Offshore passage from Anna Maria Island to Venice

Rosie toured the island. This is a great photo of one of the beach areas

Triple Merc V12 600hp Verado engines, with dual props. Sick...!

Diver scraping the hull of a motor yacht

Obligatory 'here's us arriving at the marina' photo

Fishers crowd the rock wall (I won't call it a 'mole', for Preston's sake)

Fast, at the Crows Nest Marina in Venice

Horace the heron by our boat, getting ready to dine

Horace dines on tiny smelt-like fish swimming innocently around in the marina

This stern-in docking was a test of Preston's skills. Dock guys, Jack and Rick, were invaluable.

Day 42: Anna Maria Island to Venice

November 14 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

I went for a 50-min walk this morning, on a beautiful, calm, day... 21C. We're in no hurry and after warning a diver who's cleaning the hull of the motor yacht moored next to us, we pull the lines and the power, and ease away from the dock at 1045. for the 45-mile run down to Venice Beach.

Not much to report, today. We run down offshore to Venice in beautiful, calm weather, dodging crabpot markers that seem to pop up ahead of us at 'short notice'. The GIWW between Anna Maria Island and Venice is apparently 'shoaly' and 'bridgy', and not for this boat (even though you can never have too many bridges!). Perhaps we'll be able to return to the inside at Boca Grande for a brief run down to Cape Coral and Fort Myers.Read more