Palm Beach Yacht Centre, Palm Beach, Florida

A container ship being loaded at Port EvergladesIt was quite windy when we woke up this morning, we discussed whether it was a good day to travel. In the end, we decided to go since the whole day was in the protected intercoastal waterway, and we’re gl…

Fort Lauderdale to Riviera Beach City Marina

(Friday Feb 25 – Dist: 51.7 mi; Avg Speed: 6.8 mph; TTT: 8:15 hrs)

Family

On the way to New Bern we drove the more southern route so that we would not run into weather in the Okla. City area. From our land base home Hale Center, Texas we drove through the Dallas area, through Shreveport, La. Driving through the big state of Texas is a full days drive. Sometimes […]

Poster Child

Every fall there is a huge gathering of marine professionals at what is called IBEX. IBEX stands for International BoatBuilders’ Exposition & Conference and it is the largest technical marine event in the world.  Every major vendor of marine items is there. Along with thousands of items to check out, there is an extensive array of […]

Kim Jo III

Saturday, February 26, 2011

We walked to Edison and Fords winter homes and museum this afternoon.  About half way there I realized I did not have my camera; it was too hot to turn back so I decided to try using my telephone for pictures.  T…

Quest at Sea

Marathon, FL – 2/27/11 (day 30)

This morning we took the dinghy about 3 miles to the mouth of the harbor to Marathon Marina to have a brunch with several other boaters on Darel & Sue’s boat, Present Moment. Sue fixed a yummy spread of waffles, blueberries, strawberries, whipped c…

2-27-2011 NEW RIVER, FORT LAUDERDALE

ROBERT ARRIVESSUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMAs we lazed around, drinking our morning coffee and watching Sunday Morning, energetic runners raced past the Quest. The kids were trailing the adults but working just as hard and having way more fun….

What’s the name? No Name!

We made our way out into the boonies to the No Name Pub. The No Name Pub was a bar and brothel many years ago out in the middle of nowhere, but now is a really funky bar and fun place with some of the best pizza you will ever find. every inch of the wa…

September Song 2011-02-28 06:02:00

Is you dollar here? Every inch of the No Name Pub is covered with dollar bills.I met this lady at the bar. She was on crutches, so I asked how she got hurt. Well, after several bottles of wine in the spa, one broken wine glass in the pool, a badly cut …

Jenny Nordhavn N46

Report From Onboard Jenny

Monday, February 28, 2011 7:31:07 AMLocation: Aquamarina, DaytonaLatitude is 29 degrees 12.093 minutes north.Longitude is 81 degrees 0.745 minutes west.No recent weather observation is available. You know you have found a nice anchorage when the loc…