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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:40:58 -0500, "Michael"
wrote: hiding outin Mobile for the storm season I did that in 2003 and had three tropical storms pass nearby in three weeks. Careful, Mobile Bay is very shallow and a tropical storm that makes landfall to the west will drive a pretty good storm surge up the bay. My boat was at Turner's and one storm put the water over the road and docks by about a foot. |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:29:14 -0400, Horace Brownbag
wrote: ...but the problem with the Ft. Myers area, for him, is the draft on his boat. He would be limited to channels and off shore. ========================================= It's not quite that bad but you do have to watch where you're going. This is one of the very best boating/cruising area in Florida in my opinion with both affordable dockage and affordable water front property available, not to mention some great cruising destinations within a day or two. |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:32:10 GMT, "just me"
wrote: For what it's worth, the draft is stated as 4'11". Of course with all the "stuff" I've added, it's probably more like 5'6" now! ================================================== ====== You'd be OK basing out of the Ft Myers/Cape Coral/Ft Myers Beach area. I just bought a trawler that draws a few inches over 5 ft. You do have to pay attention, and there are some places you can't go, but it's still a very desirable boating/cruising area. The Ft Myers airport has direct flights to many different cities and several different carriers. |
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Alan, the Holiday Harbor I remember was adjacent to San Pedro Boat Works,
all the way down at the end of Miner Street across the road from the coal terminal. In those days Watchorn Basin was pretty empty. Cabrillo Boatshop with its little marine railway was at the corner of 22nd and Miner. Cabrillo Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works has bitten the dust too. One of the best of the old-time boat yards. Times change... I'm up in the Pacific Northwest now, and my boat's in the Port Townsend marina. Tom Dacon "Alan Gomes" wrote in message news:mhkPc.76218$eM2.33654@attbi_s51... Tom, I think you have in mind the "old" Holiday Harbor (off Miner street, next to the old Fleitz Bros.). I believe the old Holiday is now called "Cabrillo Way Marina" and run by a different concern. The new Holiday Harbor is just to the northwest, off of 22nd street (a stone's throw from 22nd Street Landing). This is in the new (i.e., about 17 year old?) marina--*much* nicer. In fact, Bill Gribble is the marina manager there. Nice guy. I used to own a few different boats at the old Holiday Harbor in the 70s but the marina manager at that time was Leo Hutter, not Bill. I had not met Bill Gribble until I moved to my current slip in the new marina. "Hurricane Gulch" is still a fun place to sail, but commercial interests have encroached so much that there is much less open sailing area inside the harbor--too many obstructions. But it's still good sailing, lots of wind, and a terrific launching pad for Catalina. --Alan Gomes "Tom Dacon" wrote in message ... You're right - that's a nice little marina. Out on the outer row of slips, the last time I was there a few years ago, was a little 27' wooden Gulfweed ketch named Nocturne, that was built around 1940 and has lived in that marina since at least the early 70's. I did some work on the boat for a previous owner back in those days. A sweet little boat, and a funky little marina. Does Bill Gribble still run the show there? Regards, Tom Dacon "Alan Gomes" wrote in message news:MU9Pc.195592$%_6.170990@attbi_s01... Depends on the marina. This is true for Alamitos Bay (actually, it's worse than a year.) However, I got into Holiday Harbor in San Pedro after being on the list for only a month. (Nice marina, too.) |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:57:13 GMT, "just me"
wrote: Other than Key West for long trips and Sanibel for shorter trips, where is there to go?? ================================================== ===== Ft Myers Beach (gulf side or bay side), Bonita Springs, Naples (Palm Beach of the west coast), Marco Island, Goodland (quaint fishing village), Everglades City (end of the world), Caloosahatchie River (AKA Okeechobee Waterway - 140 miles to east coast), Pine Island and Pine Island Sound (great fishing, and scenery), Captiva and North Captiva Islands (fantastic beaches, resorts and interesting restaurants), Cabbage Key (quaint - good restaurant), Useppa Island (resort - good anchorage), Cayo Costa, Gasparilla, Port Charlotte, Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, St Pete/Tampa (120 miles), Cancun/Cozumel (400 miles), Bahamas (200 + miles), Cuba (200+ miles, politics permitting), Marathon, Deer Key, Islmorada, Key Largo, Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, etc, etc, etc. Other than that, not much of any place. :-) |
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Look for Twin or Bilge Keels, your right about the slip number. Oops. Mine
should be the only one like that anywhere in the yard. She's undergoing a major refit and upgrade. M. "Tom Dacon" wrote in message ... Hey, Michael - Mine's a 41' wooden sloop, a Laurent Giles design built in 1957. I'm not about to post my slip number on the world wide web, but I'm in the boat haven, on the same dock that has Sugar and Leslie's big Alden schooner Alcyone side-tied on the end. Bettina's about four boats down on the left side. Which one is your boat? Is it that long lean wooden one alongside the building that looks like an eight-meter or PCC or whatever? Tom "Michael" wrote in message ... So's mine. Right next to PT Rigging undergoing a refit/upgrade. Which one is yours? |
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Tom,
Yup, you're thinking of the old Holiday Harbor. Cabrillo Boat and Shelter Point both closed up shop around 1997, I believe. (Cabrillo Boat moved operations to Long Beach.) The buildings for San Pedro Boat Works are still standing but I presume they are not operational; I haven't checked. --Alan Gomes "Tom Dacon" wrote in message ... Alan, the Holiday Harbor I remember was adjacent to San Pedro Boat Works, all the way down at the end of Miner Street across the road from the coal terminal. In those days Watchorn Basin was pretty empty. Cabrillo Boatshop with its little marine railway was at the corner of 22nd and Miner. Cabrillo Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works has bitten the dust too. One of the best of the old-time boat yards. Times change... I'm up in the Pacific Northwest now, and my boat's in the Port Townsend marina. Tom Dacon "Alan Gomes" wrote in message news:mhkPc.76218$eM2.33654@attbi_s51... Tom, I think you have in mind the "old" Holiday Harbor (off Miner street, next to the old Fleitz Bros.). I believe the old Holiday is now called "Cabrillo Way Marina" and run by a different concern. The new Holiday Harbor is just to the northwest, off of 22nd street (a stone's throw from 22nd Street Landing). This is in the new (i.e., about 17 year old?) marina--*much* nicer. In fact, Bill Gribble is the marina manager there. Nice guy. I used to own a few different boats at the old Holiday Harbor in the 70s but the marina manager at that time was Leo Hutter, not Bill. I had not met Bill Gribble until I moved to my current slip in the new marina. "Hurricane Gulch" is still a fun place to sail, but commercial interests have encroached so much that there is much less open sailing area inside the harbor--too many obstructions. But it's still good sailing, lots of wind, and a terrific launching pad for Catalina. --Alan Gomes "Tom Dacon" wrote in message ... You're right - that's a nice little marina. Out on the outer row of slips, the last time I was there a few years ago, was a little 27' wooden Gulfweed ketch named Nocturne, that was built around 1940 and has lived in that marina since at least the early 70's. I did some work on the boat for a previous owner back in those days. A sweet little boat, and a funky little marina. Does Bill Gribble still run the show there? Regards, Tom Dacon "Alan Gomes" wrote in message news:MU9Pc.195592$%_6.170990@attbi_s01... Depends on the marina. This is true for Alamitos Bay (actually, it's worse than a year.) However, I got into Holiday Harbor in San Pedro after being on the list for only a month. (Nice marina, too.) |
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"Alan Gomes" writes: Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works has bitten the dust too. SFWIW, drove down Miner St last weekend. The boat shops are all gone. No updates have ever been made to any of the marinas. HTH -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:24:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:32:10 GMT, "just me" wrote: For what it's worth, the draft is stated as 4'11". Of course with all the "stuff" I've added, it's probably more like 5'6" now! ================================================= ======= You'd be OK basing out of the Ft Myers/Cape Coral/Ft Myers Beach area. I just bought a trawler that draws a few inches over 5 ft. You do have to pay attention, and there are some places you can't go, but it's still a very desirable boating/cruising area. The Ft Myers airport has direct flights to many different cities and several different carriers. Yeah, it's a little different, I thought the draft on a 40' Jeanneau was 7 feet. I'm out at Pine Island with a 4'6" draft, and I find the bottom now and again...7 foot would be a drag. ....but the area is nice...and 'reasonably' priced. |
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