I have for some time been considering changing our 110lbs CQR Plow anchor to something else. I have had concerns which have grown with each anchoring about the ability of our anchor to set quickly and hold as the winds kick up. The CQR is a hinged shaf…
Doing What They Are Designed To Do
The watercolor above is of a Deerfoot 62. She is the second aluminum yacht we built and is a sistership to our own Intermezzo ll. Both were built in Capetown, South Africa. The photo was sent to us by Tim Gardner of Gardner Yacht Service, Orange Park, Florida. Tim’s comments follow.
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“Coco” Cookout
February 24, 2011Duncan Town, Ragged IslandThere is no place like Duncan Town, at the southernmost point of the Bahamas, dry and isolated from the world. Even though ships anchor close-by at Hog Cay, it’s a long 15-minute dinghy ride in…
Tarpon Springs
Approaching Tarpon Springs
Fog on the Anclote River
We were delayed leaving Clearwater due to AM fog. Even with radar and GPS it can b…
Clearwater Yacht Club
Clearwater Yacht Club
A Pirate Ship departing Clearwater Beach
We traveled from SPYC to Clearwater Beach to stay at the Clearwater Yacht Club. This club only has a few transient slips so if we are in Clearwater we usually stay at the Municipal M…
Spring is here!
Well, it’s Spring today anyway. Yesterday was a bit cool and breezy, so I spent the day finishing getting the marina’s wireless internet up and running. I owned a computer business for 20 years. Although I had no experienc…
St Petersburg February 20-21
Fog in the AM delayed our departuresLeaving SPYC
After two nights with the SPYC cruising club we departed on Sunday afternoon after a bike ride around Davis Island and downtown Tampa. The captain pointed the bow of Island Hopper towards St Petersburg a…
Return to Thompson Bay
The winds finally let up, after 10 days, at Hog Cay allowing us and many others to make a break for another anchorage. Because of the forecast of E-ESE winds we decided to go to Double Breasted Cay. Although the area looks small on the charts – it ac…
20,000 Pasty White Kids
Upper Photo – One of hundreds of Man-of-Wars we saw as we crossed the Straits of Florida. Saturday was the weather window we needed to make the crossover. Our plans were to go back to Miami …
2/26/2011 NEW RIVER AND EXPLORING THE SHIP YARDS
SATURDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY; 0 NMOK, enough already! Where are these mega yachts going when the pass us by heading up the New River? Let’s check this out. We jumped into the dingy and found ourselves weaving through the river and channels amon…
