Jacksonville to Sarasota on a '67 Pilot

[Daniel Mattox]

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 winds!   

New Years Day in Downtown Jacksonville
Finn sleeping on watch
Chester watching for PiratesTied between dolphins in the OWW
Myakka Lock
Relaxing on the mooring ball Happy in the cockpitGulf of MexicoHeading offshore for the last 100 miles