The Anna C. has come a long way since she was built in 1986 by Eastern Marine Shipyard in Panama City, Florida. For those of you who have been following along, we were able to give our beloved Anna C. a refit last year that was cosmetic, functional, AND green. All big wins in our book. You can see her at the start of her journey here.
Do you know how fast you can run? Even if you’re a fast one, it’s almost six miles per hour on average. No cheetahs in our gene pool.
We start our tale with the Ocean View Hotel, an island staple where the cool kids of their eras stayed on visits to the Block. Famously gone, the hotel burned beyond repair in the second half of the sixties. It had stood for close to a hundred years. But the story of the Ocean View Hotel isn’t as interesting as the story of its founder and owner. No—this guy was all over the place in the best way possible.
