ICW Sunrise

M/V Broulee departing Cumberland Island (4-5-2012)S/V Short Walk on the hook at Butler Island (4-11-2012)

Easter in the Delta

We had planned to get up around 8 on Sunday / Easter and leave at 9 to motor over to the Point Waterfront restaurant for our 11 am brunch reservation.  Everyone was dragging around Sunday and we briefly discussed taking the car instead but everyon…

Delta Trip Photos

Ready to go…Leaving Coyote PointCoyote Point in the backgroundBoth Tachs working!  Whoo hoo!From Left to Right-Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge and downtown San FranciscoThe North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge as seen through Racoon Straights (…

More Sad Pet News

Date            April 10, 2012                             Day             287Departure    Brunswick Landing Marina, Brunswick, GA  7:15 amArrival         Isle of Hope Marina, Savannah, GA  4:05 p…

Buyukkonuk continued

Part 2 completes our day in Büyükkonuk.
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After lunch we went to the Children’s Park named for Alikko and Caher famous radio personalities from Büyükkonuk who set their sketches in Büyükkonuk village.

Alikko and Caher are described as the Cyp…

Costa Rica


Bahai Drake was our next stop.  It was close to a national park but we couldn’t get ashore as it was low tide during the usable part of the day and there was no water at the dinghy docks!  We waited 3 days but would have had to wait 4-5 more days to get the tide we wanted so we left for Quepos.  Quepos is a small town catering to tourists and surfers.  Manuel Antonio National Park is close by.  Again when we arrived there were no other cruising boats.  The anchorage area recommended by the cruis…

Costa Rica

Bahai Drake was our next stop.  It was close to a national park but we couldn’t get ashore as it was low tide during the usable part of the day and there was no water at the dinghy docks!  We waited 3 days but would have had to wait 4-5 more …

Costa Rica

Bahai Drake was our next stop.  It was close to a national park but we couldn’t get ashore as it was low tide during the usable part of the day and there was no water at the dinghy docks!  We waited 3 days but would have had to wait 4-5 more …

Photo Opportunity

     Just this morning I was on the phone with Rick (M/V Broulee) discussing the “catch of the day” when we hauled the anchor on Monday, the previous day in Port Royal, South Carolina (see blog entry “New Challenges” 4/9/2012).&nbsp…

Ebb & Flo (No they are not a R&B duo from the 70’s)

We are experiencing something called a Perigean Spring Tide resulting in extremely high and low tides.  We are not tide people in Minnesota so we needed to google it.  Turns out it happens about three or four times a year (in the spring and f…