Florida Charter – Day 5
We left the dock at 9am after getting two new house batteries installed by Pete of Yachting Vacations. Dolphins and sea turtles greeted us as we headed out into Charlotte Bay and a few hours later into the Gulf of Mexico. We pulled into the Sanibel Island Marina just before sunset since there is no night sailing allowed. We had some quick Mac and Cheese and turned into get an early start in the morning.
Florida Charter – Day 4
Another night at the Burnt Store... We had a beautiful anchorage spot picked out for the night however due to circumstances with the boat we had to return to the dock. We have been told that the mechanic will be here in the morning to get the boat ready. It was a let down to only sail a couple of hours before experiencing a major system failure. Verena and I took the ding out to the small [...]
Florida Charter – Day 3
We got about 5 miles from the marina when we noticed that the house batteries seemed to be loosing their charge fairly quickly. We ran the engine for a while but the charge just didn't hold very well. We called Yachting Vacations and decided to head back to the marina and get new batteries. Unfortunately the stores had closed by this time and batteries will be picked up in the morning. Another night at the dock...We did [...]
Florida Charter – Day 2
Got up early, went for breakfast and returned the rental car. We had been told that we could not move aboard until 4pm and were trying to figure out what to do with all of the groceries and luggage between check-out and move-in. Luckily we were able to move aboard early and didn't have to sit on the dock with three carts full of gear. Stowing and unpacking went fairly quickly. At 2pm Dave from Yachting Vacations [...]
Florida Charter – Day 1
We arrived at Fort Meyers airport after a long night of flying with a layover in Atlanta. We picked up the rental car, got our luggage and went.... shopping. For the rest of the day. The rental car was loaded to capacity with dozens of bags full of groceries, 18 gallons of drinking water, brand new snorkel equipment, and our luggage. All this gear had to be carted up to our room at the Marina Inn. After [...]