FOOD: It was last night, but too good not to mention: a fabulous shrimp etouffee (dark-red roux based sauce and a lot of shrimp butter added later) from Paul Prudhomme’s cookbook. Served on top of creamy stone ground grits, and accompanied by amazi…
Marina Jack to Galati Marina, Annamaria Is.
We got the boat prepared and left Marina Jack at 9 this morning. The weather was beautiful, with temps in the mid 80s and light winds. The bay waters were calm. We made our way up Sarasota Bay to Annamaria Is. where we pulled into the marina at no…
The Tropics!
Just a factoid I discovered more by accident than by design: We have been in the tropics. Woo-hoo!
The tropics is an area defined as between the Tropic of Cancer in the northern latitudes, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern latitudes; both ima…
Following The Equator: Voyages of M/V Equinox 2011-04-08 18:25:00
Up before first light and away we went, so that we would arrive at Mayaguana in plenty of good light. The weather was glorious for cruising, sunshine and light easterly winds, and the seas were only just a bit beamy. Nothing the stabilizers couldn’t …
READY TO GO!
Cape Florida Lighthouse. (I can’t figure out how to rotate this picture) We anchored out in Biscayne Bay just outside of No Name Harbor. This is the Coral Castle mentioned in blog a couple of days ago. This was called “Repentance Corner”. Today it wou…
Friday, 4/8/11
N 29′ 52.650′/W 081 18.720′ Anchored inside Matanzas Inlet to the Atlantic 100 yds. from Fort Matanzas After a good night’s sleep we departed Titusville at 7:30 a.m. and ate breakfast underway. It has been a beautiful day and we are overwelmed by all the beauty that God has provided for us today. Our goal […]
Welaka Town dock, Welaka, Florida
Left Monroe Harbour Marina this morning, heading north. At this point we are re-tracing our tracks along this beautiful waterway to get back to Jacksonville. New experience today, we were asked to slow down by 2 different law enforcement officers. One …
Jones Fruit Dock
(Thursday April 7 – Dist: 49.6 mi; Avg Speed: 8.7 mph; TTT: 5:50 hrs)
Jones Fruit Dock was owned by an elderly gentleman who ran a fruit stand so boaters could get fresh fruit while on the water. He allowed boats to overnight with little or no a…
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Anchored between Ft Walton and Pensacola
Well it did not start out to well today, but ended in a lovely anchorage spot. Decided to go outside cruising from Panama City to Destin instead of using the intracoastal. It was foggy, rough(at least to me) and I was green and not a happy camper by th…
