Days 158 and 159 - Stuart — Captain Father John

Miles cruised 0, fuel purchased 0, slip fee $45, daily high temperature 73°f

Thursday still still looks like a good day to cross to the Bahamas. We shall see.

We continued our gastronomic tour of Stuart, Florida with Dan and Iris. Lunch on Saturday was at Conchy Joe’s.

This is a “Fritterburger . It is a cheeseburger served between two conch fritters.

The seagulls like Conky Joe’s too!

Dinner on Saturday night was at Crawdaddy’s

A giant crawdad sculpture in front of Crawdaddy’s.

Danny had the oysters.

Sunday brunch at Pietro’s in Jensen Beach.

Stuart, Florida – From 1893-1895, the area was called Potsdam. This name was chosen by Otto Stypmann, a local landowner originally from Potsdam, Germany. Stypmann, with his brother Ernest, owned the land that would become downtown Stuart. Potsdam was renamed Stuart in 1895, after the establishment of the Florida East Coast Railway, in honor of Homer Hine Stuart, Jr., another local landowner.

John and Priscilla returned to the boat by TriRail train on Sunday. Dale and Andy took the dingy down the river and attended a blues concert. This is the crowd at the concert.

There are a lot of ordinances in Stuart.

Carl (Chef) Wooden – quote of the day

Sleeping in a tinfoil suit keeps me warmer and helps prepare me for my voyage to the moon. Would you care for some licorice?

Jarod Kintz – I was born in Salt Lake City on March 5th, 1982. Now that you know my birthday, please feel free to get me birthday presents. Notice how I used the plural, presents? More than one gift would be greatly appreciated. Appropriate gifts include gold coins, bars of silver, and large tracts of land (preferably beachfront property). Or you could just buy me a drink—soda, natural, because I don’t drink either alcohol or high fructose corn syrup.