To make the best of the day, we pulled out at the crack of dawn. We had a beautiful sunrise and it turned out to be a all around fantastic day. We crossed in gorgeous calm seas with no problems whatsoever, Fat Bottom Girl is runn…
Year End at Bradenton
December 31, 2010, year end at Bradenton, Florida. Well, the 2010 year has come to an end and this will be the final blog of 2010. I will show you some of the hidden treasures in the smaller communities, that many of the people pass by. We got a re…
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Early morning photo of M/V Broulee on the hook at Hatchet Bay Harbour. Note – that’s Izzy at the pilothouse heading to the foredeck.The narrow channel in/out of Hatchet Bay Harbour is flanked by these formations. The chan…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The month of December has gone by in a flash, but not without enjoying the Christmas season here in Vero Beach. Our Christmas tree was a bit smaller than we are used to, but it worked just fine to put us in the right frame of mind.On Christmas da…
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Christmas in shorts!1st time for both of us Fruit from SantaBridge opening into the Gulf at John’s PassDave and Nancy at John’s PassHope you all had a Merry Christmas. We had a wonderful one. Our friends from Minnesota are here visiting …
Gooducken
Here’s the main component of our Christmas lunch.Gooducken – Goose, duck and chicken. This was to feed six.Along with roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, roast parsnips, brussel sprouts, peas, carrots, bread sauce and, of course, gravy, this made for a fin…
Escape from Brunswick
We decided the weather was as warm as it was going to get, and the winds laid, so it was time to leave the comfort and convenience of the dock and head south. We left Brunswick at about 0920, and arrived in Fernandina Beach around 1600 hours. Light win…
Escape from Brunswick
We decided the weather was as warm as it was going to get, and the winds laid, so it was time to leave the comfort and convenience of the dock and head south. We left Brunswick at about 0920, and arrived in Fernandina Beach around 1600 hours. Light winds and calm seas allowed an offshore […]
Dock 11 has arrived
What a treat we have ahead of us, our good friends Ryan and Mimi Smithwick came to join us for a Bahamian New Years Celebration. They are our neighbors from our home dock on Lake Allatoona in GA. It’s amazing how your dock neighbors can…
Time for a Change
Why? Two Good Reasons, More Flexibility and Affordability. When we look back at our on our years together we fondly remember how we discovered that one of our mutual passions was boating. It all started with a 20-foot Four Winns runabout. We used that runabout, as a family boat, to water ski, to overnight on […]
