Sailing around JAX on a Catalina 22' Sailboat!!!

Big day today....nice and sunny, my kind of weather. Slinky called and was catching several Whiting surf fishing off Fernandina Beach. I went fishing at the dock with Sandy, then he had to go to work on a boat. Talked with Captain Ron, an interesting character who owns the Catalina 22' Sailboat at the dock.(Same as the last cabin cruiser sailboat that I owned in MO) Capt. Ron also has a 50' Sailboat in St. Croix, USVI and is going there soon to take charters out on his boat. I caught a 17" Speckled sea trout. Capt. Ron's girlfriend cancelled because her grandparents came to visit, so I was invited to crew on his boat with him and Capt. Steve, who owns a 23' Full Cabin offshore sport fishing powerboat. We took a 4 hour sail and they let me take the helm the whole time we were under sail. We cruised from the Ortega River to NAS JAX(Naval Air Station), up near Downtown and got back just after dark. Sailed, drank beer and listened to Jimmy Buffett and Reggae, Big Fun!!! Capt. Steve said he would take me offshore fishing sometime as well.

All this fun by just taking a three minute walk to the dock to go fishing and meeting some new friends.

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