We left the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina on April 29, 2012, bound for St. Marys, Georgia. On board were myself, Francie, Sophy and Grady Kohler, Bob Mothershead, and Bennie Ficarrotta. Our route was to round the Florida Keys and proceed up Florida's east coast. I will describe this voyage later, but we arrived St. Marys May 22 and put the boat "on the hard" at the St. Marys Boat Services yard on the adjacent North River the following day. Little did we know that Tropical Storm Beryl would soon hit the area, bringing 65 miles an hour winds. After Francie and I arrived back at her home in Nokomis, Florida, we watched the weather reports with horror. But not to worry. Phone calls to the yard confirmed that the storm caused no damage. My insurance broker's advice to take the boat to St. Marys because "it was the safest place on the Atlantic seaboard" re hurricanes proved correct.
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