Maerin

Norman’s Cay- Day 3

Day 3 at Norman’s and the winds are still howling away at a steady 20-25 kts. We’re rolling a good bit, but getting acclimated to it. Aries Too has a stern anchor set out to their stbd quarter, just a smaller 17x Fortress, but it keeps them bow-fir…

Maharaja Public Library and a few other things: Jaipur, Rajasthan

From Delhi we drove forever to get to Jaipur in Rajasthan. Jaipur and Pushker were on Linda’s “must see” list. This is the information provided by Nayeem, our tour operator.
“Jaipur, first planned city in India was founded 18 November 1727 by M…

Posted from home pics from Boomtown to Seabrook Marina

A morning shot just before we left Boomtown the two houseboats, tied side by side, were pretty close to us. The crews were nowhere to be seen I know they had a late night at the casino they were pretty loud when they boarded last night, must have been…

March 3, 2011

WE ARE UNDERWAY!!!  Can you believe it?  We’re having a spot of bother (as Winnie-ther-Pooh would say) with the concept ourselves!  To catch up—
After Orlando we did make one more trip to the fuel dock at Shelter Cove—again fora…

A bit of our trawler comes home

Since we are changing the name of our trawler, our port/starboard nameboards need to be refinished and the new name placed on them. Since the boat is over in Guntersville getting the finishing touches of the topside paint done, fuel at $3.40 a gallon …

North Palm Beach Marina, North Palm Beach, Florida

Another windy day today, unsettled weather is hanging on. Temperature is a little cooler, very comfortable. Spent the day getting caught up with chores, Wayne did some repairs on the boat. Walked to the grocery store this afternoon to get supplies to m…

Breaking Away

Looking for manatees

Beth is DYING to see manatees. Haven’t seen any yet (since she and Rick joined). We originally were going to stay two days in St Augustine, but we headed north to reach the St Johns River because it’s rumored that they are more plentiful there. We just…

Kim Jo III

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Not much going on these past few days. Keith did the engines and generator oil and filter changes so that is done for a while. I have been doing my charts for the Okeechobee Waterway and our start up the East Coast and also working on our taxes. I am s…

Jenny Nordhavn N46

Rockhouse Creek

This was a truly delightful anchorage. David A Schramm M/V Jenny Jenny <[link]> ‘s Journey [link]

Busy, busy, busy in Marathon

Well we now understand why all of our cruising friends stay here in Marathon for weeks or months at a time.  We have been here since the middle of February and never been so busy.  Every day there is at least one or two or more activities.We …