No, unfortunately we did not skip across the Atlantic to Italy, but we are now on the West Side of Florida. We left Marco Island and went to Naples.......a lovely little town - in fact quite Ritzy!
Well Ok, this isn't the Ritzy part - this is Tin City where we had a great seafood lunch. On the way to Naples, we managed to get use from our UPS/Asymetric Sail. The first time conditions had been right to try it,.. It was hard toget a good photo of it but here goes:
and 6.5 knots in a 9 knot wind isn't bad going
We met a nice couple in Naples on a motor yacht - 42 ft, 1983, but in immaculate shape - if anyone is interested its for sale at a bargain price!
Then after 2 days, went to Sanibel Island, just staying the night there. After that we moved on to Punta Gorda at the top end of Charlotte Harbor. We were surprised at the size of Charlotte Harbor and it was a wonderful sail up there. We stayed 2 nights at Fisherman's Village and caught up with our friends Ken and Pat. For anyone familiar with Geosyntec, Ken was a colleague in Atlanta and then went on to run our Tampa office. Ken and Pat were wonderful hosts - we visited their wonderful home on the Peace River, had several meals together and had the loan of Ken's car to re=provision the boat. We had a great time visiting with them and really enjoyed Punta Gorda. Here's the sunset from Ken and Pat's back deck - stunning!!
Salty also liked Punta Gorda......well he actually liked the ice cream shop, but each to our own!!
From Punta Gorda, we sailed back through Charlotte Harbor , then north up the Intracoastal to Venice - our current location. Its hot in Venice!! We just walked into down town and back and are glad we have air conditioning on the boat..........but still, what a great way to spend Mother's Day! Tomorrow we are planning to head for Sarasota.
Oh - I just liked the look of this boat - we saw it on the way to Venice.
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