Are they having fun yet?Wild and crazy at Irish Kevin’s!Jody helping Bil reel in customers with a chicken. Don’t ask, I don’t want to spoil the show for you if you make it to Key West for Bil Krauss’s show. No, I didn’t misspell it. He only has one L i…
September Song 2011-02-08 11:42:00
The last stop of the day is always at Schooner Wharf for the best wings in the world, a cigar, music, and a last toast to another great day in Key Weird. Jody, Jody, Jody!Cigar Guy is in loveTimes two, but I think he proposed to Jody.
Bahama Mama
While we were at the Little Farmers Cay Festival we were introduced to a local wood carver, Fleether Tinker Jr. also known as JR. We enjoyed his work very much and we like to collect items from different areas…
Delamination
We found a section of surface on the starboard side of the cabin that was delaminating. We notified our dealer, Heritage Yachts, who called in Steve Phelps of Cap’n Glass to assess the damage and determine what the cost would be to repair. Steve made the quote to Dave Plotkin/Heritage Yachts, Dave gave the quote […]
You never know
We headed to the Key’s Fisheries for a seafood fix, drinks, and sunset with Norm and Vicki on Tide Hiker, and this nice couple was sitting at the bar next to me. As always when we meet someone, we ask, “where are you from?” They said they were from a …
Battery state
Strong winds = free power for me.We have been somewhat battered by winds these past few days, though it’s all died down again now.Plenty of wind translates into plenty of power for me.I’ve not had to run a generator at all this last weekend, and for mo…
Big Majors Spot Revisited
Sunday, February 6, 2011, Day 133, Super Bowl Sunday. Well, the weather forecast changed, significantly. Yesterday’s forecast for Monday was ugly. The cold front that was supposed to come through on Monday stalled in Florida and is weakening. Tod…
FPB 64-3 Sea Trial Runs Three and Four
We have the complete set of data now from Circa on Iron Lady’s second set of runs. The data looks as expected for her displacement running in deep water and calm conditions (numbers are on the next page). She also appears to be a touch quieter, although without soft goods installed this is difficult to […]
Somali Piracy – Stratfor’s Annual Report
For most of us Somali piracy is a curiosity. But if you are crossing the Indian Ocean these days, even headed south towards South Africa, the risks are real. Stratfor is what we would call a private State Department or risk analysis outfit. Formed by George Friedman, they are considered the best in this business […]
Naples Boat Club, Naples, Florida
Wayne, Jane and Bill, Scott and Marlene, Eddie and Nancy, and myself Went for a trolley tour today with Nancy and Eddie; it took us up north of Naples and around town. We saw some very ritzy gated communities, and drove through…
