November, 2010
Generally, we wait until after Thanksgiving to call it quits on the season.
Last fall, we winterized and hauled out early. I had been dealing with a back injury for over a year, and finally concluded that I needed surgery. The full r…
Early to Bed
Days 36-38 – Tarpon Springs to Venice, FL
We stayed an extra day in Tarpon Springs and rode bikes to the post office and grocery store and beyond. It appeared to us that it's a very poor city. We left the marina early and decided to go farther than Sarasota in order to get to Ft.Myers …
We are here……
We will be in Charleston, SC for Cinco De Mayo and should start heading north on Sunday. The cruise up has been better than last year. Not all the rain, but a lot of wind! We are cruising at an average speed of 6 mph this year to conserve fuel.&n…
5/4/2011 A STORMY CROSSING FROM HOOPERS ISLAND TO CAMBRIDGE, MD
5/4/2011 A STORMY CROSSING FROM HOOPER ISLAND TO CAMBRIDGE, MDWEDNESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 54 NM DOCKED AT: CAMBRIDGE CITY MARINA …
May 4 – Marathon, FL
Day 59 – We Made It To The KeysSombrero MarinaWe left Little Shark River at 6:30, a little before sunrise, with a ton of mosquitoes. The Gulf was flat and we wanted to take advantage of that, we were lucky again and had wonderful weather to cross Flori…
Loon in CT. Proof!
I got up this morning and, as I do most every morning, admired the sunrise. There’s something about living on a boat and sunrises and sunsets… and there he was. At first, in my groggy state, I thought he was a Cormo…
Back aboard Istaboa…
…and very happy to be.The interior project is still (begrudgingly) in the works. Seems nothing works out as one expects these days, but we’re sure it will all wangle out to our liking in the end.Today as we flew out of Memphis we circled downtown’s r…
Dania Beach, FL – 5/4/11
Another day getting ready to leave the marina. Ricki had planned to work inside the boat today and I planned to put a final coat of varnish on the rails.Shortly before noon Barb came across the dock to our boat and said Skip was going for a pump out an…
Ephesus Part 2
We tested out the Marina restaurant last night. There is only one restaurant and 1,600 berths so you can imagine. It took forever for our order to be taken and the noise level was ridiculous, but Randal said his steak actually tasted…
Storing Dinghies Forward
Storing dinghies forward of the mast as in the photo above has benefits and problems.
It makes launching with the spinnaker halyard easy, and raising the dink at night leaving it alongside is simple. And often there is no other location that is practical.
There are two major negatives. The first is your sight lines from aft, […]
