Captain Richard's Musings and Other Things

My last post on this blog was of the little trolley I took from the boat to the Grayhound station in Ft Myers less than a week ago. After a good Thanksgiving weekend with China, today I am on the LIRR just pulling into the Jamaica Station on my way to Servo in Westbury. Needless to say it is gray cool and cloudy. Needless to say I had rather be on the moored in Hard to believe that I have been associated with Servo since 1993. Who would have thought. Today George and I will be working on the presentation for Breckenridge in February. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Captain Richard's Posterous Blog

Well jus as I guessed. Plane now diverted to Atlanta for fuel. Looks like 1 or 2pm before we get out of here. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

Thanksgiving morning at MYR Airport in a Peasoup fog. Doesn't look like I am going anywhere for awhile. They just announced that the plane is still in the air circling. If the fog does not clear up he will probably have to divert to another airport, most likely Wilmington. There goes Thanksgiving dinner as the flights will be too foll to take our passengers. Utxo, they just said he is a little low on gas. To be continued. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

First leg of my trip back to Gtown. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

Great little pool & hot tub at the Matanzas inn in Ft Myers Beach. The Inn runs the mooring field so we get to use the facilities. Leave for Georgetown tomorrow morning, then on to China's in NYC on Thursday. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Just entering the inlet to Ft Myers Beach Sent by RiBurton's IPhone 0840 22November 2009 Posted via email from Richard Burton

At sea in the Gulf of Mexico. Departed Boot Key Harbor this morning at approximately 0900. Passed under the Seven Mile bridge at 1000 and enterred the Gulf Steered a course of 335 deg after we negotiated the shoals. At about 1400 we turned off the engine and sailed for a couple of hours under lite winds of about 5kts. Bob & Gary went for a swim while I was on watch. We encountered a large school of Jacks feeding. Gary was able to snag one with a lite spinner rod but we lost him trying to get it in the boat. Sailboats are not the greatest fishing platform, espesially with no net or gaf. Presently lying on the deck writing this on my iPhone notepad. Obviously no cell service here. Very dark night with only a small sliver of moon. Pink Floyd is playing on the CD player below. Lots of stars out. On a night like this the Gulf is like a pond. Hardly any wave action like on the ocean on a calm night. Just a slight rocking of the boat, mixed with the gentle rumble of the engine below. V...

Good band, great time. Back at the boat. Leave early tomorrow. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Left Lake Worth Inlet at daybreak wednesday Nov 18. Light breeze out of the NW to strart the day, then switched around to the north. Made Miami Beach By 16:30 and picked up fuel at the MB Marina and went back out immediately. Wednesday night was moonless so the only thing to be seen was the lights of Biscayne Bay and the lower keys. I had the 0100 to 0400 watch. Beautiful night sail. Called China at about 0200 and her as she was just getting home from work. Seemed like she had a good night. Slept nicely after my watch. Arrived Marathon at about noon on Thursday and picked up a mooring at the Municipal Marina. This is a big destination place for a lot of the snow birders. Boats here all the way up the coast to Canada. Personally I would have to have something to do here. Sitting on the boat and relaxing for a day or two is ok, could get pretty boring for the whole winter. Well the weather is really nice. Sunny and in the mid to upper 80's. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone 20 Nov. 20...

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Bright sunny day temp 85 winds lite out of the North. Sails are not much help today. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Great time today sailing on the Lagoon 44 "Lazzarone" owned owned by Steve &Susan. Sailed out of the inlet at about noon with a light breeze out of the northeast. Threw up the cruising chute and sailed on a reach out into the Gulfstream. The water turned really blue and the rollers built up to 8-10 ft. The huge cat takes these seas beautifully with almost no sense of pitching as would get on some monohulls. In early afternoon the wind started to increase to 10-15 with caps. We doused the chute and put up the white sails and made our way back. Then took their RIB dinghy with a big 50 over to West Palm for giant giant burgers at the Grease Burger bar Tomorrow there is a race in the PM. We plan to win. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Talking about blue slies and warm weather: Hooked up with the owners of this beautiful catamaran for a sail off Palm Beach. Day couldn't be more perfect. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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This stands to reason. When I take a photo either for my magazine or to place on a website I take care to get releases from people whose faces are shown in the photo. Why can google take photos of hundreds of people, place those photos on the Internet and be unaccountable. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Drove up to Cape Caniveral today to check out this boat for sale. It is a custom made Belgium boat. Really a sweet boat. Would have to do some real thought as to work some type of deal. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

Today I took Gary and Bob to the airports in the Enterprise rental car. They will be back next week then we start the rest of the trip. Offshore to Marathon, then over to Ft Myers. Stopped the Megliori Amici and picked up Tony. We had some dinner at the Thirsty Turtle in Juno Beach. Then back to the boat via the Winn Dixie. Pretty lonely tonight not much on the TV. We pick up some really weird channels. Reading time. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

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Circa 1965 Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton

Sitting at the Elbo Room at the corner of Los Olas Blvd & A1A. I have a lot of history here. 1965 the streets were packed, you could hardly walk on the beach during the day. At night you crashed were you could, anywhere except on the beach as the cops would transport you to jail. The Elbo Room is pretty much the same and Crazy Gregs was upstairs, it's gone now. Sitting here looking out over the street and the beach it all looks pretty much the same. The ocean and the beach sure does. 45 years ago. I still feel the same. Probably still have the same hangups. Two marriages (the first one happened to start right here on this corner in 1969), two kids 3 or 4 different careers and lots of people and places later, it all looks the same and I am sitting here writing this on my iPhone to be posted on a blog. Who would have thought. Sent by RiBurton's IPhone Posted via email from Richard Burton