b'U.S. Coast Guard inspection. The ves-sel was on concrete pilings in a boat-MEMBER NEWS yard in Fort Meyers Beach when the storm surge floated it 450 feet away. CaptivaCruiseshadmovedLady Chadwick to a Fort Myers Beach boat-yard before the hurricane for its annu-al inspection and maintenance, then it was damaged by storm surge.Wehadthepropellershaftstaken out, co-owner Bob Rando told Golf-shore Business. It ended up tangled in a bunch of other boats, and then it got stuck under a building. It miracu-MEMBER NEWS lously didnt fall on it. Repairs on the vesselcouldntstartuntilFebruary Lady Chadwick Returns towhencranesmovedLadyChadwick Service after Hurricane Ian onto blocks for work to begin. CaptivaCruisesothervessels,the Santiva,Playtime,andAdventure O ver a year after Hurricane Ian148-passengervesselhasbeenoutwere moved to Alva, Fla., via the Ca-struck Florida, PVA memberof the water and undergoing repairsloosahatchee River and were able to CaptivaCruisesflagshipsince last September.ride out the storm. With these boats, boat, Lady Chadwick returned to reg- the company was able to reopen with ular service on Oct. 10 with a cruiseBefore the hurricane, Lady Chadwicka limited schedule in January. toCabbageKey,Fla.The65-foot,had been in dry dock for its biannual Instead of replacing the vessel, the fami-ly-owned company chose to make about $200,000 worth of repairs.The ship-yard went out of business and closed after the storm, Rando told Golfshore Business. It was basically on a vacant piece of land. We had to bring in all the DIGITAL SHIPBUILDERS tradesmen ourselves, the welder and the DESIGN. BUILD. CONSULT. mechanicsandthesandblasters.We incatcrowther.com kind of took over as the general contrac-tor and hired outside people to come in and put the boat back together.The first official trip on Lady Chad-wick was for the Island Hopper Song-writers Festival. Rando told WINK PHOTO: CAPTIVA CRUISESNews, Being away from it for a year, a little more than a year now, its great to be back on the water behind the wheel SEASTREAK COMMODORE, SEASTREAK COURAGEOUS of the Lady Chadwick.2 x 45m Catamaran Ro-Pax FerriesFOGHORN 36'