tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665070556831726952.post4272864265234007082..comments2023-04-29T10:15:24.539-04:00Comments on The Trawler Beach House: Changes On The ICWChuck and Susan;http://www.blogger.com/profile/04844233452744671062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665070556831726952.post-38281040277700586232009-04-07T08:51:00.000-04:002009-04-07T08:51:00.000-04:00Excellently written and I really like your comment...Excellently written and I really like your comments on the increasing rudeness, out in the ICW. Our ICW experience has been East Coast of Florida, from Fernandina to Elliot Key.<BR/><BR/>There was an intention to go to the MTOA gathering, we had even started to plan a trip to Punta Gorda. But in honor of the crowds that will be traveling on the ICW, we decided to do the St Johns river, instead. Always wanted to do this and April is a wonderful time to be in North Florida.<BR/><BR/>Good luck on your new trawler, we really love ours!Barco Sin Vela IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621907771132379553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665070556831726952.post-80205041580245855382009-03-29T09:38:00.000-04:002009-03-29T09:38:00.000-04:00Great post! Although I'm not a cruiser, I have the...Great post! Although I'm not a cruiser, I have the heart for it. My daughter is currently a Dock Master in Key West. I live vicariously through her. Her very first crew job on a boat delivery was from Annapolis to the Bahamas, 65'sailboat. She learned about the ICW on that trip. She spent many nights and many miles riding in the bow or on the bow sprint with a flash light looking for sand bars and fighting bugs in the dark. Being from Small Town Texas her thought was this is just like driving down a back road in the middle of the night with out any head lights... "WHY are we doing this? No one else is..." She learned some boaters (or people who think they are boaters) don't always use common sense. <BR/><BR/>You wrote: "It may just be that with so many, many new cruisers, the mind set and attitudes of living ashore have not been shaken and the cruising mentality has just not yet taken hold." Let's hope so... maybe it's just a maturity thing and once they learn the manners they'll change.judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070661448170951709noreply@blogger.com