Daniel Mattox's Blog (2)

Can anyone recommend a good sail loft that's familiar with the Pilot? I'd like to replace my hank on 110% and 135% headsails. My local loft(Sarasota) is asking for the original sail plan as a starting point and Hinckley hasnt been able to produce one. Thanks in advance, Daniel

This season we decided to relocate Egret to the Sarasota/Tampa Bay area via the Okeechobee Waterway. 600ish mile trip from Jacksonville, and since we have a young baby onboard(2 months old when we left)we took the ICW most of the way. We took 4 months to make the trip, stopping for a month in Fort Pierce and again in Fort Myers Beach. If you are under 49' than I highly recommend taking the Okeechobee Waterway, beautiful trip and saves 200+ miles. Here's a few pictures of our adventure. Fair…