(March 1 – 6)
Life is good here. The town of West End is only about 1.5 miles from the marina and is quite an eye opener. Discarded conch shells line the water front through out town; thousands of shells just dumped on the edge of the road …
Grand Bahama Island
SW Florida Cruise ’11 update 3/6/11
Local Cruising Arrived at the boat on 2/25/11 to do some chores and local cruising. We got the Weaver Leaver installed on the dinghy and noted needed parts to order. Then it was to go down to Boca Grand for a couple of nights, Cayo Costa for a couple of nights, then to an anchorage behind […]
Back to the Island!
Here we are, back to the island yet again! After a hectic whirlwind of two weeks stateside, from Florida to Colorado to Wisconsin and back to Florida once again, we are now back aboard Equinox. Happily, all our doctors appointments, correspondence obli…
Wax on Wax Off
One of the things we wanted to get done while Pale Moon was out of the water was to wax and buff the hull, sides and stern. This project is much easier to accomplish with her out of the water. If we waited to wax and buff when she was in the water we would […]
43/4/2011 NEW RIVER, FORT LAUDERDALE
DAY FIVE FOR DANFRIDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMInstead of dissipating in force, the wind just keeps blowing stronger and stronger. Even in the narrow New River we are feeling its intensity. Sure glad we are not waiting to make the crossing to or…
Marathon, FL – 3/4/11
This morning I started thinking of our options about having to leave Sombrero Resort since our slip had been reserved beginning today for the weekend along with 3 condo apartments. I checked with the harbor master to make sure he had not gotten a cance…
Big Majors Spot Revisited
Friday, March 4, 2011, Day 159. We had a causal morning. The wind continued to to be brisk in the 20 to 25 knot range from the eastern quadrant. Before we left Black Point, Linda and Cory (Live Wire II) contacted us on the VHF. They are just a lit…
March 2 – 4
The captains' meeting was held at 6 a.m. to determine if weather was good enough to head to the Bahamas. Rob asked my opinion prior to the meeting, and my vote was “no, it's going to be too rough out there.” We were the only ones staying b…
Still playing with pictures…
Went out this evening and shot a lot of pics at slow shutter speeds in low light. Usually a drive-by photographer, I’ve never shot this way before. It’s lot of trouble carrying around a tripod and tinkering with all the buttons and knobs on the camera….
