Wednesday, November 16, 2011

John and I went for a nice drive today.  We wanted to look at a couple of marinas that we passed on our way  in our boat.  We came to the conclusion that we chose the right marina to spend the winter in.  Monroe Harbor Marina is by …

Sunset Over Miami

     Finally, after 10 windy but glorious days in South Beach, our weather window to cross over to the Bahamas is only hours away.  Our 2011/2012 Bahamas adventure starts very early Thursday morning.  This afternoon the w…

Checking The Drive Line After 5700 Hours

Corey (left) and Casey (right), from the Triton Marine crew, head down and tails up, taking the drive lines apart on Wind Horse. After 5700 hours we want to have a detailed look at the various elements to see how they are wearing. The ball races from the starboard engine’s  cv-axle. Although we are inexperienced […]

Still in Demopolis, AL

Date             November 16, 2011Day              141Departure     No travel today                                         Arrival          Kingfisher Bay Marina, Demopolis, AL…

Catalina Photo Book

On the right side bar, click on “CATALINA PHOTO BOOK” to go to the Buoys & Gulls website then click on the Buoys & Gulls icon to view the Photo book information.
This book is must  have as it contains 200 beautiful photos of different items and locations on the island.
give Kirsty Moyser a call at […]

Honey Fitz

We have been at the Rybovich North marina and yard which is located in Riviera Beach just north of Palm Beach. There is a larger marina just down the waterway in Palm Beach but that is fancy, for the mega yacht crowd. We came here because a friend had …

Captain’s log: 11/10/11-11/15/11

      As you can see this blog-thing is not going to be an everyday thing. I’ll keep trying but, even on essay tests I was not a very good bulls#$%er. ” just the facts ma’am…. Just the facts”   Not good at just fill…

Captain’s log: 11/10/11-11/15/11

      As you can see this blog-thing is not going to be an everyday thing. I’ll keep trying but, even on essay tests I was not a very good bulls#$%er. ” just the facts ma’am…. Just the facts”   Not good at just fill…

NAMED

This morning I put the lettering on my kayak. Al finished a stool he has been working on for the helm station. We had purchased a couple of stools that were not quite right. So he made up his own and he is happy with it.  (View Post…)

Lake Okeechobee Waterway

Lake water levelWe did promise to talk about this last post, so here goes (we think this is close enough to be right, but you can check for details if you want}. Back in the early days of Florida, the local folks requested the government to build a dam…