Actually, the island is named St. Christopher’s, by Columbus who named it after his patron saint. (How modest of him, really.) But everyone knows the place simply as St. Kitt’s! To recap our recent moves, this morning we cleared out with Statian Custom…
Classic Boat Races
Our boat builder, good buddy, mentor, and often co-conspirator – Ken Fickett – told us about some folks who get together to race old hydroplanes and Jersey Skiffs down on Lake Dora. He would take his skiff down there as a chase boat and we could photograph the races that aren’t actually races. So off […]
Exploring Male
Randal and I have done a bit of exploring on Male and yesterday found the marine supply and general hardware stores. That’s his kind of shopping. Meanwhile I still can’t find a shop that sells barrettes that can hold thick, curly hair. I’ll keep looking.
Tierra Verde to Marina Jack in Sarasota
We left Dot and Ed’s dock at 7:45, weather was nice, cool, winds 10 mph, and clear we were headed directly into the sun so the reflection on the water made it hard to identify the Navigation markers, but with the help of the GPS all went…
Pre – Cruise Preparations
Well, our departure has been delayed mainly because of activities related to getting Queen Kathleen ready. Our time in Rockport has been spent with the following:Haul out – waxing the hull, scraping and repainting the propeller, through hulls, adding…
Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, 2011
We are in Melbourne, FL, at the Telemar Bay Marina. We visited with Doug and Joanie; our friends who live here. Joanie brought me to Walmart and after we all had a nice dinner. It was good to see them again.There is a rowing competi…
Almost (but not quite) Done!
Hi everyone!At this point, I feel as if I’m writing to friends. Thank you all who take the time to read this blog, comment and join as followers. It’s a thrill to log on and find a new comment and/or follower. At first I thought blogg…
Mar. 20 – Wonderful Little Town
Day 14 – Ocean Springs, MSOcean Springs Small Craft HarborWe stayed in Ocean Springs today…we may stay here forever! It’s a nice little town that reminds me of Carmel, CA. Cute little shops, lots of small restaurants, nice houses, bea…
Sunday, 3/20/11
N 27′ 06. 733′/W 082′ 27. 967′ We had a smooth departure from Sanibel Island at 0750 hours. It was a very snug marina and very tight getting out of our slip but Luke backed up slow from the slip and turned ever so gently to 1ft. from the boat docked astern of us. Then […]
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sister Boat to Ernest Hemingway’s Boat. Harry French, lunchtime entertainer at restaurant. This picture is self explanatory.Today we enjoyed another beautiful day in the sun. The wind picked up a little and we got wet traveling in the dinghy because o…
