" I went camping with friends on the island off of Apollo Beach this
weekend,"

Do you mean "Beer Can Island"? I think the official name is "Pine Key",
but
Beer Can Island seems to be pretty prevelent. I caught a small hammerhead
shark there a few years ago, and the locals told me that hammerheads breed
in the area. Probably just a story to drive off the Yankee invader Pretty
good fishing right off the power plant at Big Bend, if you can keep the
catfish off your bait.

Yep, that's the one.
Don't know why it's called "Beer Can", it's been pretty clean the few times
I've been there.
All in all it's a pretty nice place to camp this time of year. I won't go
near it in the summer.

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:02:46 +0000, Harry Krause wrote:

Spent the last few hours at the marina, unloading all the loose stuff off of Yo
Ho, and having her plopped onto her trailer for the long trip (:} to the
dealer's for winterizing, washdown and shrinkwrapping.

I was going to head out on the Bay today, and take advantage of the nice
weather, but good sense prevailed. Well, maybe not. Still, I have a couple of
friends with boats still in the water here, so there is hope for another outing
before the snow starts falling.

And Miami in February, hopefully.

I "winterized" Far Cove last Sunday.

That is, I turned on the electric heater and put a tarp over it. Made sure the
tarp could come off in a few minutes in case I want to go out...

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:02:46 +0000, Harry Krause wrote:

Spent the last few hours at the marina, unloading all the loose stuff off of Yo
Ho, and having her plopped onto her trailer for the long trip (:} to the
dealer's for winterizing, washdown and shrinkwrapping.

I was going to head out on the Bay today, and take advantage of the nice
weather, but good sense prevailed. Well, maybe not. Still, I have a couple of
friends with boats still in the water here, so there is hope for another outing
before the snow starts falling.

And Miami in February, hopefully.

I "winterized" Far Cove last Sunday.

That is, I turned on the electric heater and put a tarp over it. Made sure the
tarp could come off in a few minutes in case I want to go out...

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36


Yeah, well, even when I was growing up in New England, I was never a fan
of cold-weather boating. My winter sports were swimming and ice hockey.
The swimming was in an indoor pool.

--
Email sent to is never read.

I favored a bit of 'armchair wrestling' if I could find a willing girl.

Harry Krause wrote in message
...
Yeah, well, even when I was growing up in New England, I was never a fan
of cold-weather boating. My winter sports were swimming and ice hockey.
The swimming was in an indoor pool.

--
Email sent to is never read.