2-27-2011 NEW RIVER, FORT LAUDERDALE

ROBERT ARRIVESSUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMAs we lazed around, drinking our morning coffee and watching Sunday Morning, energetic runners raced past the Quest. The kids were trailing the adults but working just as hard and having way more fun….

What’s the name? No Name!

We made our way out into the boonies to the No Name Pub. The No Name Pub was a bar and brothel many years ago out in the middle of nowhere, but now is a really funky bar and fun place with some of the best pizza you will ever find. every inch of the wa…

September Song 2011-02-28 06:02:00

Is you dollar here? Every inch of the No Name Pub is covered with dollar bills.I met this lady at the bar. She was on crutches, so I asked how she got hurt. Well, after several bottles of wine in the spa, one broken wine glass in the pool, a badly cut …

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Report From Onboard Jenny

Monday, February 28, 2011 7:31:07 AMLocation: Aquamarina, DaytonaLatitude is 29 degrees 12.093 minutes north.Longitude is 81 degrees 0.745 minutes west.No recent weather observation is available. You know you have found a nice anchorage when the loc…

Taj Mahal # 2

Putting on our shoe coverings to visit the Taj Mahal
This certainly beats taking off and putting back on sneakers and also walking around barefoot on floors that, even if they were clean, were quite cold.
In the very center of the mausoleum are the ce…

Stocking Island / George Town Revisited

Saturday, February 26, 2011, Day 153. We are back in George Town to meet Kyle and Anita Tomorrow. The voyage up from Thompson Bay was quick thanks to a favorable northwest current. We anchored near the western end of Sand Dollar Beach, near Volley…

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Rod Stephens – Lessons From The Sea

While perusing the Cruising Club of America (CCA) website a few days ago we noticed an item on a partially completed book by Rod Stephens, he of Sparkman and Stephens fame (along with designer brother Olin). We knew, worked with on occasion, and immensely respected this wonderful seaman. Although our meetings and chats over the […]

Sunday, 2/27/11

Boca Chica NAS Marina, Key West The weather has been gorgeous all week.  Luke checks the Hartford Courant webpage each morning and sees the severe winter up North seems to be gone now and we are praying you will be blessed with an early spring.  We are making preparations to head northward in less than […]

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No-Morewater

Sadly tonight we said adios to our good friend Peter. The Morewater deal has closed, the deal is done, but today we had a great time running down to Manatee Pocket for lunch at Fins. It was a beautiful day.It’s something we boaters have to do from time…

While they are painting….

I debated whether to paint the topsides of our trawler myself or to hire it out. Obviously, based on our trip down river the other weekend, we opted to hire it out. Because of that, we were able to spend the last week down in sunny Florida on Treasur…