April 20 – Longboat Key, FL

Day 45 – Gorgeous WaterMoore’s Stone Crab Restaurant (free dock)One of the necessities of cruising is having your holding tanks pumped out…I know, not very glamorous, but it has to be done. Today the pump out came to us…as I said before this is…

Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.
Friday, 22 April or Thursday April 21, 2011?
1015 Z or 1914 JST or 0015 HST?

Boy have we been confused!!! Not about our port of departure (Osaka) or our port of arrival (Honolulu), but about what…

Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…

We are at the International Dateline.(CORRECTED – IGNORE FIRST ONE)

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.
Friday, 22 April or Thursday April 21, 2011?
1015 Z or 1914 JST or 0015 HST?

Boy have we been confused!!! Not about our port of departure (Osaka) or our port of arrival (Honolulu), but about what…

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.
Friday, 22 April or Thursday April 21, 2011?
1015 Z or 1914 JST or 0015 HST?

Boy have we been confused!!! Not about our port of departure (Osaka) or our port of arrival (Honolulu), but about what…

Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…

And We’re Off!! Day 1 of the ‘Great Loop’

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…