Our Marina and Boats

Above is a video of our marina at BananaBay here in Marathon Florida. We have about twenty five boats with live-aboards. We all know each other and party together, dine out together, and watch a sunset almost every night together.
Many of the boats are fabulous million dollar yachts but many others (mostly the sailboats) are of modest value.

 This is Mike and Peggys' 42 Krogen. It's set up for ocean travel.

 This is Gary's 50 foot (I think) Chris Craft built in the early 80's

 Steve and Pam's DeFever 42. It's the one with a full size washer dryer on board. It has every amenity. Note the small inflatable (dinghy) on top of the aft deck. It has its own crane to lift the dinghy from the roof to the water.

This is a nearby workboat. The crew sets crab (stone crabs) traps from this boat then retrieves the traps the following day. They tear one claw off of the crab and throw the crab back into the water. It will be able to feed itself with the remaining claw and will grow a new claw to replace the missing one. The crew cooks the harvested crab claw immediately on board, otherwise it will spoil.

This is Ed and Barb's center console boat that they use for fun and fishing. Their live-aboard boat is shown further below. Notice the workmanship in the finger pier. Instead of the easy way of cutting the wood straight across and trimming to fit the main pier, the craftsmen mitered the curve. The decking is a hardwood from Brazil called Ipe or Tabebuia. It's more dense than sea water so when the next storm surge comes along, the decking won't float off and away when the water recedes.

This hand built runabout was trailered down from Ohio.

Here is a portion of the Banana Bay boat people.

This Nautilimo is a real Lincoln Continental set over a power boat body. It's legal and inspected by the US Coast Guard. It resides in the harbor at Lorelie Restaurant at mile marker 82.

This is Ed and Barb's live-aboard boat. They race it off the Cape Fear coast in summer. That's my namesake, Maxsea, resting on the foredeck.

I hope to make a video of driving the seven mile bridge and post it soon.