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Sarasota Sailing Squadron

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Outside the Squadron is a nice little park where you can stop and have bar-b's, that's if you don't get attacked by the killer squirrels first!

The Squadrons mooring field, watch out for those shallow patches!!

Stuart taking a little rest

Outside the Sailing Squadron

Greta showing us the correct way to bring your boat into the squadron, so as not to hit the bottom on those painful shallow spots

Our first docking at the Squadron

Meeting the gang, and here comes Walt with little Joe Joe the kitten on his first visit to the club

It didn't take long for the cat to decide he owned the place and surprised us all when he had a go at this dog who is the size of a pony!!

Stuart, Greta, Dan and Greg

Stuart decided it would be a good idea to bring Mano over on a lead too. The cat was fine for a bit, then went spastic escaped from his harness and hid under a bench for the rest of his stay!

Out for our first race with the Motley Crew on Ken and Cindy's boat West Wind (otherwise known as Super Slug!!)

Getting ready to go out

Ken at the helm

Greta and Danny

Stu waiting to start

and off we go

Over on Danny's mooring and we had a couple of days of thick smoke blown over from the forest fires ion Georgia

Off on our first race in Marie with the Motley Crew, with Greta and her Son Dan lending a hand

At the end of the race we ended up towing another boat back into the Squadron

Well earned beers at the end of the race, Dan and Greta (it was mothers day here to, so it was very nice)

Mike, the guy we towed in coming aboard with some thank you beers

Back on the dock and here's Walt dancing with his pride and joy Joe Joe, awwww what a sweet couple

Stu at the helm the first time we raced Marie in the Motley Crew races

Back from an afternoons racing with the Motley Crew

The boat docked at the Sailing Squadron

Mike at the helm on our second Motley Crew racing Marie

Just approaching the finish line and the wind stops!

All having a bit of a chat on a Saturday night

 

The dry dockage

The bar-b-Q area, where they hold a lot of functions

Walt looking for Joe Joe, 'Where can that naughty cat be now???'

Stu doing a bit of work up the mast whilst we are tied to the dock

Lots of people sailing around

 

Me waiting for Stuart and Mike

The Squadron dockage

Me and Walt

 

Boats being hauled out

The view of Long Boat Key from the Squadron

 

The sun set from the Squadron

There is all sorts of wildlife around the place, friendly Pelicans

hungary Seagulls

Naughty squirrels

Egrets

Herons feeding off of the dingy dock

and rummaging through the bins!

 

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