On 14 Feb 2007 15:00:40 -0800, "Frogwatch"
wrote:

On Feb 14, 5:50 pm, Frank Boettcher wrote:
On 14 Feb 2007 10:45:59 -0800, "Frogwatch"
wrote:



On Feb 14, 1:22 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:07:46 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:

Or a slightly bigger boat so she can take one of her friends along.

You don't understand. There wouldn't be a moment of peaceful silence
on the boat.

Two boats, that's the answer - with visitation options.

Unfortunately, she really could not sail by herself as she just does
not have whatever it takes to do navigation, understand the way the
sails work. etc. She makes up for these things in other ways but I
cannot rely on her to sail with me asleep or herself alone.
Right now, I have decided to satisfy our interest in going strange
places on the water by building a 20' Tolman Skiff power boat
(launched in November 2006).

Did you build it? Pictures please. I need a bay skiff, but looking
for something a little smaller.

We can take it camping with us and use

it to do day trips to out-of-the-way places. There is a lot more room
on land camping to get away from each other than while anchored on a
sailboat. She does not like the Tolman although I hope that will
change after we go a few cool places with it. So far all we have done
is go out to test drive it once I completed it and this isnt too
intetresting. Running around in a power boat gives no sense of
accomplishment when you get back in. This coming weekend, we are
going to St. Joseph State Park here in N. FL and will go all the cool
places on the bay I have never been able to get to by canoe or
sailboat.

Been cold lately, specs should be in the deep holes behind black's
island. Just remember, scallop season is closed, no sampling :~)



She would go cruising with me in a heartbeat if I would ask her AND if
she could take time off work. She doesnt want to take any time off
because she loves being a guidance counselor. Cruising in Fl in
Summer simply isnt a real option.

I'll continue to go sailing by myself.

She wants to buy property in Wyoming where we lived when we were first
married. I kinda agree and so we might do this. Found 4 nice acres
atop Casper Mt, flat, view to die for, Aspens and lodgepole pines,
accessible year round but no water. It'd be sorta like living on the
boat except much bigger. Spend summers in Wy and winters in FL with
the boat and house.

Yup, I built the Tolman. My Pics are on the Tolman Skiff FishyFish
website under David OHara. It only took me a year to build and that
was only a few hours at a time.
I spent a lot of my childhood scalloping in St Joe bay and never have
been to Blacks Is so I plan to go there first. BTW, Blacks Is is for
sale. Then, I'll go down to
the point just to say i went there.
Are you near here Frank?

Yeah, Black's has been for sale for a long time.

Don't live there, but have been coming to the area two to four times a
year for thirty years or so. Family place in Mexico Beach. St Joe's
bay is my favorite place. With the closing of the paper mill and
several of the supporting chemical plants, it has actually gotten more
pristine, however, I fear that is temporary. The paper mill was more
or less restricting development and that restriction is gone.

Presnell's fish camp was sold, and I'm waiting for a condo to show up
there.

Well at least they can't touch the state park.

Have a good time over there. Tell us how it compares to St. Marks
area when you get back.

Frank