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…
St Petersburg February 20-21
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…
Marathon, FL – 2/26/11 (day 29)
It finally happened …. everyone (except Ricki) has had an experience with the “summer cold” in our looper group. Now she can join the group! Since Ricki was not feeling very good, Skip, Barb & I drove to Islamora, a trip of around 40 miles each…
Oooh, shiny!
The bar between the galley and the salon. Lightly sanded in prep for a new coating. I’ve never been quite satisfied with the coatings we’ve had on it. They’ve never been quite hard enough, just a subtle softness to the finish. Today was time for a new …
Bering 55 Trawler Review
There’s a great new review of a Bering Yachts 55′ Steel Trawler by Judy Waldman and I think I’m in love! Part of the reason that the Bering 55 trawler is quickly becoming one of my favorite trawlers is the enormous deck space up top. A lack of adequate outdoor deck space is one of my main […]
Hollywood Municipal Marina, Hollywood, Florida
The Good Year blimp went over the boat todayAnother warm sunny day. We are enjoying this weather. Wayne and I walked to a store about 3 miles away to get some nozzles for our hose (somehow our’s had broken and so had the one we had borrowed from …
…more about Commissioning of Serenity
I told you this is a huge process, remember? Not a day goes by that Tom and I don’t bombard poor Gregg (and the other contractors working on Serenity) with a million questions and requests (thank goodness for them the requests are not as numerous…
Crossing the Bank
Internet availability has been sparse, so the past few posts have been uploaded at one time.
We departed Bimini Friday, 2/25 along with Celebrate and Mystic Moon and made the 12 nm cruise to Cat Cay where we anchored. Honeymoon Harbor is just a few mi…
