TURKISH AUTHORITIES MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR CRUISERS

We’ve heard from friends in Marmaris that a new regulation has been introduced limiting the time visitors can spend in Turkey to 90 days in any period of 180 days, making Turkey similar to Schengen Treaty countries. Previously a visitor could get a 9…

02/07/2012 A TASTE OF THE LOCAL FARE

02/07/2012 DRIVE TO LAS GALERASTUESDAYO NMDOCKED AT PUERTO BAHIA MARINA    (http://www.puertobahiasamana.com/) $1./FT/DAY FOR <7DAYS, POWER=.50/KWA, WATER=3.50/DAY SUNRISE AT SAMANA: 7:10 AMSUNSET AT SAMANA: 6:33 PM After jumping into…

Captain’s log: 2-8-12

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Captain’s log: 2-8-12

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Feb 8, 2012

Photos will follow as soon as the computer decides to accept them!  I keep making the attempt, and the internet service seems to be too spotty for the files, maybe.  Or something.

Feb 5, 2012

A month later, we remain at Banana Bay in Marathon—although this week we’re living in the Motel.  More about that later.
It’s been 100 years since Henry Flagler completed his Florida railway and almost single handedly changed the …

"Following" Blogs

As of this writing, I am following 46 blogs, all but one about cruising.   Pam and I have 47 people who follow our blog.  Our blog gets 200 to 300 page views every day.  So what does all this mean?Well, I follow blogs because I enjo…

Sunset Bay for 1 more week

The sunsets here at Sunset Bay are magnificentOur neighbors, it is a beautiful boat, they are heading over to the Bahama’s soon we are seeing alot of boats waiting on weather windows to cross over to the Abaco’s and beyond.  These are our friends …

La Quinta

It is a tough few weeks for Dyna and Dylan. Last week the boat was swarmed by electronics guys starting the work on our helm refit. Ceilings were exposed, wires hung down, boxes piled up, and furniture was rearranged. Dyna and Dylan were lucky to find …

Pensacola-Palafox Pier

We finally got enough water under the boat to leave Fairhope about 12:30pm, 6 hours late. We were running through mud for several hundred feet as we left the Eastern Shore marina. My nephew, John, and I raised the antennas as we made our way…