This morning I awoke to pounding surf. Yesterday I had spoken to Jeff Halett & Ken Trelfa [ a couple of our Ft Myers Offshore group] and their wives who were on Stu's FPC run to Hawk's Cay Resort. They told me they were planning on running up the west coast from the Keys in Jeff's 42' Fountain and would stop and have lunch with me at Marco. When I saw how rough it was, I called to suggest that they not travel in the Gulf today, but to late. They left early this morning and were on their way. Just want to let everyone know they are home safe but took a beating. Ken said in almost 20yrs he had only been in bigger Gulf waters once. Glad they are all home safe. A couple of true offshore professionals.

Both couples will be participating in the Ft Myers Offshore Benefit Run to Naples this coming Saturday. They all have big hearts as well as big ........ !

Bob

looks inviting considering it is 10 degrees with a stiff North wind around here. . .

There is actually a lot more to the story and I hope Ken [OSO Trelfa ] will jump in and tell us about it. Briefly, they had circumnavigated around the southern half of Florida.
Left Ft Myers going east thru the Okeechobee Waterway to Stuart, down the east coast to Miami, joining Stu and FPC for the run down to the Keys then back up the west coast today.
Ken thought roughly about 425 miles or more.
Lets hear all about it Ken, when you get showered and dried off !! LOL


Below is a pic of Jeff's 42' Fountain at our New Years Day Fun Run.

Boats? You meant big boats right?

Looks a bit like Lake Erie today

http://www.lakevision.com/navigate.php

Of coarse I was talking about boats, Dawn !!

I was going to give you a clue by saying a five letter word that starts with "b" and ends in "s" but you got it with out any help ! Just like the skill testing last year !!

Bob

It seriously sucks to get caught in BIG water. I don't care what boat you have (some handle it better than others)...It just takes the fun out of boating and turns it into work!

Just left Sheppards and had lunch and the water was really nasty.

Clearwater Pass can get rough on a nice day

Snotty weather aside, that sounds like a great way to spend a few days... always wanted to do that Okeechobee run.

just so everyone knows what you were tryin to say-- here's the original of that pic...

See you soon!

ps- those must be Canadians in the wawa in your first photo!

[QUOTE=jayboat;2007967]Snotty weather aside, that sounds like a great way to spend a few days... always wanted to do that Okeechobee run.

Jay,

Once when I was much younger and not so much free time, I flew in on a Friday, jumped in my Top Gun and got as far as Clewiston on L. Okeechobee by dark, Saturday thru to Stuart and down to Lauderdale, Sunday down to the Keys and back up the west coast in time to catch a 7PM flight back to Toronto.
In conversation with the guy sitting next to me on the plane he said to me , "and what do you do to relax ??" - but that's another story ! LOL
Bob