60 Miles Travelled Hutchinson Island to Cape MalibarApril 15th 2011 – It’s here our first official day of the Great Loop! What is the Great Loop? Check out the photo below, it’s at least a 6000 mile trip and should take us about a year …
See Florida, Sea Florida MTOA Rendezvous
Friday April 8th- Rose early in the morning to time our departure with slack tide around 8am. It’s always an interesting event untying from the Riverwalk wall. Sometimes the current plays with the boats like toys in a bathtub. The MTOA ( Marine T…
Beaufort SC….that is Beautiful Beaufort!
The initial call to the Downtown Beaufort Marina said it all! When I said Bow.fort, I was corrected to prounce the city as Bewfort! Bow…fort is in NC. OK, got it!Beaufort is a beautiful town by all measures. The Beaufort River is beautiful and is par…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-04-20 09:51:00
ARGHHHHH – NO MORE SNOW, NO MORE SNOW!!!Promises of 60’s this weekend is keeping us sane.Ok, Tulips – anytime now.
Nassau
We made stopovers in Warderick Wells and Norman’s Cay on our way north to New Providence Island, where we’ll stop and spend a night or two in the Nassau Harbor Club marina, a favorite spot frequented by cruisers, reasonably priced, and perfect in t…
April 19/11 More on the Weather
Oh Boy! The wind howled and then howled some more. Almost 36 knots in the anchorage and the waves built and broke and the water sprayed. Then… Bang! One of the ropes on the anchor bridle popped a strand and we have to make adjustments to keep the who…
Weather
Well even in Paradise (Oh sorry, we are still in Opito), you have to have a bit of bad weather and even as it is, it isn’t really that bad. Just a day of 35 knot winds and pouring rain. We’ve got a good anchorage and we needed a day to just “bum” aroun…
More Funny Names – Beautiful Places
So we are anchored in Paradise Bay (easy enough name) on Urupukapuka Island – Gottcha! Since it is a work day for Abbie, Glen and I head into shore on our own, there is a supposed to be a beautiful walk on this island. Well our fitness level has now sp…
St Andrew’s Marian to Baytowne Marina Sandestin
We left St Andrews at 8:30 this morning the wind was 5-10 from the South. There were only ripples on the water outside the marina. We contined across West Bay then for a long ride down a dredged cut through pine forests. Next we entered Chocktawha…
The Kauri Museum
We had worked pretty hard on the boat and the entire crew felt like we needed a break and to enjoy some of the local area. We hopped into our trusty rental car and drove an hour or so south to visit a museum all about the massive Kauri trees that…
