Winter is slowly departing the mid-Atlantic states. Boats in FL for the winte are starting to think about heading north. We moved our 20' runabout, Mighty Quinn, to a trailer today for the trip north.
Century Club: mike pitchford
Friday, March 18, 2022
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1 day
Five boats, about 30 folks headed south of Jupiter by about an hour to Peanut Island for a lunch cookout. Peanut island is the former home of a cold war bunker intended for President Kennedy when he was nearby. Our trip was on a friend's Grady White Freedom 325, a great boat.
Sunday, March 13, 2022
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1 day
Girls Weeklend and I am the driver. Lunch cruise to Juno Dunes Nature Preserve. Hike over just before some rain and back into slip before massive rain and thunder storms.
Friday, March 11, 2022
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1 day
sister in for a visit boat trip for lunch at local restaurant
Friday, March 4, 2022 to Sunday, March 6, 2022
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3 days
Closed on the new to us boat, s Back Cove 37 on Thursday. We spent the weekend “moving in”. This included loading an inordinate amount of gear (and not really everything yet). It also included a lot of measuring, thinking about improvements and additions, etc. One of the most important riddles to resolve, coffee. Where is the coffee maker going to go? Is a built in the best option? Stay tuned.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
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1 day
One of the pleasures of retirement, being a snowbird is winter boat shows. Today is one of those days, Trawlerfest Stuart.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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1 day
One of the pleasures of retirement, being a snowbird and having a small boat with you in snowbird land is quick lunch cruises to local waterfront restaurants. Today is one of those days.
Friday, February 25, 2022
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1 day
One of the pleasures of retirement, being a snowbird and belonging to a small local yacht club is mid-week lunchtime raft-ups. Today is one of those days.
Friday, February 18, 2022
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1 day
With a new boat under contract, we turned our attention to selling the current boat, our Legacy 32. In this hot market it sold for over asking price in 24 hours. The purchaser from NJ, will visit her this week and remove one of two contingencies. The other contingency is survey and sea trial, which can’t happen until sometime in April.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
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1 day
I reported earlier on the decision to sell the condo and buy a new bigger boat. Today was survey day. The boat was in South Carolina so I flew out of BWI to the sometimes quaint, but mostly beach tacky, Myrtle Beach.
The surveyor, engine surveyor and boat yard were all organized for a morning of thorough inspection. Both brokers and the current owner were also present. It was a very nice February Day in Myrtle Beach and all went well.