Boating is...by boatguy Ed Fort Myers Beach is a satirical site!

 As the Snowbird members of our beloved 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' drift into town, we year rounders are at a loss for explanation about the “State of the Beach.” The road construction is ongoing without an apparent end in site, many of our favorite watering holes are on shaky ground and that layer of government that was not supposed to impact our lives, HAS! And several restaurants are falling behind in their promises! The 'Best of the Beach' is a contest that is somehow rigged by the restaurants themselves. So the best breakfast on the beach might not be. We don't know how they do it but the awarding newspapers have to be involved because even Stevie Wonder could detect fraud from Xeroxed ballots in the same handwriting. From One of the Beach Places with Boot in their name but NOT from the one that Claims to have the Best Ribs ! “Who has the best BBQ,” asked a tourist. “I see the electronic sign on the approach of the beach declaring they have 'ho...

Boating by boatguy Ed Donlin When it comes time to sell your boat will it be worth what you expect? The happiest days in a boater’s life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it. So, selling a boat should be on every boat owners mind even if selling is in the future. One might hope that someone who just has to have your boat stops you along the waterway but that rarely happens. What you do to your boat months and maybe years before you sell it affects the sale. Did you ever wonder why some boats sell quickly and others take a lot longer? The owners of the fast selling boats did a better job of maintaining their boat and they were able to prove it. The difference in the selling price between two 1999 Barslammer 24 walk-around cuddy cabin boats can be significant. A quick stroll around a used boat lot will show you that similar boats might start out around the same price but one boat usually has a “motivated seller” attached to it because it has been o...

Last week Run-aground Ralph took the cover off his 'Zoomnoshit 34 footer' and the three 250 hp Yamaha Outboards which has sat on his boat lift for all of last summer. “He must have met a new, hot, potential ex-Mrs. Ralph in Miami.” “He spent the summer on South Beach looking for another 'Hot Tamale' and all indications suggest he found one,” said Pittsburgh Mike. “I'm tired of hauling him around and listening to him bitch about the heat.” “Never offers to pay for an ounce of fuel and insists on going where he wants too,” said 'Texarkana Hanna'. “Why don't you snatch him up and put him in his place,” said ' N ouveau Riche  Neville' to Hanna. (Background; Neville is the newest member of the 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' since he bought the house on the first curve of the canal. He is rich because his wife died aboard a private jet owned by the largest software company in Canada.) “I guess all that found money didn't co...