Headless no more

After 3 attempts at snaking the hose for the back head I gave up and decided to take the end of the hose at the holding tank off. Will I cant remember the last time I vomited but its been a long time. What a mess to clean up.Well thanks to&nb…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-02-01 07:23:00

Day 159  Harbour Cay Club, Marathon, FL Monday, January 31, 2011Lunch at Chikitiki Grill at BurdinesJim ran some errands on his bike and stopped at Chikitiki Bar and Grill at Burdine’s marina for lunch with a group of loopers from Dockside….

Great Loop Date 01.19-24.2011: Meandering Through the Florida Mangroves…

Day #160-165: 3064.2 Total MilesOriginally we had planned to go back out into the Gulf and round Cape Romano to get to our next destination.  The charts made the inland route past Goodland look a little too shallow for NII Wishin’s draft.&nbs…

1/31/2011 LEE STOCKING CAY TO GEORGE TOWN, GREAT EXUMA ISLAND

MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 25 NMAs Soon as our morning chores were completed we jumped into the dingy and headed to the research center to make our contribution for the use of their mooring ball. They are woefully underfunded and in desperate ne…

1/30/2011 LITTLE FARMERS CAY TO LEE STOCKING CAY

SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 22 NMWe completed our “getting ready to cast off” chores, paid our bill, made plans to return next Thursday or Friday then pulled out of charming Little Farmers Cay. We had decided to travel the Exuma Sound today b…

Whether to weather the weather….

What to do, what to do! Our plan is to do our 125 mile trip down the river this coming weekend, departing Island Cove early Friday morning. Last weekend was simply beautiful with temperatures in the 60’s. Friday/Saturday this coming weekend are forec…

Marathon, FL – 1/31/11 (day 3)

On Monday we needed to get a rental car and drive back to Ft. Myers to get the Hanna van. Bill went to the airport at 8 a.m. to pick up the car and my job was to make sure the ladies were ready when he got back. Long story short … both jobs were acco…

Little Farmer’s Cay

Tuesday, February 2, 2011, Day 128. Escapade and Slow Dancin’ set sail for Little Farmer’s Cay. There were two possible routes — Exuma Sound and Exuma Banks. We choose the latter. Since it was a short trip and the seas were calm, we decided to…

Windhorse

FPB 64 Owner’s Manual – Main Helm Layout

Being cold and wet in much of the Northern Hemisphere, with long nights the norm, we thought some light reading material might be in order.

If you click here, you will be able to download chapter seven of the FPB 64 Owner’s Manual. This will give you an  idea of the operation and logic behind the […]

Now the Atlantic – Day 122 – Key West to Marathon, FL

We awoke early to a beautiful morning.  Partly sunny skies, light winds and temperatures in the mid 60s.  As is our custom, we first checked Weather Underground for Chicago where we found 21 degrees, overcast and a forecast for…