Well, sort of... changing ports anyways!Perhaps the last front of the SWFL winter season made its way down to Naples, and Russell and I caught the backside winds out of the NE-E, to bring SV Athena up to her new spot in Nokomis, FL!
We left Goodland/Marco at around 8:45 AM, motored around Marco Island, headed out to the Gulf and set sail. We also fashioned a nice bit of canvas to keep ourselves out of the sun for the long day...
Click to enlarge pic on top left to perhaps view the distant Marco Island...
Click to enlarge pic on top right to perhaps view the distant Naples skyline...
Winds were a little light and variable at first, but most of the trip we had great winds!
In the light winds we flew the colorful "flasher" sail. First time ever I'd had this sail out of its bag since the sailboat entered my life. The sail is beautiful and check out the waves we're making in the pic on the bottom right!By mid-day we were cruising by Ft. Myers Beach, Sanibel, and Captiva.
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Boy, I didn't know the Athena had such a pretty sail! and I can actually see the cities you mention in the blog.
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