Cruising Adventures Number Three. Irelands Eye has spent from March to November at the River Forest Yacht Centre in Stuart where she had the best of care and attention. Nana and Nandad are ready to start on adventure number three. Today we left RFYC after a lovely dinner with Mark & Mary who live aboard their beautiful Kadey Krogen called The Good Life. We were also joined by Richard and Jeannine who also have a Krogen called Amost Perfect. Now that is the best thing about cruising there is always somebody new to meet and share stories with. After receiving a hand from Richard and Jeannine to leave the dock we realized you should always check your lines for little lizards and brown frogs!
RFYC is on the OCWW mile 13.8 - that is the Okeechobee Waterway. Irelands Eye cruised very nicely along the waterway at a nice 9 knot speed. A beautiful sunny day with light winds and great protection provided to the Captain while he steered from atop. We left at 9.45 am and crossed the lake without any difficulty arriving into our dockage at Roland and Mary Martin Marina at 3pm under the guidance of Captain Sam. Clewiston is OCWW Mile 75.8. A very busy spot with a busy weekend of Bass Fishing competition going on. Lots of expensive sports equipment on view. A great Tiki bar & restaurant onsite.
As you can see Irelands Eye was the anchor for lots of the fishing boats coming in at the end of a days fishing for weighin! Tomorrow Nana and Nandad will leave and head west for Fort Meyers and hope for another safe days cruising. Tonite we watched the sun set on our port side and a magnificent full moon on our starboard side. It truly is the good life.
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