From Marco Island to Fort Myers Beach, and a Broken Prop

Friday morning and 44 degrees, come on we are in sunny Florida. We did have our little heater plugged in so there wasn't a chill down below. I fixed hot oatmeal sprinkled with fresh strawberries to fortify us from the cold. We backed out of our slip at 8:01 AM with the help of Dottie and Hass. Going out Tom spotted some Porpoise and I was able to get some pretty good Photographs.

We motored the entire trip,  wind on the nose and some pretty good chop along with playing the dodge the crab pot game, kept us alert. The sun warmed things up by noon so we shed our fleece  and long pants for shorts and shirts. Arriving at Fort Myers we watched the para sailors run the area in front of the beaches. We also watch The Privateer Lynx sail out of the harbor. We met her crew in Los Olas Marina in Fort Lauderdale. We are staying at Moss Marina for the month. We pulled in for fuel then gracefully backed out from the fuel dock, turned around and made for our home A5.  Pull in (everything was going perfect) Tom put on the breaks and bad things happened. 

Today Tom went below and cut the rope that was tangled in our prop and confirmed that it was broken.  AGGHH!!!!!

Tom has his ticket to leave for Muskegon on Monday ( it is snowing there HA HA)  and I will have to contend with trying to get us towed, pulled out of the water and a new prop put on. 

  

 It's a boat, it's a boat, it's a boat

Sun rise , golden rosy peach sky ---- but we are suppose to
have fair weather.

Frolicking Porpoise

This one came in close , don't think this is high
on my list of things to do 

The meticulous attention to detail and shape in the design of Lynx are shown in the line drawings and hull construction plans by noted naval designer Melbourne Smith. Inspired by the lines taken off the original Lynx in Deptford, England in 1820, these plans highlight the process by which the vessel was transformed from its 1812 incarnation to its 2001 interpretation.

Lynx honors the spirit of the original vessel in her design and accoutrements with modifications to meet current U.S. Coast Guard regulations and safety requirements. Displacing 114 tons, the Lynx is 76 feet in length over all, with a sparred length of 122 feet, a 23-foot beam and a draft of 9 feet. She is fitted with period ordnance and flies pennants and flags from the 1812 era.

the evil rope that broke our boat