Coconut Grove Adventures – Day 134 to 138 – Miami, FL

Pending completion by Les.

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-02-17 18:35:00

Days 174 – 176  Harbour Cay Club, Marathon, FL Tuesday, February 15, 2011 through Thursday, February 17, 2011At Harbour Cay ClubBeautiful, sunny days with temperatures in the 70’s.  We relaxed and got a lot of things done around the bo…

Sombrero Dockside Marina, Marathon, Boot Key Harbour, Florida

Another beautiful warm sunny day in paradise. Took the dinghies out Sisters Creek to the Atlantic side of the Key to a pretty little beach. Had a picnic lunch and walked on the beach. We went with Eddie and Nancy, Scott and Marlene from Nomad met us th…

Key Largo to Key Biscayne

(Thursday Feb. 17 – Dist: 44.6 mi; Avg Speed: 13.7 mph; TTT: 4:00 hrs.)

Biscayne Bay is a rather large body of water so we were able to go up on plane and make some good time.  In one part of the Bay well out from shore there are a number of…

Seas 2 Day

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The moon taken during the sunset, Tonight’s sunset!Our boat on the mooring ball in Marathon.Today John finished putting the last coats of polyurethane on the table top and the door frame. They both turned out really nice. Then we did some paper work (…

Kim Jo III

Thursday, February 17, 2011

It is good to be in Fort Myers.  Last night we had drinks and a wonderful dinner at Dave and Pat’s condo along with some friends of theirs and ours from Red Wing, MN; Linnea and Jim of “Otherwise”.  Dave and Pat are the previous owners of Kim…

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Very cool boat house

Pretty sure many of you have already seen this on HGTV, but a friend emailed it to us and we thought we would pass it along.Beautiful is an understatement.Enjoy.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

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Tonnage

Steve, what does an FPB64 measure out to for tonnage (USCG rules)?
Thanks
Rick de Castro

Have not yet seen a USCG tonnage calc Rick.

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Evaluating Stability and Capsize Risks For Yachts

Over the last couple of years we have had a number of discussions about the mechanics of stability and capsize risks. Recently these issues have come up again, and we thought this might be a good time to revisit this fundamental safety issue. In the ensuing blog we are going to show you some rather […]

THE NEXT LEG OF THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Good morning.  We have been having problems boasting on the blog until today.  Tuesday \Lane and Tina arrived.  We picked them up at the hotel and back to the boat, after stopping to buy groceries and have lunch at Ali-gators.   \Sc…