Key West Yacht Harbour Marina

We went to see Poco a band from the 70’s at Schooners Wharf Bar with Roger & Laura.These are some pics of the Marina we are staying at in Key West.Houseboat anchored in the channel next to the Marina. They live on it and belong to the Yacht Club h…

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Daytona Beach- Seven Seas Marina

Wednesday, Jan 5th we cruised from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach. We called ahead to Seven Seas Marina, and reserved a slip. This stopover is becoming somewhat of a tradition as this will be our 5th or 6th stopover. It meets our preferred marina crite…

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Daytona Beach- Seven Seas Marina

Wednesday, Jan 5th we cruised from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach. We called ahead to Seven Seas Marina, and reserved a slip. This stopover is becoming somewhat of a tradition as this will be our 5th or 6th stopover. It meets our preferred marina criteria: handy, clean, friendly folks, and most importantly, very reasonably priced. […]

Anybody want to buy a boat?

I am getting married and my time and money must regrettably be channelled in other directions. Lone Wolf is therefore now for sale. To the boat buying public, I would say that I am getting everything fixed up and serviced, she is in fine fettle and rea…

New Year’s Interlude Stateside

Life has been moving at an extremely fast clip the past two weeks! Lots has been going on — my dad has been ill, so I’ve been focusing on family rather than the minutia of the blog. Thankfully, he is now recuperating  — slowly — but it’s been a…

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St. Augustine

Happy New Year from St. Augustine!

 

 

Black Raven Pirate Tour

 

 

North mooring field

We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Histori…

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St. Augustine

Happy New Year from St. Augustine!     Black Raven Pirate Tour     North mooring field We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Historic St. Augustine is one of our favorite spots on the trip south, we decided to stay over the New Year’s holiday. The […]

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Getting Istaboa back in shape

After a long stay in the Chesapeake and a very long run south down the ICW, we’re slowly getting Istaboa back in 100 point condition or as close as we can anyway.Spent the whole day in the engine room. Having a white engine room is very impressive unle…

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Boy, you never know what’s going to happen at any given time.  Yesterday, January 4, 2011, at 10:45, we were getting ready to walk to the grocery store.  I was in the salon and Keith was up in the porch.  Next thing we knew there was a l…

Not Just Any Old Day at the Dock

Okay, so by now we’re becoming pretty familiar with the boat.  What’s to get to know, you ask?  Well, if you’ve ever been on a trawler, which is designed for long-term cruising (good thing too cause they are not speed demons), you would …