Having left The Marina at Emerald Bay yesterday, we anchored once again in Elizabeth Harbour at George Town. It sure felt good to be cruising and on the hook again. However, before we left the marina, we had a blowo…
Barra de Navidad
For a long time I’d been hearing about Barra de Navidad and the adjacent lagoon. Mostly from friends who were cruising Mexico’s Pacific coast. Since I had arrived in Puerto Vallarta, Barra was high on my list of places I wanted to visit. After my…
Snead Island Boat Works, Palmetto, Florida
Beautiful day today, sunny and warm. The boat is still out of the water, prop and shaft back this afternoon, will be put back on tomorrow am. The good news is that the fuel in the starboard tank has been cleaned, as well as the tank itse…
Ready to cross the Gulf!
Tomorrow morning we will make our only ocean crossing of the entire Great Loop trip. It should be okay, but you never know. I’ve been in the ocean before — off of New Jersey — but we could see land the entire time and could dodge into a harbor if the…
Week 14 St Augustine Fl
Ashley is now aboard she got into Jacksonville on Sat 15th we spent some time at Jacksonville Landing had lunch shopping etc. The due to weather and the florida coast RR bridge we didn’t leave until Tuesday. We (especially ME) were more than ready t…
Wednesday, January 19,2011
Monday John had a flu bug and didn’t want to eat or do anything except lay around. Needless to say, we did not accomplish any of the things on our To Do List. We were supposed to go out to dinner with a bunch of folks from the harbor. John told me t…
How we came to buy this boat
I’ve been a sailor for 40 years, but I’ve owned a few powerboats as well. But my dream of cutting the dock lines and going cruising has always been on a sailboat.Pam and I moved to Stamford from upstate New York. It’s expensive …
Adding And Re-installing Switches
With the main electrical panel now replaced, there were a few small things that were unfinished and now is as good a time as any to get those done. The bilge pump switch for the secondary mid-ship bilge pump has been out for some time now. It was tempo…
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – going north from Barra
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – leaving Barra Joan and Clark left at 9 am on Sunday morning. Shortly after, the French baker arrived, so we loaded up and then we left to go anchor out. Half an hour from Barra took us to Cuastecomate, a intimate anch…
Very cool boat
First saw this in it’s early stages of construction at a ship yard in Mobile Bay a few years ago. Guess they have finally finished it.More pics of the Navy’s newest ship…. HereNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
