Busted Flush Mcgee Floor Plan

The busted flush top left is a picture of the bahia mar resort where in slip f18 the busted flush was moored.

Busted flush mcgee floor plan. Pilgrimage tales of travis mcgee busted flush bahia mar. As he lounges a lithe but athletic young lady is improbably working on her choreography in his living room and just. Mcgee lives on a houseboat slip f 18 at bahia mar in fort lauderdale the famous busted flush named after its acquisition in a 30 000 poker game. His home is busted flush a houseboat in florida that he calls home a 6 4 205 pound man with an eternal suntan travis mcgee is a war veteran who played pro football until he was forced to retire due to a knee injury.

For any of you unfamiliar with the series the busted flush was travis mcgee s 52 foot houseboat on which he resided at slip f 18 in the bahia mar marina in fort lauderdale florida. The busted flush has gone bust. The ship s name is derived from the poker hand that allowed mcgee to win the busted flush from its previous unnamed owner. Travis mcgee lives on a 52 foot houseboat dubbed the busted flush.

The name comes from a poker game in which travis won the boat from an unfortunate millionaire who only had four of the requisite five cards and tried to bluff travis. The flush is berthed at slip f 18 bahia mar marina fort lauderdale. Travis lives on a 52 foot houseboat named the busted flush. Top right is a rendering of the boat which macdonald felt was very close to what he had in mind but as he always said about the boat and travis mcgee he did not want to be exact about either.

2 2004 was john d. The bronze plaque commemorating fort lauderdale s most famous resident however fictional no longer marks slip f18 where travis mcgee once moored the city s. Equip one anachronistic adventurer with one eloquent best friend in meyer a crisp glass of boodles on ice a bunch of very human villains and a relentless series of warm and willing female. The first time anyone encounters travis mcgee he is ensconced in the busted flush the ponderous old houseboat that he won in a poker game and moors in slip f 18 bahia mar ft.

Macdonald died in 1986 after writing 78 books and countless short stories. The boat is named after the circumstances in which he won the boat in what mcgee describes as a poker siege of 30 hours of intensive effort in palm beach the run of luck started with a bluff of four hearts 2 3 7 10 and a club 2 which created a busted flush as described in chapter 3 of the deep blue good by. The busted flush top left is a picture of the bahia mar resort where in slip f18 the busted flush was moored. In 1987 a plaque was erected at the marina.

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