Must be Lost


The First Mate and I were on our usual cart tour of the marina and spotted a rather large yacht that was a bit out of place.  It is a late model Azimut Megellano 66 and costs more than $2,000,000 used. They must be slumming, lost, or just like the food at Cass Cay.

I figured they may be just waiting for a good time to fuel up as they'd take pretty much the entire fuel dock just to come alongside the pumps.

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  1. Paul ClarkJanuary 23, 2021 at 1:23 PM

    Nice ride...I talked to somebody yesterday who's 78 and grew up around Ft Myers. He mentioned he used to hunt off of Burnt Store Rd and I told him about you guys living nearby. It sounded like one of our "this all used to be orange groves" stories

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  2. DavidJanuary 23, 2021 at 2:44 PM

    Lots of cattle ranchers with property around the harbor. Also, lots of wildlife areas, both with and without hunting. Burnt Store Marina has been here for a while, but Burnt Store Road definitely has a cult following among the older locals, maybe like Chase Road, Rinker, etc. did for us.

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