We went to Lake Park Florida to attend the Passage Maker Trawler Fest last week. We saw old friends like Curtis and Gill Stokes (the boat broker and his wife who helped us find Ithaka.) Curtis is the World's Best Boat Broker. The two of them are the nicest people you will ever meet, really! We attended Captain's Chris and Alyse Caldwell's session "Routes of the Florida Keys.
At the Trawler Fest, we ran into our slip neighbors from Harbor Isle Marina in Ft. Pierce, Jeff and Grace Bishop from Sea Glide. 
These folks are so nice and so giving. They spent generous amounts of their time tutoring us on the use of Active Captain and Garmin Blue Charts.
We attended a session by George and Pat Hospodar. Authors of the following book.
An excellent presentation, which included guest speaker Ken McDonald, Director of Marina Operations in Ontario, Canada.
While I attend some presentations, Jack went to have lunch with Mark Mizell, a helicopter buddy from one of Jack's past lives as a career Marine.
They say woman are shoppers, but at boat shows, men spend the big bucks. We are the proud owners of a shiny new anchor. A 46 lb. Ultra Anchor that set Jack back $ 1,960. Yeeee Gads!!!!
Jack spent all day yesterday installing this new beauty. She should keep us safe and tight to the sea floor, when we anchor out. Which could be as much as 25% of the time.
Of course, once you buy a shiny new anchor, it has to be installed. That involves two people. One stationed in the anchor locker.
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