We left Venice in good order and made good time down the waterway with high winds astern pushing us along. We had to wait for several bridges to open, but no wait was excessive until we got to the Boca Grand swing bridge here at Cape Haze just before Charlotte Harbor. It was to be our last bridge, but winds over 30 knots prohibited the bridge tender form opening.
We elected to backtrack about 2 miles or so to a nice hole in the side of the channel surrounded by nice dwellings where we anchored for the night.
Tomorrow we will get underway and get on down to Cabbage Key by about 10 AM. The next day, we will head for Fort Myers Beach.
I found out this evening that our Nissan 9.8 HP outboard just wouldn’t run unless it is at full throttle. I am hoping an acquaintance in Ft Myers Beach, Tom Theobald, can help me solve this issue,
This is Calypso our trusty 1972 Grand Banks 42 purchased in San Diego, CA in 1986 and sold in Panama City, FL in 2015
Frolic
Frolic, our 2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II replaced Calypso in 2015
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What follows is a summary of all the emails we sent to family and friends during a trip we took three years ago. I wanted to include it her...
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I am sorry, but I miscalculted fuel use and am reposting this for the sake of correctness. We used 4.0 gal/hour and made 2.0 MPG, which is ...
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Thursday 14 January 2021 Southport, FL We were underway at 0615 from an entirely peaceful night with no wind after sunset with just enough...
