Last Skater boating trip, before Ft Myers Offshore season starts

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My son and I enjoyed our last day of boating in the Skater, before I get her on the trailer
and do a bit of cleaning and maintenance, in the next week or two. Five weeks from
today, the Ft. Myers Offshore season starts, I can not wait! The boat has been used
regularly and kept on the lift, since this time last year.

Today we went down the Myakka River, down Charlotte Harbor, and beached up in a
very quite spot on Cayo Costa island.

Air temp 88
Humidity 63%
Wind WNW 9mph
Seas 2ft
Gulf water temp 86

For us it was a round trip of 51.1miles, and I burned 21.4 gallons of 93 octane, that's an average of 2.388MPG.


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overview



close to shore



transom




from the port side



looking south



down the beach



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[MILICEVICGM]

Thank you for sharing. You always manage to post great pictures.

[Bobcat]

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Thank you for sharing. You always manage to post great pictures.

Thanks guys.

If you look carefully at the pictures, you will see clear blue skies to the south,
and one monster thunderstorm cell to the north. Unfortunatly I had to go 25
miles to the north to get home. We got lucky and just got a bit of wind and a
few rain drops, on the way back.

[Ratickle]

Thanks guys.

If you look carefully at the pictures, you will see clear blue skies to the south,
and one monster thunderstorm cell to the north. Unfortunatly I had to go 25
miles to the north to get home. We got lucky and just got a bit of wind and a
few rain drops, on the way back.

Too bad. May have made some great shots of you guys blasting through a big storm.....