Class Crustacea Cirripedia, Or What the Hell is Growing On Our Hull?!?

We cleaned our hull yesterday.We’ve done this before, and it’s usually a very easy job to swish and swipealong the waterline to remove any grime or hint of a mustache. Sometimes we’lleven snorkel or dive on the deeper parts of the hull to swab of…

02/04/2012 LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK

02/04/2012 VISITING LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARKSATURDAY0 NMANCHORED AT BAHIA DE SANTORENZO SUNRISE AT SAMANA: 7:11 AMSUNSET AT SAMANA: 6:32 PM The park rangers in their little panga finally paid Quest a visit to collect the $100 peso/person park fee. We…

The Greatest Show on Earth

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02/03/2012 CONO HONDO, THE ECO-RESORT

02/03/2012 BAHIA DE SAN LORENSOFRIDAY0 NMANCHORED IN BAHIA de SAN LORENZOSUNRISE AT SAMANA: 7:11 AMSUNSET AT SAMANA: 6:31 PM Dan and I set out on our “con-“, wending our way into coves and out before attempting to locate the river entrance to the e…

CRUZING TO BAHIA DE SANTORENZO

02/01/2012  BAHIA DE SANTORENZO THURSDAY12 NMANCHORED IN BAHIA DE SANTORENZO SUNRISE AT SAMANA: 7:12 AMSUNSET AT SAMANA: 6:31 PM We decided to abandon our lovely marina for a couple of days in exchange some time on the hook and headed out across t…

Captain’s log: 2-5-12 Superbowl!!!

     SUPERBOWL, BIG day….So what do you need for a BIG game on a Big day? A BIG chair of course.What is it with big chairs down here?    I’m pouting. It’s a “time out” chair. What am I pouting about in paradise…

Captain’s log: 2-5-12 Superbowl!!!

     SUPERBOWL, BIG day….So what do you need for a BIG game on a Big day? A BIG chair of course.What is it with big chairs down here?    I’m pouting. It’s a “time out” chair. What am I pouting about in paradise…

February 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 …

You never know what you’ll see

In South Florida.Drove down to West Marine for some supplies and 12v LED light bulbs and parked in front of this car. Trippy little thing. Had no name on it. I thought maybe Chinese, but when I got home I posted these pics on Mobli and a nice fellow in…

Charleston to Beaufort, SC… the Day in Pictures

There are no transient marinas between Charleston and Beaufort.  They’re 72 statute miles apart, a long trawler day.   We left at 8 AM after walking the dogs.It wasn’t long before we got to our first bridge.  We could fit under it s…