September Song 2011-04-19 02:56:00

Joe, pouring champagne All the admirals toasting to a wonderful time in the Islands and much more to come. Joe loves to collect crab pot lines. God only knows how long these have been on his running gear, but they were cut off today. He said these were…

Passagemaker connection – Days 196 to 197 – Cocoa to Daytona Beach

Friday morning we traveled from Cocoa to Daytona Beach.  The forecast called for 20% chance of showers which gave us what has turned out thus far to be a rare opportunity to monitor conditions on satellite weather.  The route t…

Bay Point to St Andrew’s Marina, Panama City

We left the slip at Bay Point at 8:10 AM following the channel out to the bay, I did touch bottom at one of the corners but was able to back off and continue, by 9:30 we wrer tied up at the dock of St, Andrews Marina. after we were settled I took a tax…

Leaving the Comfort of New Bern

Yes we have left the dock. We left New Bern Friday, April 14th. Cruising to Oriental was familiar to us as we have made the trip a few times by boat and driven by car. What I love about the community of Oriental is the feel of marine life all around. There are usually three or […]

Beaufort City Marina, Beaufort, SC

Spent this morning touring Beaufort. Many of the homes date back to before the civil war, and they have been beautifully maintained. The streets are shaded with overhanging tree branches, very pretty town. Visited St. Helena’s Episcopal church whi…

Full Gale To The Tropics

If the sea trial photo above has you wondering how the FPB 64 handles heavy weather – say seas three times this size and 30 to 40 knots of wind – we have a couple of e-mails from Pete Rossin aboard Iron Lady, to sate your curiosity. Pete and Debbie, and crew Steve, are on […]

Exploring Nice, France Some More

Continued from yesterday… Christi took a different path down from the Lou Castel park than she had taken up. When she got to the park gate, she found herself on the waterfront. The only problem was that she had no idea where on the waterfront she was! Here is a shot of the Tour Bellanda […]

Travel Day 1

We departed Little Harbour Monday 04/18 and traveled to Egg Island Eleuthura – it was a beautiful but windy day.  We arrived around 4 pm to Royal Harbour to find the best anchorage’s already taken.  We had one attempt that didn’t want t…

Avery Island home of Tabasco

We left Houma and traveled to Avery Island. We stopped at Morgan City to fuel up then proceeded on. Finally found Avery Island and the dock. Some people who lived there let us tie up at dock in front of their house. I don’t know if it was private or pu…

Avery Island home of Tabasco

We left Houma and traveled to Avery Island. We stopped at Morgan City to fuel up then proceeded on. Finally found Avery Island and the dock. Some people who lived there let us tie up at dock in front of their house. I don’t know if it was private or pu…