Through great effort by the Yacht Tech team, Three@Sea should be back in the water this afternoon. Well done team! It will be nice to move back onto our floating home, and just in time to catch a weather window…
I am taking vacation the next two …
Caribbean Bound!
Cracked Conch (er… Hose)
Location: George Town, Exumas, Bahamas
Coordinates: 23° 30.730′ N 75° 44.629′ W
We were making excellent progress toward Puerto Rico, and then came last night’s 7pm engine room check: A small pool of oil had accumulated under the…
Passage Update
Three@Sea is now further south than she has ever been: We are just
passing Mayaguana Island in the southern Bahamas, and we will reach
The Turks and Caicos islands by morning. Kathryn and Ayla went down to
sleep about an hour ago, and I’m enjoyin…
Caribbean Christmas
Location: Culebra, Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18° 17.470′ N 65° 16.828′ W
We arrived safely in Puerto Rico yesterday morning, and we’ve settled into a beautiful anchorage off Culebra. This island, along with it’s sister Viequ…
Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida
Looked like this houseboat had just sunkThese men are putting down crab potsWe have moved on, after sitting for over a month in Bradenton. We loved Bradenton, could easily have stayed longer, but there are other places to see and things to do. We left …
Monday, January 24, 2011
Yesterday we were privileged to have John’s parents visit us on the boat. They drove down from Venice and we spent the afternoon playing bridge. We then had a nice dinner at a restaurant called Anthony’s. John and I both thoroughly enjoyed their visit….
Another Great Anchorage
In Florida, there is a boater’s destination called Velcro Beach. Actually its rightful name is Vero Beach, but many boaters who have stopped there for visit call it Velcro Beach because you get attached to the place and i…
Lightning vs FPBs
Steve, Linda — Happy 2011 !!
There was a readers´ letter on this month’s Yachting World (btw, the same that brings your article – congrats!) mentioning that lightning strikes often seriously damage electric/electronic equipment on yachts … given that on the FPBs some basic functions are supported by electric/electronic stuff (fuel pumps, autopilot, etc), I was […]
First Club Cruise Out of the Year
Yesterday, Sunday January 23, 2011, was our first club cruise out of the year. The first Saturday after the third Tuesday is our “Commodore’s Ball” where we have our official “change of watch” from the old board to the new board, then the next da…
Getting Ready to Head South
We have been busy running to town for parts and provisioning the boat. We’re doing some minor repair work to get Chinook ready to begin heading further south. We plan to leave San Jose del Cabo for Puerto Vallarta the beginning of February. We are l…
