Incoming!

Tons of updates coming shortly… We’ve made a lot of repairs, updates, and improvements since mid-2009, and I finally want to get them documented. Some of these will be posted out of order, but it’s the only way I’ll get this done.

Marathon Florida Photos

A brief compilation of cruising in the Florida Cays with the grandkids, Emma and Ian, and their parents aboard Wind Horse. Photos are by dad, Todd Beveridge. Use the arrow bottom right to start the slide show. The letter “F” brings up a full screen display.

I wish Mother Nature

would get the seasons figured out! Sheez! Doesn’t she know that epoxy just doesn’t cure at 0 Deg C? C’mon now!It’s been slow this week. I managed to get a few panels put together and another taken apart and put back together (long story, don’t ask).Thi…

St Augustine Adventures – Days 198 to 205 – Daytona Beach to St Augustine

We departed Daytona Beach early Sunday morning (April 17) after taking on 161 gallons of diesel at $3.83/gal, the highest we’ve paid thus far.  Good news, we could have paid $4.39 at Vero Beach and $4.10 at St Augustine.  Bad n…

A bit of this and a bit of that, and a lession or two

A recent email with a fellow boater/friend reminded me of a few incidents while traveling north in March. The first occurred in that stretch of the ICW between Wrightsville Beach north to Morehead City.We happened upon by chance, a group of 3 motors …

4/21/2011 WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO NEW RIVER, NC

THURSDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY:   31 NM DOCKED AT:   SWAN MARINA, NEW RIVER, NCICW MILE MARKER:   247SUNRISE: 6:33     SUNSET: 7:47HIGH: 81         &nbsp…

April 22 – Fort Myers, FL

Day 47 – Too Many BoatsFort Myers Yacht BasinWe left our beautiful anchorage and headed to Ft. Myers this morning. When you turn east on the Caloosahatichee River heading to Fr. Myers you are entering the Okeechobee Waterway and are at the end of the G…

More about Istanbul

  Randal and I spent the morning wandering around Izmir lost in the confusion of streets around the bazaar.  Everyone tried to help us, and thankfully Randal is good with a map because if not we’d still be wandering around out there.&#1…

Back in the Land of Plenty!

Wow…I’m sort of speechless….in culture shock. This wasn’t expected, to be honest. After seven months aboard in the Caribbean, I am seeing parts of the United States from a new point of view now that we are back; I feel like I’ve just come out of a …

Pensacola Beach to The Wharf Marina, Orange Beach Alabama

We had the anchor up and were on the way from Pensacola Beach at 8:40, winds were light in the morning but soon picked up to about 10 K. There was a lot of pleasure boat traffic as today is a holiday for many, Good Friday,  making it a three day w…