Days 198 – 200 Williams Island Marina, Aventura, FLFriday, March 11, 2011 – Sunday, March 13, 2011 Waiting for the Venetian Causeway Bridge to openSeamoore at our sternDocked at Williams Island MarinaFountain directly behind our boa…
Exhaust temperature range?
Hi,
We have a Yanmar 4 cylinder turbo charged engine of about 60 hp and would like to know the exhaust temperature range we should target when powering, as distinct from the Vetus cooling water alarm we have available to fit which will trigger at a relatively low temperature?
The boat is a Southerly 135(13.5 metres) of […]
Mar. 13 – Another Day on the ICW
Day 7 – Avery Island, LABayou Petite AnesIt’s a good thing I’m keeping this blog, because the days are already beginning to fade together. Although the banks of the ICW are beginning to be a little more interesting…some houses, farms and&n…
PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES
TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 05 51.52N 074 22.77E
SOG: 6.1 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 9 KNOTS OUT OF 290 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
TO DESTINATION: 116 NM
ETA MALE 0722 TUE…
St. Barth!
We left St. Martin this morning after a rolly night on anchor in Anse Marcel. The cove where the Radisson is located is almost unbearable, because the island’s landfill on the far northern side of the adjoining mountain range caught fire and has been…
Bluewater Bay Marina
We had beautiful weather today, we borrowed the marina’s loaner car and took a short drive to Niceville’s brand new Walmart where we bough groceries and a few other things we needed. Back at the boat I changed the main engine’s oil and filter. Mid afte…
Loggerhead Vero Beach Resort and Marina, Vero Beach, Florida
Breakfast along the seawall at the Farmer’s Market in Fort Pierce yesterday Woodpecker on a tree here at LoggerheadOne of the many small lakes around the complexA waterfall out by the poolBeautiful day today, cool this morning, but warmed …
FPB 112 Design Cycle – Working Through The Tradeoffs
Ed Firth, one of Circa’s engineers, has been with us in Arizona the past week, refining the preliminary FPB 112 design. We thought a few comments on the process might be of interest.
As we have discussed before, capsize resistance and recovery are critical components of yachts intended for offshore work. This is a function of […]
Cruising Southeast Alaska: Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay has long been high on our list of places to visit. And after nearly a
week cruising southeast Alaska, the first day of our permit to
enter finally had arri…
Sunday, March 13, 2011
We spent 3 night at Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart. It was a very nice marina but pretty pricey. We got caught up on a lot of things; washing, grocery store, and we rode bikes to the West Marine store; a total of 6 miles. That was the fi…
