Isle of Hope Marina is on a very tight bend in the river. You can see it in the screen shot from Google Earth below. This turn is no problem for small boats, of course, but tugs and barges are another matter.I took the following v…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-02-23 19:49:00
PROJECTS CONTINUE, but, thought we would take a break to talk about other things. Just want to post a few pics about this beautiful place, Ft. Myers. Most mornings we do a four mile walk along McGregor Blvd. passing the beautiful home…
What we’ve been up to January and February 2012
Poor little Mystery Ship had a catastrophe while we were home in Calgary over Christmas. The power went out on the docks for several days. All of our frozen foods thawed and were on the verge of spoiling before the problem was discovered by our boat c…
What we’ve been up to January and February 2012
Poor little Mystery Ship had a catastrophe while we were home in Calgary over Christmas. The power went out on the docks for several days. All of our frozen foods thawed and were on the verge of spoiling before the problem was discovered by our boat c…
We’re Hooked
So much for the hidey hole for the last blow that came through the Exumas! We anchored in an anchorage we used last year, between the Majors, just for the latest cold front. It’s just north of Staniel Cay between Bi…
Kids – A Double Double
First we have two great Blue Heron fledglings in the late afternoon sun. They are from an early hatching and are just about ready to fly. But they can’t yet so they seem to hang out, harass each other and occasionally stretch their wings. We, on the other hand, can visit the Venice rookery over […]
Isle of Hope to Savannah in a Powerboat
One nice part of cruising is the people you meet, especially if you stay in one place for a bit. We met Gene, who is living aboard his Chris Craft powerboat, and Bill and Patti, who are cruising on their Pearson 40 sailboat, shortly after arrivin…
FPB 97 – A Wicked Interior
Welcome aboard the Wicked FPB 97. Would you like to have a look at the interior? She’s a little different inside than you might be expecting based on what you’ve seen from the dinghy. We have been wrestling with the computer rendering engine for several weeks, and only this morning have we begun to […]
We are boat people now!
We just put the finishing touches on a rental agreement on our house in Brookings. So when March 1st arrives, we will be officially boat people — living full time on the boat. It is great when a plan comes together so well. Now it is time to get pa…
