No, not New York!
Long Island- Salt Pond settlement garage
The 56 nm run from Rum Cay to Thompson Bay on the west side of Long Island was uneventful, and even the fishing was a non-event, except that the lure that seemed…

No, not New York!
Long Island- Salt Pond settlement garage
The 56 nm run from Rum Cay to Thompson Bay on the west side of Long Island was uneventful, and even the fishing was a non-event, except that the lure that seemed…
has fallen. This is all that remains of that wonderful piece of engineering.That was the last major obstacle as well. The workshop floor is now open and I can begin assembly! ;-)Standby….. This is gonna get messy! 😉
The town pier is quite long, and well used by people fishing We do seem to take up the whole dock Sulphur spring Water runs from the spring to the pool, then out into the St. Johns riverThe Presbyterian church in town, built in 1884, is on…
LaBelle Free City Dock. N 26′ 43.091′/W 081′ 39.319′ — Left Ft. Myers 10:12 a.m. since we only need to go 14 miles to the Franklin Lock for the 1300 opening which we made with plenty of time to spare so we anchored as 3rd in line to enter the lock. We had lunch during […]![]()
Well yes I got a cold, in Florida I ran away from the cold and damp weather to get away from such conditions but here I am filling my garage can with Kleenex and paper towel. Rick came by with Theraflu last night so I did manage to …

The excitement of sea trials and open house over and we are back in Arizona with a load of photos and video to process. The link at the bottom will take you to another eight minutes of video, this time with lots of visitor comments plus a bit of action with the seas abeam and […]
MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:17 SUNSET: 7:35HIGH: 86 LOW: 69THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN IN THE EVENING AND NIGHTMike and Brent left for the Fort Lauderdale airport prior to the “crack of dawn” for their prearranged morning flights ho…

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 […]

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…
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…
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