March 11, 2011Thompson Bay, Long Island, Bahamas23°21.16 N – 75°07.81 WHow many shades of turquoise are they? Since we’ve entered the shallows south of Little Exuma Island and leading into Long Island, all we’ve seen is turquoise; more or…
Sunday, March 13 Another successful Gulf Crossing
Sunset at Dog IslandAn exposed home on stilts on the islandWe had a beautiful crossing. Left Clearwater Marina at 3:30 PM on Saturday and arrived at Dog Island at noon on Sunday. During the night we watched 3 movies on DVD using our computer.
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March 2, 2011 At the southernmost tip of the Bahamas lies a chain of keys (“Cays”) so rugged and with so little protection from the elements that few boats venture to cruise the area. Along these sixty miles of wild beauty, boaters must be t…
March 11 At Clearwater, FL ready to cross the Gulf
Pirates again! We stopped at Clearwater City Marina for the night before crossing the Gulf.
March 9, Sarasota
Donna and Wayne (Dottie’s sister and her husband), and their friends, Harold and Roberta came to the boat so we took them for a ride.Coming back into “Marina Jack’s” at SarasotakThis is a beautiful 26 foot high statue entitled “Unconditional Surrender…
March 8 We decided to head north up the west coast of Florida
Waiting for a swing bridge to open for usSince we lost a month in Cape Coral, we decided to begin our long journey back home, instead of going down to the Florida Keys. We’d like to be home by April 15th. We topped the fuel tanks at Burnt S…
March 7, We are on our way at last!
One happy captain….heading out after a long waitYesterday the diver arrived to tighten the starboard prop. He discovered that the nut was bottoming on the shaft instead of the prop hub. The nut had to be counterbored to clear the sh…
March 5, Transmissions are both overhauled
The mechanic has now overhauled and installed both transmissions and two new, custom made exhaust elbows. Problem now is that he discovered that the starboard prop is loose on its shaft. We’ll have to get a diver to go down and tighten that…
3/14/2011 NEW RIVER, FORT LAUDERDALE AND MORE BOAT MAINTENANCE
MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:32 AM SUNSET 7:28 PM HIGH: 76 LOW: 65Lots of little things got taken care of today. Dan got a haircut, we had breakfast at the old Floridian Diner on Las Olas Blvd., found a place to dispose of the used …
Dania Beach Marina – 3/13/11 & 3/14/11
Our air card seems to be very slow here so I have decided to only post on the blog 2 or 3 times a week since it has taken over 20 minutes to load the pictures on this entry alone. Each place we stop on this adventure has advantages over the last one. T…
