N 28’24.500′/W 080′ 36.000′ Left Sabastian Inlet Marina at 8:25 heading north. Sunny, winds 17 knots from the North with a light chop. Another God blessed day! We are docked at Patrick AFB Marina on the Banana River off the ICW. This is a very lovely marina protected from any rough waters. We are thankful for […]
Sunday, 4/3/11
Avery Island to Morgan City
Avery Island was so interesting. It was off the beaten path and a little hard to find, but worth it. The island is owned by the McIlheney family and everyone who works at the Tabasco factory lives on the island – very inexpensively I might add as the…
Georgetown Marina, Georgetown, Florida
Thought we would leave by 8 this morning, but thick fog when we got up, so waited until about 9 for it to lift. Once it lifted, beautiful sunny warm day. At Palatka, the St. Johns River narrows, so we travelled on a winding very pretty waterway, trees,…
Movin On Movin On
Well the time has come for us to move on. What day could be more appropriate to start/continue our journey of the Great Loop than April Fools day! So that’s just what we did. With the Franklin Lock on a limited opening schedule we departed Legacy Harbo…
Deep Water Documentary
Has anybody seen the documentary Deep Water? I’m very interested in seeing it. Would love to know whether anyone has any opinions on it. I’ve attached a YouTube clip of the official trailer. It looks absolutely incredible. According to IMDB: Deep Water is “a documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.” Would love your comments […]
4/2/2011 OUR LAST DAY AND NIGHT IN FORT LAUDERDALE
SATURDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:10 SUNSET 7:38HIGH: 84 LOW: 67We spent a lovely morning chatting with our neighbo…
El Salvador and Environs
It was exciting to clear out of Mexico at long last. For this big passage, we decided to ‘buddy boat,’ meaning we traveled in the company of a couple of other boats.We made what amounted to a 5-day passage, stopping only briefly in Puerto Chiapas r…
Trip to Sea of Cortez
Our good friends, Ken and Mary, arrived from Seattle Wednesday, March 23rd. Our plans were to depart the marina Thursday AM for the Sea of Cortez, which we did, but just after departing the marina, we realized a shaft seal needed replacing. We returne…
