On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:05:10 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Dec 6, 9:44*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:29:23 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch

wrote:
Are you still planning a run to the Bahamas in your S2 ?

Am s'posed to be leaving for the bahamas within two weeks. *Daughter
has to graduate from UNF first this coming weekend.

Let me know if you need a place to dock in the Ft Myers area. * We are
on a deep water canal just off the Caloosahatchie River/Okeechobee
Waterway, about 10 miles upriver from Sanibel Island/Ft Myers Beach.
Going through Lake Okeechobee saves about *150 miles to the Bahamas if
you draw less than 6 ft and can get under a 49 ft bridge.

Wow, what a kind offer. We will be taking that route as my mast is
47' and I draw 3' 10". My biggest problem right now is that I have
not been able to get a bottom job done yet (no facilities anywhere
near here) so will have to have it done en-route while I come back to
work a week. Any suggestioins on a yard?

I get most of my work done here in Ft Myers Beach:

http://www.olsenmarineservice.com/

Good quality work but not exactly inexpensive.

There's a place 15 miles east of here on the Okeechobee that may be
less expensive but I don't know:

http://www.owlcreekboatworks.com/

There is also a DIY yard on the Okeechobee about half way across:

http://www.gladesboatstorage.com/

Anything on the east coast will probably be more expensive.