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NAPLES BAY RESORT CRUISE

By John Putnam

 

 

Ten MBYC boats braved the cold on Thursday, January 6^th for a three day cruise to Naples Bay Resort in Naples. The combined attitude seemed to be “we have had it with this cold weather and we aren’t going to take it anymore”! Optimism was in abundance, but reality soon overwhelmed all. Most were unable to get their canvas snaps to reach. I cracked one of mine while trying to force it. I took the others into the house and hit them with a hair dryer first, but that still wasn’t sufficient. (Not owning a hair dryer, Anzalone needed snap extenders.)

The water was cold (56 degrees), but calm on the way up and it actually was pretty pleasant. We arrived around 1:30 and puttered around or socialized on our boats until 4:30 when we poured into the Bonefish Grill for an early dinner. Quite a few couples drove up from Marco to join us and I believe that we seated over 40 for dinner. The Bonefish was very accommodating and the meals were excellent. It is fast becoming one of my favorite restaurants.

Following dinner, we all waddled over to the Captain’s Lounge and drank too much while telling lies about much colder and wetter cruises of long ago. By the time the football game came on the big screen TV, most of us didn’t care anymore.