AppSysCons

Thank you Bob and the entire FMO team, for another great event. The
destination was excellent, and I understand the ride back, was one of the best
rides in memory.

It was my wife's 2nd time in this Skater, and she has never been outside of the
ICW. After 25 miles of some of the roughest harbor conditions I have been in,
with her hiding under a blanket in her seat, we traversed Boca Grande Pass. A
few 4-5 rollers, and she was still covered, but silent. A moment later we had a
mechanical problem, and I slowed way down, and turned around. She came out
and simply said "so now you can turn around?". A slower trip back 25 miles to
my lift, where the tide was now so low, it took us about 20 minutes of standing on
the bow, and pulling the boat, to get on, an out of the water.

I met a gentlemen who had flow to Sarasota in his Guflstream 450 (G4) with his
crew, I also met his stewardess. We spent about 2 hours talking about aircraft
and boats. His room was on the 8th floor overlooking the marina, so I got some
shots at a unique angle.

I have about 130 pictures, here are a few to start , many more to follow:


Ft Myers Offshore, Feb Sarasota weekend run, all photos, click here


nice and calm Sun Morning



awesome place for a pool party, we HAVE to go back



reflections of NorTech



our modest accommodations



is two is better than one



through my very dirty room window



Ft Myers Offshore, Feb Sarasota weekend run, all photos, click here

Bobthebuilder

Northbound ICW pics incl Walter M's Skater.

Bobthebuilder

More Saturday pics.

Pic 1 is Andy Kidd, from Naples & ON in his Formula and Barry Peters from JAX in his Fountain running up the ICW together.

On arrival at the Hyatt Joe Cardaci in his Top Gun and Roy Hunter in his beautifully restored Apache were already settled into their slips. Kenny in Disturbing Behaviour and Pierre in his MTI were all set as well over at Marina Jacks.

fastoys

Apache 47 the first one to the dock? NOPE! 38 Cigarette!

fastoys

We ran outside in the 47 Apache in some big water! Awesome boat but Joes Cig went(really flew) by us and we couldnt catch him! Impressive!

fastoys

Thanks Bob for putting on an awesome event! Great time had by all. You really organize these runs flawlessly! Hats off to you.

Bobthebuilder

Thanks Joe. Your comments are much appreciated. Glad your gang had a good time. How could you not with boats like that ! I hope Roy gets to do more runs with us and that we get to see that red Top Gun of yours running on the Gulf again soon.

Bob

CigDaze

You two were the first ones there, a good 30 minutes before anyone else. That's saying a lot in and of itself; impressive for sure.

AppSysCons

Quite a few more pictures are up, more to follow

Here are a few from the departure. So many great boats and people. Be sure to check out all of the photos. About 100 more to come, so check back tomorrow.


Ft Myers Offshore, Feb Sarasota weekend run, 46 photos, click here


overview



paradise



an iconic cig, that fueled my early performance dreams



what can I say, old school race perfection



Ft Myers Offshore, Feb Sarasota weekend run, 46 photos, click here

Bobthebuilder

Wow, Frank. I just enjoyed watching your slide show. Very very nice. It was great you caught most of the boats departing the marina Sunday. Interesting pics of the the Hyatt, Ritz and surrounding properties.
Thank you for that,

Bob