Caloosa Spirit

Catalina 42 mkII

Sunsets

First Watch Restaurant, Sarasota, FL 06-05-06

Panera Bread Company 03-12-06

Southpoint Anchorage, Stuart, FL 03-12-06

Vero Beach Municipal Marina 02-13-06

Charleston City Marina 11-26-05

The Magma Newport gas grill 11-07-05

The Pirate's House Restaurant in Savannah 11-02-05

An electric toaster 11-02-05

A custom foam mattress—aaaaaaahhhh!! 09-30-05

Seaweeds

Marathon Boat Yard, Marathon, FL 06-05-06

Old Port Cove Marina, North Palm Beach, FL 03-12-06

Laundry in the rigging 02-13-06

A clogged—or non-existent—air filter 12-10-05

Any marina that tucks its pump-out station in a corner and/or charges an outrageous price to use it. 11-16-05

Owning two boats at the same time 09-30-05

Vero Beach Municipal Marina

After traveling up and down the east coast this year between Miami, FL, and Deltaville, VA, we’ve found only a handful of places to which we’d like to return some day. Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, Jekyll Island, GA, and St. Augustine, FL, top the list. But the place we found that’s easiest to just stay and stay is Vero Beach, FL. The marina’s draws are many, the primary ones being the inexpensive mooring balls in a well-protected creek, the exceptionally friendly staff, and the free bus service to just about anywhere a cruiser wants or needs to go. We spent a week there on the way north, and 2½ weeks heading south. We could easily stay longer, and many cruisers do. In fact, there’s apparently a fair-sized contingent of ex-cruisers living in the town. We don’t think we’d ever completely forsake southwest Florida, our primary cruising ground, but Vero Beach Municipal Marina is definitely the crown jewel of Florida’s east coast harbors.

Posted Monday February 13, 2006

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