SAILS FOR SALE
After 15 years living aboard SAILS we have decided it's time to move ashore... We purchased a home in Fort Myers, Florida and have decided to put SAILS on the market... nothing official... she is not listed with a broker yet... it's very sad move for us but it's time to spend more time with family...
Asking $300,000 as she sits.
Posted at 5:34 PM
Trip Statistics
2023 Trip South
We departed from Stamford, CT on November 2, 2023 and arrived to Fishermen’s Village Marina, Punta Gorda, FL on December 8, 2023.
Overall: 37 days
Moving: 32 days
Stopped: 5 days
1 day in Chesapeake City, MD to visit friends.
4 days in Hampton, VA for weather/visit friends.
Distance traveled: 1669 statute miles
Moving: 220.75 hours
Averages:
52.2 statute miles per day
7.6 miles per hour
6.9 hours per day
Marinas, Docks, Anchorages:
10 nights PAID Marina/Dock
1 night FREE dock/dine
11 nights FREE mooring ball or dock
10 nights anchored
Posted at 8:30 AM
CT to FL Day 36
Alva, FL to Punta Gorda, FL
We left the anchorage this morning just before 0700 to make the first locking at W.P.Franklin Lock... hails to the lock on VHF went unanswered.... about 0710 I saw the lockmaster rushing up to the lock from shore... he was running late... GRIN
He finally hailed us and gave us instructions on entering the lock when we get the green light... which was not until 0720... so much for getting to the lock for 0700... SMILE. This was our last lock for crossing the Okeechobee Waterway... we dropped about 2 feet.
Was a bit cloudy and gloomy most of the morning and chilly... 46° when we left the anchorage... winds were down and waves less than 1 foot... afternoon the sun came out and it warmed temps reaching the lower 70's... nice day.
We arrived a day earlier than we had planned so our slip in Fishermen's Village Marina was not open... another boat occupying it, so we had to anchor off the marina and go in tomorrow.
We arrived to our destination for the night in Punta Gorda< FL and anchored just off of Fishermen's Village Marina at 1650 and securely anchored at 1700. Our location for the night
N26°56.096',W082°04.045'. We traveled today for 10.0 hours covering 64.77 nautical miles averaging 6.5 knots.
Posted at 5:55 PM
