The winds were down to 15 mph today so we got on the move again. We left Legacy harbor about 8:30 am and went over to the Ft Myers Municipal Yacht Harbor where they sell fuel, including diesel, we filled the tanks which took about 133 gallons @ $3.87 i…
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Legacy Harbor, Thursday
Another very windy day today, walked into town and to the Publix store a couple of times. This evening there was a boater’s potluck dinner at the Palapa by the pool. Every one brought a dish Marsha made Crawfish pasta with some crawfish we brought from…
Legacy Harbor, Wednesday
It was VERY windy in Ft Myers today so another day in the Marina, not much fun but better than being out on the water in the middle of it. I added a set of cleats above the transom, they are small ones and will be used to cross tie…
Legacy Harbor, Tuesday
It was cloudy this morning, it looked like rain for a while but it never did materialize. About 9 AM I took a walk to tropical Hardware, a good store about a mile away, I needed some parts for the dinghy.Later I went to the Municipal Marina w…
Sanibel Marina to Legacy Harbor Ft Myers
Woke up this morning to lightning, rain and high winds thies went on for a couple of hours. About 9:30 it started clearing up so we got the boat ready and headed out to the Caloosahatchee River which runs from the Gulf up into Lake Okeechobee. Ft Myers…
Sanibel Marina Sunday
The weather was nice today, kind of warm but with a good breeze. In the morning I replaced the depth markers on the anchor chain the old ones were getting tattered so off they went. It is good to know how much chain is being let out to put out&nbs…
Sanibel
At this marina they deliver a newspaper and home made (by the owner himself) blueberry muffins to your boat every morning, nice touch! After breakfast we went for a walk on the beach it is a pretty good walk, about 20 min., to get there. Today the…
Englewood Beach to Sanibel Island Marina
We pulled away from the Chadwick Cove dock at 9:15 this morning, it is not a real long way today so there was no need to rush. The weather was fine as it has been since we left Biloxi a few weeks ago. There is a possibility of thunderstorms …
Marina Jack, Sarasota to Chadwick Cove Marina Englewood Beach.
The weather was fine this morning. Wind from the South West at about 10-15. We left Marina Jack at 9 AM and headed South along Sarasota Bay, then the Venice area there was quite a lot of boat traffic (all recreational) for a Thursday. In spite of …
Day in Sarasota
Started out the day pumping out the holding tank, everything went fine, no shower! Mid morning a huge Yacht (243′) pulled into the marina it carries an art exhbition and will be here for a couple of days so the local population can have a look.We …
