Life Aboard a 40' DeFever Trawler
Pirate Festival on Fort Myers Beach is always a blast. This marks our third year attending and this year was no different. We had planned to take Blue Turtle to Matanzas Bridge on the North end of the island to anchor for the weekend, but our generator currently isn't working since we have the … [Read more...] about Yar! It’s Pirate Festival on Fort Myers Beach!
Last Sunday a bunch of us from the marina gathered in our dinghies and headed to Doc Ford's for an afternoon of fun, food & drinks and dancing in preparation for the Super Bowl festivities later that day. Randy's father, April and his Uncle Gerry, visiting from Taiwan, came over from Punta Gorda … [Read more...] about Dinghy regatta to Doc Fords
With the dinghy already in the water from yesterdays trip to New Pass, we decided to go out again today. Johnny and April tried to find Mound Key a couple weeks ago with no luck, so Randy decided we would go there and show them where it is. Randy and Corey have been to Mound Key several times, but I … [Read more...] about Dinghy trip to Mound Key
With our big trip to the Keys and Dry Tortugas being over Randy and I decided it was time to "hunker down" for August and September and stay land-locked. Staying land-locked will help us pay off some credit card debt after we had a few unexpected repairs in the Keys. While it's pretty much hot … [Read more...] about Hunkering down for the hot months
Our plan wasn't really to go to Big Carlos Pass, we had planned to go further to New Pass. We loaded the dinghy up will all the "essentials" needed to hit the beach: skim board and wet suit (for Corey), large bucket, cast net, fishing pole, 2 small coolers, large dry bag full of extra … [Read more...] about Big Carlos Pass on Sunday, March 9, 2014
This past weekend was Shrimp Fest on Fort Myers Beach. For two days the island gets bombarded with folks who come for the parade and festivities. Last year we attended the parade which was earlier in the day. This year, the plan was to go down to Times Square (where the arts and crafts booths and … [Read more...] about Shrimp Fest 2014 on Fort Myers Beach
Since we spent Saturday working on boat projects, Sunday was a day of morning chores and afternoon fun! Randy spent the morning cleaning up the decks after the water tank installation and I added a second coat of varnish to the port side door jam and interior. The afternoon is where all the fun … [Read more...] about Dinghy excursion and a Mardi Gras dock party
This past Sunday a bunch of us from the marina decided to put our dinghies in the water and cruise down to the North end of the beach. We had 6 dinghies (plus 1 that joined us later) and 4 dogs with us and the plan was to head to Nervous Nellies for a drink for the first stop. As predicted, we had a … [Read more...] about Marina dinghy excursion
I'm a little behind on my posting because I've been insanely busy with work (which is a great thing!), so I'm actually posting photos from last weekend. Last Saturday, Randy, Corey and I decided to explore a little by dinghy. Randy took a look at the charts and saw that we aren't that far from Big … [Read more...] about Beachin’ it at Big Carlos Pass
