The alarm was set for 3:45 AM, but we didn’t need an alarm to get us up this morning, the start of our Bahamas adventure. I was up at 3:20 AM and Sharon was right behind me. After we had secured everything for the c…
What Do We Do On A Rainy Day?
We’re sitting here in Mears Marina in Annapolis. It’s been raining for the past two days. So what do liveaboards do? We don’t work, so every day is a Saturday, and when it rains, it’s a rainy Saturday. Unlike living in a house, there’…
Underwater Photography
While in Qamea in Fiji, we took some underwater shots of the reef using our Panasonic Lumix DMC T53. The Panasonic is actually underwater camera number 2. Our first, a Fuji died a horrible death at the hands of the … Continue reading →
The GIWW…
…or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which begins where the Lake Okeechobee Waterway ends. and continues around to Texas. We left our very nice anchorage at Glover’s Bight before sunrise and travelled across San Carlos Bay, Pine Island Sound, Charlo…
Hurst Visit and Time to Leave
We have really enjoyed our stay in Grand Cayman Island and for the last several days have had Julie’s brother and sister-in-law onboard. As soon as we can we will get underway today for New Orleans. This will be a 5-day 890 mile trip and sho…
11/16/2011 JUST HANGING AROUND IN NORFOLK, VA
WEDNESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NM DOCKED AT: WATERSIDE MARINA IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ($1.67/FT W/P) SUNRISE: 6:46 AM SUNSET: 4:54 PMHIGH: 77 LOW: 54Just kind of hung out today. Craig, Alexis and I walked to the enormous MacArthur Shopping Mall, c…
November 16, 2011
11-11-11. Some numerologists say it doesn’t have much great significance, but I say it’s kinda fun. For us, it’ll be a day in port, as the Bay is kicking up a celebration—not the kind we want to take part in. There’ll be hig…
Do We Stay or do We Go?
11/14/11 Monday One of the good things about Dog Island in addition to the natural beauty is a good internet connection. With that I can check out the various weather sites to check on conditions for our crossing . What I found …
Diving the OosterDiep!
Barracuda along the side of the wreckRon and I went out divingtoday with Dougie (Douglas) Carty, the owner and operator of “Special D” Diving & Charters, which is the dive operation here at Sandy Ground. A native Anguillan, Dougie ha…
Its always something !
The Plan is to head on out of Demopolis tomorrow morning at sunrise, Hopefully there will be NO fog and the lock will be up working and waiting for us. The Demopolis lock was down most of the day today for repairs. There is quite a group of …
