In Fort Myers

We left Naples, Florida this past evening about 7:15. I had hoped we would be able to sail, but the bridge heights into Ft. Myers required that we lower the top mast of our main, and that made it impossible for us to sail. The Nina did sail most of the night, but they furled her sails early this morning because we began a 16 mile meandering journey up the river to Ft. Myers. We put the topmast back up after we arrived here this morning (for looks), but will have to remove it again to exit the Okeechobee canal on the east side of Florida sometime next week.

I served two watches last night: 10:30 - 1:30 A.M. and 7:30 - 10:30 this morning. I did get to serve as helsman, even if we did not sail. It is pretty neat sailing a boat this big (85', 102 tons displacement) with a tiller.

Here are some more pictures. I think we will stay here in Ft. Myers until Monday.