The Freedman family has been busy over the last 3 weeks or so, learning a lot about operating our trawler, and getting to know one of the most wonderful cruising grounds in the world — the Exuma islands of the Bahamas. Truly, I don’t think I could have asked for a better training ground. Why […]
Dania Beach, FL – 3/28/11
While laying in bed this morning watching the news and weather report, a strong storm warning was posted with winds gusting to 70 mph. It has really been hot and dry in Florida so I guess it is a good thing but it sure keeps us inside. We had breakfas…
4th Day – Matagorda to Offatts Bayou
It’s the beginning of our 4th day and we are just about to get underway. It was another long day yesterday and rather chilly and overcast. Therefore, no photos. It appears it’s going to be the same today but a little warmer. We may cruise from the l…
Ellis Propeller
Industrial America is alive and, in the case of Ellis Propeller in Jacksonville, surviving. New orders are way off but fortunately for the shop people do manage to damage propellers so service work pays the bills. What we find amazing is the size of propellers and amount of damage that is repairable. The owner of […]
New Company
Pam & I got back to Tourist just in time to get provisioned for our next guests arrival on Thursday. Thanks to my Mom & Dad for picking up the Kissell’s at RSW and giving them the tour on the way to Legacy.Kim & LuAnn have been trying to ge…
March 28, 2011
We’re back. Back on the boat, and ready to leave it again. Go figure…
I did go to New York. Stayed in the condo for two weekends, to give the crew in FL time to install the new heating system. The only problem is, the compon…
March 23 thru 28, 2011
Wednesday-Titusville to Daytona Beach: Had to wait for the fog to lift before leaving this AM. Not much happening today. Had one narrow opening for a bridge and a lot of no wake areas. In the New Smyrna area there was real …
Stairs
Engine room insulation and finish covering continues, but we had to take a brief detour to address the issue of the stairs from the wheelhouse to the below decks area. Just before we painted the boat last summer, I realized that unless we wanted…
Sanibel Marina to Legacy Harbor Ft Myers
Woke up this morning to lightning, rain and high winds thies went on for a couple of hours. About 9:30 it started clearing up so we got the boat ready and headed out to the Caloosahatchee River which runs from the Gulf up into Lake Okeechobee. Ft Myers…
The St. John’s River
Cruising the St. John’s River is a side trip recommended by many for viewing old Florida and its wildlife. That sounded good to us so we left St. Augustine and traveled to Jacksonville, the first big city on the St. John’s River, about eighteen miles o…
