On the way over to Ft. Myers we stopped at River Forest Yachting Center in Moore Haven, FL for the night. While there we were offered a deal on a bottom job we just couldn’t turn down. About half the price we normally pay to have it done. The folks her…
Life’s2Short 2011-12-07 13:42:00
Swallowing the Anchor: The Final Blog Update
The Admiral has informed me that it is my duty to write the final blog update, and it deeply saddens me to put these final words and photos together. 
After 5+ years, 22,000…
Portsmouth, VA
Oct 24th/25th – Released the lines from the dock and let the Summer Wind take us down the York River. Our cruise down the York River into the Chesapeake Bay was relatively calm. Unfortunately when we reached the mouth of the Chesapeake the winds had pi…
Destination Yorktown!!
Summer Wind gets front row seats to weddingOctober 22nd/23rd – Many of you may remember we tried to visit Colonial Williamsburg last year. We had travelled all the way up the St. James River to the Chicahominy River to an isolated marina, no where near…
Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway
After completing some routine maintenance chores at Dog River Marina in Mobile, we waited in port for a good weather window to cross Mobile Bay. Although the forecast was for continued brisk winds, November 11th dawned almost eerily calm.A chat with lo…
Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway
After completing some routine maintenance chores at Dog River Marina in Mobile, we waited in port for a good weather window to cross Mobile Bay. Although the forecast was for continued brisk winds, November 11th dawned almost eerily calm.A chat with lo…
The Sexiest Man Alive
Admit it, gals. There’s nothing sexier than a man wearing rubber gloves. At the galley sink, in the head, wiping down woodwork, give me that over Brad Pitt any day. In the stateroom might be creepy, unless he was scrubbing the floors.We have not done a…
12/06/2011 WE’RE REALLY IN FLORIDA NOW!
SEBASTIAN TO RIVIERA BEACH MUNICIPAL MARINA TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 76 NM DOCKED AT RIVIERA BEACH MUNICIPAL MARINA MM 1018 ($1.59 /FT W/P OVERALL) SUNRISE AT SEBASTIAN: 6:58 AM SUNSET AT RIVIERA BEACH: 5:27 PMHIGH: 80 LOW: 60With another lon…
Twenty-two year Reunion
Ann and TracyI met Tracy in 1987 when I moved to Orange County, California to work at a regional office for a large health insurance company. Tracy was the office manager of the four person outpost and she was subversively the one in charge. We had an …
Trawler Flybridge Makeover
A major project that has been on my to-do list for a very long time is the renovation of the flybridge. I knew this was going to be a lot of work, and other more pressing projects have kept this on the back burner. But at some point, it really needed t…
