This will be one of those rare Friday nights we spend at home! It is supposed to be close to freezing tonight and might even snow (hasn’t snowed at sea level here since 1976!) so we decided to stay home and maybe do some house cleaning and laundr…
Bad things happened in paradise
Sometime in January the single hander “Don North” with his little dog “Kuna” on his sailboat “Windancer was reported missing and a search for him started on the SSB Panama Connection Net which runs daily at 08:30 a.m. on 8107.0 KHz. (Continued…)
The "Levante"
“Jean-Pierre Bouhard’s” boat the “Levante” and then renamed “Twyss” was found and does not display any names now. (View Post…)
Thompson Bay, Long Island
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, Day 150. What should have been a tough day was actually quite nice. Navigating around numerous obstructions in three foot seas headed directly upwind, should have made this a tough day. We had a very pleasant cruise.At …
Simple Folk
What do simple folk do? The famous question and song from “Camelot.” Well we’re the simple folk who need something to do, something to play with when we are not out on the water. So we experiment with images playing with colors and textures. Mostly we mess up images and start over elsewhere. Occasionally we […]
Friday, February 25, 2011
We see these signs all over down here.-Manatee Zone Slow Speed.So far we have only seen 2 manatee Island for sale just outside of the City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin in theCaloosahatchee River-we would loveto buy itDave and Pat’s condo from …
Crossing to Bimini
Dog park last night
We finally pulled the anchor loose from the bottom at Miami Beach after having said our farewells to the dog park gang, and headed for Key Biscayne Tuesday afternoon. We had a very easy cruise, and ar…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-02-25 08:26:00
BACK IN BIMINI – waiting on weather. Hoping to cross to Florida tomorrow to start our next adventure – our kids and grandkids are joining us for a romp in the Florida Keys before we pack Broulee away for the summer. Our …
Internet access on a boat
It seems as though the internets is catching on, and is a popular way for cruisers to get weather data, keep in touch with friends and family, and obtain general cruising information. To connect from a boat, many cruisers simply try to anch…
Marathon, FL – 2/24/11 (day 27)
Today we did a few things around the boat until early afternoon when we started getting ready for the “Looper Sunset Party” at Banana Bay Marina. What a great deal. Everyone brought an appetizer to share and with over 84 people, you can guess what that…
