Moor $tuff 2011-02-12 18:03:00

Friday, February 11, 201181° 23.259’ W25° 51.505’ NRod and Gun Club MarinaEverglades City, Florida Barb – Barb – CathyJim – John – Skip  Gator Mangroves Gator Not the greatest weather here — but good enough for an…

Naples Boat Club, Naples, Florida

Cooler this morning. Rained overnight, and stayed cloudy this morning. We took the car over to Fort Lauderdale, had lunch, then visited some big marine stores: Sam the Sailerman, West Marine and Boat Owners Warehouse. Sam the Sailerman has both new and…

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Monk Parakeets and Panko Chicken

Today was a good day to live aboard, even in Connecticut.   First, it looks like the non-stop snow and cold is history, at least for the coming week.  This morning, it was 25 degrees and quickly warmed to above freezing!  A good day…

Absolutely INCREDIBLE day!

Wow!! What a great day! We started late from Island Cove and then got hung up for close to an hour at the Chickamauga lock waiting for a barge to go through. I had been slightly apprehensive about locking thru with our trawler as it was my first tim…

Belize

Our trip from Bahia de Ascencion to Belize City was uneventful.  The decision to check into Belize City was made because the harbor in the first Belize port of entry was too shallow for Voyager.  We chose to go into Cucumber Beach Marina for …

Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Within days of T/C Anthony, Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit, devastating one of our favourite towns, Cardwell. Cardwell is our grocery stop whilst we are at Hinchinbrook Island.
We further prepared Opal Lady, adding our 20mm thick storm boards to the saloon …

Belize

Our trip from Bahia de Ascencion to Belize City was uneventful.  The decision to check into Belize City was made because the harbor in the first Belize port of entry was too shallow for Voyager.  We chose to go into Cucumber Beach Marina for …

2/6/2011 THROUGH 2/12/2011

LITTLE FARMERS CAY TO EMERALD BAY MARINA2/6/2011 LITTLE FARMERS CAYSUPERBOWL SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMIt was a much subdued Little Farmers Cay today with no races and no hoopla. The dock livened up as the folks from Nassau began to feed ba…

Still in Key West; Still Having Fun!

Hey family & friends, (Continued…)

2/5/2011 FARMERS CAY

THE FINAL DAY OF THE 5 “F” CELEBRATIONSATURDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMToday’s activities would included two more races, music by the school kids in town and the closing ceremonies complete with more band music and the awarding of the cove…