After having the last two weeks off, my holiday vacation time was coming to a close. With this weekend being my last weekend of vacation freedom, we decided to relax around the marina and take in the sites of Fort Myers Beach (FMB). The images above were actually taken on Friday, but they were too …
Living Aboard
I haven’t posted since we moved to Snook Bight a couple weeks ago. I’ve been crazy busy trying to wrap up some work projects before my vacation. We’ve settled into our new marina nicely and have really enjoyed it so far. We’ve spent several evenings at the beach across the street taking in the sunsets. …
As you saw in my last post about live aboard marinas in southwest Florida, Randy and I were preparing to move from Cape Coral Yacht Basin to Snook Bight Marina. On Friday, we said our goodbyes in Cape Coral and pulled up our lines and headed to Snook Bight marina on Fort Myers Beach. We …
PLEASE NOTE: This post is intended as a guide to Southwest Florida marinas that accept full-time live aboards. This post focuses on marinas from Port Charlotte and south on the West coast of Florida. We do not post rates and availability since they change all the time. For current slip rates and availability, please contact the …
When Randy and I moved aboard Blue Turtle, it was clear we would need to find some way to stay in shape. Being located for the time in Cape Coral, I was now too far away from my favorite gym in the world, InMotion Fitness in Bonita Springs. I used to do boot camp classes there …
So, I’ve been procrastinating a little on creating a Facebook page for our blog. I have so many websites and Facebook pages to keep track of on a daily basis, I really didn’t want another one. But, I was wanting to post more images taken on my mobile while out and about and I’m hoping …
Halloween has come and gone at the marina, but not without a celebration. There aren’t many kids at the marina, so it was nice for Corey, Randy and I to do a little pumpkin carving earlier in the week. On Halloween day, Randy and Corey went trick or treating in another neighborhood, while at the …
This past weekend, we took the boat to Cayo Costa for the holiday weekend (Labor Day). Randy and I had been wanting to have a christening ceremony for our trawler, and figured this weekend was as good as any. My parents, who also recently bought a trawler, had renamed their boat as well, so we …
Well, we officially became Blue Turtle today! We submitted the name to the Coast Guard back in May when we closed on the boat, however, we finally got around to changing the actual graphics on the boat today. In order to prep for the new graphics, we had to remove the old name from the …
It’s been exactly 1 month since Randy and I brought the DeFever home from Longboat Key in Sarasota. We put the boat temporarily in Cape Coral Yacht Club since my parents are live a boards there. We’ll eventually end up in a marina on the southern end of Fort Myers Beach. The marina we’ll eventually …
When we finally knew we were going to actually bring our trawler home, Randy and I decided then to start thinking of what to name her. Being my usual organized self, I started a list of boat names on my iPad. When ever Randy and I felt creative (or had a few drinks) and thought …
Once Randy and I decided this DeFever was the boat for us, we made an offer. The negotiating process went well and once we had reached an agreement, it was time to schedule the sea trial and survey. We googled surveyors in the Sarasota/St. Pete area and found a couple promising sites. Randy called the …