Sea Spirit

From Bimini to Chub Cay

Yesterday, Sea Spirit made the 85 nautical mile passage from Bimini to Chub Cay in the Berry islands of the Bahamas. This passage was about double the length of our first passage from Florida to Bimini, and from engine start to engine stop was about 9 …

Just Believe Nordhavn

A Place called Paradise!

We are in the Paradise Village marina that is a part of the Paradise Village Resort –  a very large complex with shopping, medical office, grocery store, hotel, condos, yacht club, restaurants, outstanding beach area and a local service t…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ======================Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:10:20 PM Location: Lake Worth Latitude is 26 degrees 50.218 minutes north. Longitude is 80 degrees 3.223 minut…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ======================Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:10:20 PM Location: Lake Worth Latitude is 26 degrees 50.218 minutes north. Longitude is 80 degrees 3.223 minut…

Catlins of NZ – Wonderful Suprise!

Day 6 – This area is called the Catlins Coast and a good portion of it is scenic reserves. When Europeans first came to NZ, they cut down every tree in site, so all of the forest reserves are replanted and now protected as it seems the bent of even mod…

South Island NZ continued

Day 3 – Peel Forest to Cromwell – Today we see rolling hills and valleys with rivers and a canal that joins one lake to another.  There are dams on every piece of moving water in this region.  In the canal they have salmon farms setup – ingen…

Sunday, February 13, 2011 – Leaving Ensenada Carrizal underway to Barra

Sunday, February 13, 2011 – Leaving Ensenada Carrizal underway to Barra My recent silence is almost entirely the fault of Stieg Larsson and a girl with a dragon tattoo who played with fire and kicked a hornet’s nest. It has been almost three w…

Diesel Duck

Birthday Party

The birthday boy is tending the BBQ for the next batch of meat to be grilled while some of the guests are busy eating!! (View Post…)

One Month?

One month?  I just kept thinking what are we going to do for a month?  In over nine months of cruising we have never spent a month sitting in one place.  How would we deal with all this time off and how will it affect the …

Destination

I thought it would be an idea to get a glimpse of the final product I’m working towards.Here you see how the bunk can look with a mattress and quilt all in place.You can also see I’ve been experimenting with lighting, though that’s not by any means a f…