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Caya Costa Sailing

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6 days on Argo II, a 1991 Island Packet 32 chartered from Southwest Florida Yachts in Cape Coral, Florida, December 26 - January 1 2015. With the usual suspects (Rachel, Kelly, Leah) plus Andrew, Kelly's boyfriend. Arrived the afternoon of Friday, Dec 26 after a red eye flight out of Denver in the midst of a snow storm.  Happy to have made it to the airport without a hitch having seen multiple cars in the ditch along the way. Andrew flew in from San Fran earlier that eve and met us at Gate B36 for that 1:20am departure to tropical warmth. Provisioning in a Florida Publix sure is easier than in the BVI. Though it does gum things up when your credit cards fail. Note to self: always inform your banks when you plan to travel. After stocking the boat, we had a great sea food feast at the local Pinchers Crab Shack. Great facilities and nice folks at SFYachts and at the Tarpon Marina.  Day 1: Tarpon Marina to Roosevelt Channel, ~4 hrs of motoring, anchored off Picnic Island f