4/1/2011 FORT LAUDERDALE’S HALL OF FAME MARINA

FRIDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:12 SUNSET: 7:37HIGH: 89 LOW: 72With the arrival of April we are acutely aware of the lengthening days and consistently warm days. Ah, this must be spring in Florida! Soon we will be heading north and are…

Rock Sound Revisited

Friday, April 1, 2011, Day 187. We hung around the marina most of the day and left for Rock Sound at 3:00 pm to meet Ray and Gail tomorrow. We tidied up a bit for their visit.Saturday, April 2, 2011, Day 188. Gail and Ray arrived in the morning. We…

Windhorse

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MVGUMBO 2011-04-01 19:45:00

The winds were down to 15 mph today so we got on the move again. We left Legacy harbor about 8:30 am and went over to the Ft Myers Municipal Yacht Harbor where they sell fuel, including diesel, we filled the tanks which took about 133 gallons @ $3.87 i…

April 1 – Apalachicola, FL

Day 26 – Old World FloridaBattery Park MarinaWhat a beautiful day on the water…just the right temperature and plenty of sunshine.  The winds were pretty strong on the bays we crossed, but not too bad in the ICW.  The scenery was mostly pi…

Southbound?

Saturday morning we hop in our rent a car and head on back south to the boat.1200 miles, we should be there sometime Sunday.  Certainly can’t do that by boat!  But then why would you!  We enjoyed our 2 weeks home, got ALOT done but …

Seas 2 Day

APRIL ALREADY

This morning we pulled up our anchor, coated with a bunch of gunk, and left our breezy anchorage. We had gray skies, warm temperatures, and 28 mph winds. Then we had rain. Our original destination had space for us, but we would not have been allowed to…

Angel Island

We made it to Angel Island!

We spotted an overturned vessel about an hour into the trip up and we called the coast guard. We circled it a few times and told them the vessel looked pretty derelict and had probably been overturned for awhile-therefore …

Saturday, 4/1/11

N 27′ 28.217′/ W 080′ 19. 550′ – We were spared any inclement weather other than some distant lightening and wind through the night.   It was a smooth departure from Indiantown with a turtle popping his head out of the water who was smiling at us.   The skies were cloudy and the St. Lucie canal was very […]

Boat House Marina, Palacta, Florida

We are in the historic town of Palatca, a small town about 25 miles south of Six Mile Creek and the Outback Crab Shack. Sunny this morning, but predictions of high winds this afternoon, so we got up and going early. Very nice ride down here, however th…