We had beautiful weather today, we borrowed the marina’s loaner car and took a short drive to Niceville’s brand new Walmart where we bough groceries and a few other things we needed. Back at the boat I changed the main engine’s oil and filter. Mid afte…
Loggerhead Vero Beach Resort and Marina, Vero Beach, Florida
Breakfast along the seawall at the Farmer’s Market in Fort Pierce yesterday Woodpecker on a tree here at LoggerheadOne of the many small lakes around the complexA waterfall out by the poolBeautiful day today, cool this morning, but warmed …
FPB 112 Design Cycle – Working Through The Tradeoffs
Ed Firth, one of Circa’s engineers, has been with us in Arizona the past week, refining the preliminary FPB 112 design. We thought a few comments on the process might be of interest.
As we have discussed before, capsize resistance and recovery are critical components of yachts intended for offshore work. This is a function of […]
Cruising Southeast Alaska: Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay has long been high on our list of places to visit. And after nearly a
week cruising southeast Alaska, the first day of our permit to
enter finally had arri…
Sunday, March 13, 2011
We spent 3 night at Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart. It was a very nice marina but pretty pricey. We got caught up on a lot of things; washing, grocery store, and we rode bikes to the West Marine store; a total of 6 miles. That was the fi…
ON THE MOVE AGAIN
This is supposed to be a picture of the Seven Mile Bridge, but I tried to get too much of it and so you can’t see the bridge at all. The water looks pretty though.This morning we untied from the mooring ball in Boot Key Harbor in Marathon, Florida. W…
Hawks Channel & The Fla Keys
We have been to Key West before by car. The farthest south we have gone by boat was Marathon last year where we turned N/NE and went to the Florida Everglades and worked our way up the west coast of Fla. So this was a new experience.We departed Ft Laud…
Time To Paddle
Today, Sharon and I got the kayaks out and went for a spin around our anchorage at Barnes Sound. We had discussed this yesterday when we realized that the 10 weeks spent in the Bahamas was done without kayaking. …
Mar. 12 – Through the Bayou
Day 6 – Lake Arthur, LAMementau River – AnchorageSorry for the delay in posting. We knew we would have poor cell coverage in this area. The first two paragraphs I wrote on our way here today. The area we are in now is a major improv…
Bike Week Photos 3
All the races were close and great to see! Jason on number 40 was in the top 5 rider group for the Daytona 200! But, on lap 28 his bike broke. Fortunately for him, the race was red flagged on lap 28. That caused a restart two hours later with the…
