Category: Shake Down Cruise

 Thursday – May 19 We were up at 5 am to get ready to leave at 6 am in the morning for Fernandina Beach. It was a 48 mile trip and we have to...

May 2 Monday. Left Rivers Edge marina at 7:50 AM. Mark had to take back the rental car and they didn’t open until 7:30 AM. Have 64 miles to go today to get up...

Tuesday April  19 There were so many things to do to get ready to cruise that John did not have time to activate our Delorme InReach tracking system before we left Fort Myers. He...

Friday, April 8. Along with other boats, Greek’s Folly and C-life both left the marina early in the AM.  We really enjoyed traveling with and being with these two couples.  Hopefully, we will catch...

Friday, April 1 Arrived at Fort Pierce around 3:30 PM. Had to wait to get into the Fort Pierce city marina because there was so many other boats that were trying to pull into...

Wednesday, March 30 Left Fort Myers Yacht Basin marina traveling with C- Life, Robert and Kay Creech and with Greek’s Folly, Tom and Colletta Kataras.  C-Life  Greeks’s Folly Weather was overcast and windy. It took us over...

Unfortunately, the radar system had to be replaced. After review of the options John decided to buy 2 new chart plotters, radar, an AIS transponder and a WiFi amplifier. The old radar system screens,...

We thoroughly enjoyed spending half of January, February and March in Fort Myers. Our marina, Fort Myers City Yacht Basin, is located in the heart of the historic district. Since we drove our vans...

Moving all the way down to Florida and being away from Rockford, Pam was really afraid that she would be lonely and miss her friends. Thankfully we had enough guests and friends come and see us that...

January 5 through January 16 After spending Christmas and having an enjoyable stay with Pam’s family in Arizona, we returned back to Orlando late January 5th and stayed in a park and fly hotel...