February 15, 2011
Bolgatty Marina
Bolgatty Island, Cochin, India
Hi All,
Randal and I are really enjoying just wandering around the different parts of Cochin; sometimes on errands and sometimes just wandering. Tomorrow, we are off to Delhi…
Ernakulam hodge podge
Bahamian Defense Task Force.
We left Black Point Settlement on the 11th of February for Little Bay because of an expected blow to come through on Saturday/Sunday. We managed to get one of the better anchorages within Little Bay and rode out the blow …
Bahamian Defense Task Force.
We left Black Point Settlement on the 11th of February for Little Bay because of an expected blow to come through on Saturday/Sunday. We managed to get one of the better anchorages within Little Bay and rode out the blow …
MONDAY -VALENTINE’S DAY
Hello friends, It was a lovely Valentine’s DAy. Scott and Chris & Merle and I went shopping (heaven!) for two hours. Merle and Scott went to West Marine where Merle picked up a Garmin handheld 76 CX plotter and a book on intercoas…
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sarasota BayMarina Jack’s in SarasotaAfter a peaceful night we got an early start this morning. It was another beautiful sunny day about 78 degrees. We went about 9 miles in Gasparilla Sound which had a mild chop but manageable. It wa…
Sunday, February 12, 2011
It was a warm, sunny, day and we went for a nice, brisk walk and studied the charts before leaving Marina Jack’s. We had 9 bridges today and 2 of them only had a 9′ clearance. We also had 5 miles of a narrow an…
Happy to be heading out!
Well, we’re battened down, ready to head out and leave the BVIs behind. During our 18 days here, we’ve been enchanted with the beauty of the various islands, enjoyed the chance to do some fun dives, and had exceptionally great food at just about ev…
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day to all you folks in the Northern Hemisphere. For those is the Southern Hemisphere, sorry I’m a day late. The photo above is a naturally occurring mangrove swamp near Voh in New Caledonia, not too far from where we are cruising now. I didn’t take the photo as AVATAR lacks the requisite […]
A beautiful day in the neighborhood
So we did a little walkabout.I loaded up my camera with a fast telephoto lens and we took Radar out for a walk in the park at downtown Stuart. Snapped a few shots while out. It was fun.Leaving the marina, you walk under the new Roosevelt bridge via the…
The ICW all the way, yikes!
We had a fairly short trip today of 56sm. Our timing had us traveling through a low tide and a few shallow spots particularly at the south side of Ramshorn Creek, took a bit of hunting for “good water”. Otherwise we had, for the most part, a favorable …
