Christmas Eve Dinghy Ride

We're taking the dinghy out, for the second time, while we're still in the boatyard. The boatyard, Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage , is located in a canal system off Charlotte Harbor Bay in west Florida. Since we bought the boat in the storage area, we hadn't been through the canal and we wanted to go see how the lock worked (which is at the mouth of the canal and the Myakka River). The lock is manual, where the boater has to pull a chain to open & close the locks. Most locks have an operator so we wanted to go try it out. The first time we took the boat out, we only went half way to the lock. It's almost 10 miles of canal from the park where we launched, past the boatyard, to the lock. I hope you enjoy this little cruise we did on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

 
 
Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage at the red arrow in the left corner. Black arrows are the route
to the lock. First trip we went as far as the beginning of the lake on the right side. The lock
 sits at the  top center of the picture. Total nautical miles is 9.2 one way.


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