Rich in History – South Carolina

There’s a lot to see while on your northern migration through South Carolina so slow down and make sure to take it all in. These southern harbor towns have a lot of history surrounding them and food’s pretty good as…

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Pilothouse for FPB 64

I was wondering what the possibilities of placing a Pilothouse like the one on the FBP 112 on the FBP 64? Placing it forward in line with the lower house windows and then having a “porch” on the aft section.

Hi Chrisopher:
We looked at a pilot house configuration in the original conceptual work for the FPB […]

The Easter turkey was too big

If the Easter turkey is too big for the convection oven, the only place to cook it is the old propane grill on the aft deck.And when you don’t have a turkey baster, you use the next best thing.  A 10 milliliter syringe from the vet’s office.

Whiskey Creek Dinghy Cruise

At the suggestion of a SetSail visitor we took of yesterday afternoon to have a look at Whiskey Creek.

It is an almost pristine wilderness a few minutes dinghy ride from where WInd Horse is anchored. And if you get lucky, there are some wonderful critters to observe.

These include cruisers who would rather be off a […]

Hanging Straps

Our aft mooring cover doubles as a cockpit bimini. We have a stainless frame that attaches to the cockpit gunwale to support it. When we’re not using it, the frame sits around the perimeter on the cockpit sole, where I often stub my toes on it.I made…

Whirlwind week and onward!

Just so you know, we haven’t exactly sat still since we’ve returned to Jensen Beach, our home port, a mere week ago. It feels like a month, with all the ground we’ve covered! We’re going to be land-based for a bit these next few months, so are beginnin…

Georgetown, SC, charming southern town/

    Georgetown was originally settled in 1526 as the earliest settlement in North America by Europeans. The colonists stayed a short time and the next settlement was in 1670 by the English. As in many other southern cities, indigo became th…

April 26 – Fort Myers Beach, FL

Day 51 – Haul OutOlsen Marine ServicesFirst thing this morning Olsen Marine Services hauled the boat out and set it up in their yard. Stan got busy working on things from his list. He changed the engine and injection pump oil, replaced the zincs and …

Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Travelled north another 50 miles today. It was cloudy this morning when we left, and we ran into rain storms a few times as we travelled. It was actually a beautiful travel day. We started the day going past marsh and what the chart says are abandoned …

[Kensblog] Sans Souci arrives in Turkey

Greetings all!

On April 17th I departed our home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bound for Marmaris, Turkey, where I would be meeting our boat, Sans Souci. It was to  be a quick trip. Sans Souci would be arriving via a freighter from Hong Kong. …