Pottering About Florida
Pictures of our 2003 West Wight Potter, Minnow
5 years with a great boat!
Charlotte Harbor
Behind our motel room in Marathon, FL. L to R Minnow, Ted's Hunter 19, and Charles' Urchin.
Off Elliot Key just after a big thunderstorm.
Frank's Potter 15 Zun Zun.
Minnow going into the storm.
Motoring out the narrow pass from our hotel in Marathon.
After the storms.
Snorkeling off Elliot Key on one of the many Coral Heads. On anchor balls to protect the coral and obey the law.
10,000 Islands on the last day of the New Years Cruise.
Off Panther Key in really light air.
10,000 Islands Fleet on the New Years Cruise.
White Horse Key on 10,000 Islands Cruise.
Kiva, Peep Hen, in a very narrow channel coming into our anchorage.
Sundown in the 10,000 Islands
Following Sten on his Potter 19 out the Faka Union Canal on 10,000 Islands Cruise.
Sten sailing hard.
Anchored off Panther Key, we were breaking park rules since we did not pay for a campsite/use of beach.
Pirates of the Carribean looking area with Becky mugging after our morning walk.
Spam!
We anchored in a protected inlet to avoid a storm that never appeared. The tide, however, ran out pretty well.
I think I see water out there.
Sten mugging for the camera moments before my factory, wooden rudder broke at the pivot point.
Fortunately our friends from Canada had a battery operated drill which we used to repair the rudder.
Ted's Hunter 19 and Sten's Potter 19 dueling in light air.
Beached at Camp Lulu on New Years Eve in the 10,000 Islands and yes we are outside the park.
Camp Lulu and Sten.
Minnow sailing hard in Charlotte Harbor. The Potter types use this picture in their brochure.
One of our first overnights on Minnow and a beautiful picture off Cayo Costa.
Sailing with our Flying Dutchman genoa off 10,000 Islands with Ted and Sher on their Precision 21.
BEER 04 out the gate. That looks like Tom Potter with his Catalina 250 leading the pack.
Daniel Sapp on his Potter 19, Mark and Pam on their Sanibel 18.
Daniel's Potter.
Downwind sailing is always nice.
Minnow with mosquito net anchored in 2 feet of water off Navare Beach, BEER 04.
BEER 04 Fleet anchored in Ingram's Bayou, AL, swimming.
Foster's Bay on Captiva Island. We anchored in a manatee wallow and were surprised, we were anyway,
to find a bunch of nudists camped out to the right.
Beached at a park in Leesburg, FL on Lake Harris.
Distant view looking out toward opening to lake.
Although we did not finish the Clemens Cup Race we had a great time.
Fosters Bay the morning after.
Sailing hard in the 10,000 Islands.
Light winds call for big bellies, and yes I have one.
Becky climbing off after we anchored off Eggmont Key.
Ft Desoto sail. Buttercup, Potter 15, sailed by.
Summer in Florida. We like the Bay Cove Motel in Key Largo for both the scenes above. A primitive launch ramp and dock space comes with your 50's style room for $80.
Bay Cove finger pier in 15+kts of wind and Art's Nimble 20 in Buttonwood Sound.
Ted's Hunter 19 in Buttonwood Sound and Becky posing in front of the house next to the hotel.
Bay Cove Motel Sunset with our boats at the dock.
Bay Cove Motel.
BEER 04. Little Blue on left, Minnow in a rainstorm.
BEER 04
lake Manatee swim area.
Launching for BEER 04
BEER 04 at Juana's Pagoda
BEER 04 at Quietwater, please note: it is never quiet.
Daniel Sapp and wife (I need to start writing down names or else tell Becky to).
BEER 04 with Becky at the tiller.
BEER 04.
Lake Harris with reefed main in 15kts of wind.
Chuck the Park Ranger helping get off the docks at the Biker Bar/Restaurant on Lake Harris.
Lake Tarpon sail.
Lake Tarpon.
B.E.E.R.
(Backwater Environmental Escape Rendezvous)
Cruise 2007
Hunter 23.5
Guppy 13
Ted's Hunter 19 and Dave's Potter 19
Boat Row BEER 07
Beached at BEER 07 with WCTSS.
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