the hospital I drove to a huge West M…
Marina Jack, Sunday
It was a nice day, clear sky, with East wind 10-15 mph degrees, temps 80-85. I washed the boat down, it had gotten quite a bit of salt spray on the two days travel from Ft. Myers. There were two other Monk 36 trawlers at the marina today I me…
Chadwick Cove, Englewood Beach to Marina Jack, Sarasota
Winds were very light this morning so we got the boat ready and left the marina dock at 8 AM. The tide was low so I took care leaving the marina through the shallow channel and never did touch bottom. Even though it is Saturday the traff…
