Month: April 2019

Credit Where Credit is Due

April 10, 2019 As you could sense from my last post, the engine and all systems were working great cruising around Pine Island Sound. Dave, Peggy and the whole team at Sweetwater Landing Marina did a great job in a difficult situation. I pulled in out of the blue to get a new prop, and

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Poking Around Pine Island Sound

April 7, 2019 Pine Island Sound doesn’t have the reputation it deserves as a cruising destination, because it isn’t very big — about 50 miles long by 20 miles wide — and it’s pretty shallow so the superyachts can’t go there. But it has two delightful small cities, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, filled with

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