Recently someone commented to us on the amount of territory we cover with Wind Horse, and asked why we approach cruising in this manner.
The answer is relatively simple: because we can. Wind Horse is so comfortable underway, 95% of the time we pay no penalty compared to being at anchor, that the distance required to […]
We have just received a few photos of Iron Lady which we thought might be of interest.
She has her Circa designed aluminum skiff now on deck.
To our eyes it looks like it belongs.
Although just 13 feet long, this skiff will carry a substantial p…
Not the Space Shuttle, but we decided not to drive to Titusville to watch the launch. After a little research on the internet we realized that, thousands of people descend on a small park at about the same time, watch the 90 seconds of the launch, then…
We couldn’t figure out what this was in front of us, turned out to be a floating boat sales office under tow.Some of the homes we saw as we passed Miami, we kept expecting to see Horatio Caine investigting a murder in one of them. We saw all kinds o…
The day was spent doing chores with still more to be done tomorrow. John worked all morning on collecting all things taxes and then mailing the stuff to our accountant. I did housework, or should I say “boatwork”? We are trying to get caught up so…
As Monday nears closer we are compiling a variety of items in the lazarette in preparation for our haul out at 7am!! Shock horror! What a ghastly hour of the morning, but we will do it! On the upside, it will be cooler then and as we are doing all the …
Jenny in Ft. Lauderdale. Happy Melinda to be in a City again. We had a good Valentine’s dinner in Ft. Lauderdale! Jenny’s salon at night. Melinda took this great photo of a bottlenose taking a breath. We had a wonderful visit with Tom Lawler on…
”aCappella, this is the United States Coast Guard. When was the last time you were boarded?” It was five years ago. A year or less and they typically give you a pass. But we don’t mind getting boarded. It’s an important function and we have always f…
Nordhavn has been making a series of videos to promote their boats. They featured us in one of them, and they even let us talk about the book at the end! Nordhavn Interview with Grabs Sorry we have not been keeping the blog updated. All is well with us; life has just gotten busy. We are […]
It has been an exciting week of funfilled activities. We stayed at the the Miami Beach Marina thanks to Paul Boudos’ securing us a slip. Although the priciest yet at $227/nite, it was in an excellent location being in Sout…
