Wednesday April 20th – Dropping the lines from the pennant was a lot easier than picking them up. The weather was holding out for us again, we can’t believe how warm it is in the morning. Headed out under the bridge and took a left just at the St. Augu…
Squalls At Anchor
Weve been anchored in a lovely channel amongst the Marquesas Keys west of Key West (off the NW corner of Boca Grande). There is good holding, a reversing current running at two to three knots, and 15 to 20 knots of breeze to keep us cool. The direction of the wind, out of the east, […]
Early to Bed
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…
Wednesday and Thursday, May 4 & 5, 2011
Dozier’s Retagga Point Marina: Not much to write about. We are spending our 4th night here. NOAA is still giving out small craft warnings for the area and we would rather be safe than sorry. We will try again tomorrow. Kei…
Early to Bed
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…
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…
