9 April 2020
Today’s transit here went right
according to Hoyle, and we arrived here at a makeshift anchorage just outside
the channel inland of marker Green 14.
We are just outside of the no-wake zone which means that all the boats run
right up to us and slow or zoom out of the no-wake zone to pass by here. In our old 40,000-pound boat we would NOT
have enjoyed this, but in this 110,000-pound boat, it’s not so bad. Nightfall will end all this activity. We are just lucky that it’s a Friday and not
the usually busier weekend. While
arranging our next port visit to Fort Myers Beach, I had an interesting
conversation with a marina manager there.
I supposed that the boating activity there on the weekend was not so
heavy right now due to the virus crisis, but he assured me that it was indeed
heavy because it is one of the few activities open to people these days. At
this time, we have two marinas in FMB offering suitable transient dock space
for us and we are considering going to the one deeper in Estero Bay there for
calmer water while the coming front moves through. Hopefully, our early departure tomorrow will
get us through the open waters between here and FMB before the wave action
picks up. Either way, we are going
because we would be stuck here at anchor for days otherwise.
