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…
Mar. 28 – Fort Walton Beach, FL
Day 22 – Beautiful BeachThe Boat Marina & BoatyardWe rented a car this morning and ran a few earns. Stan had things he needed to get from West Marine and Lowes, and we needed a few groceries so we went to Wal-Mart. They seem to have b…
Monday, March 28, 2011
John and I went exploring in our dinghy again this morning. We hadn’t gotten very far when we were pulled over by the water patrol. Our dinghy registration numbers and seal are on Plexiglas panels and used to hang on the front sides of the dink. Well, …
Training (and relaxing) in the Exumas
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 hav…
A Little Further North
The dock lines are free and we are back in the Wetsundays again. After 3 1/2 months, 2 cyclones and 2 trips away from Opal Lady we left the marina last Thursday with friend, Graeme aboard. Very fitting that the man who wrote the song A Little Further N…
Fleming Island Marina, Orange Park, Florida
Weather forecast for today was thunderstorms and winds. Calm this morning, so we left to travel about 13 miles to this marina. Uneventful trip, cloudy but calm. Went by a military facility, watched several huge aircraft taking off over the boat a…
Monday, 3/28/11
Fort Myers – Caloosahatchee River– We had to delay our departure today for two reasons. At the time of departure from Ft. Myers, we saw lightening off to the west in the. So we started counting…1 – 1,000, 2 – 1,000, 3 – 1,000. It was almost on top of us. So we quick closed up the hatches and port holes […]
