Snook bight marina in Fort Myers has been our favorite marina of the trip so far. We made it there in good time once leaving from Rookery bay early in the morning.
We sailed some with the main but the jib is toast. I may try sail tape for the hell of it because it will be a while before we drop 800+ dollars on a new jib from doyle in st. Pete.
We swam at the marina and then showed Austin and Aaliah around Fort Myers beach by trolley hopping.
The next morning the kids and I trollied into Fort Myers to rent a car to take them back home. I asked for a fuel efficient compact. The only car sitting in the parking lot was a convertible Ford mustang.
Some of you may be thinking 'oh nice! Upgrade!' But let me assure you i was not thrilled. From my street racing days the Ford mustang is the sworn enemy of of import tuners. They are notorious for being driven by people who want a "super awesome bad-ass car" and then they wreck into car show crowds trying to show off.
I'll admit it was a more fun ride than a Nissan Versa would have been, playing cat and mouse through traffic with various opponents, but it still felt wrong driving it.
So after an 8 hour hiatus i was back at the boat.
Now it's the next day and Amber and I are motoring through the beautiful gulf intracoastal waterway behind Sanibel and Captiva.
Low and slow we go with no good way to sail anyway and a few alarming leaks popping up in the bilge and from around the ballast tank. We are monitoring this closely to make sure it doesn't get worse. We took a good beating in those storms and i know the centerboard trunk had damage in it i had attempted to bondo before. Still, not cool brah.
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