Many people have emailed us wanting to know what impact the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis have had on our in New Zealand. Bottom line: we were unaffected.NZ’s earthquake was on south island, new Christchurch. Oso Blanco is in Auckland which…
The Fishing Trip
Hello everyone, we went out Sunday and fished about 5 miles out near the reef, and its was a great day except it was a little windy, so we had the “rock and roll” but everyone faired well. So after a day of fishing came the social and the BBQ, with eve…
Southern Banderas Bay
Wanted to post some pictures we took as we cruised the southern part of Banderas Bay yeaterday. Also there are pictures of Julie and our neighbors (Mike and Arlene Shannon from San Diego) on their way armed with margaritas and wine to look f…
Marsh Harbour
(Thurs March 10 – Dist: 27.1 mi; Avg Speed: 9.1 mph; TTT: 3:00 hrs)
Mangoe’s Marina, Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas
This is a nice little marina with the best ever dockmaster. Ray is a young guy, super friendily and responsi…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-03-14 08:03:00
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…
