Tarpon Springs is a neat little Greek sponge fishing settlement here in Florida. Without getting into too much history, when sponges were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, many Greek sponge divers settled in Tarpon Springs to harvest the sponges…
Friday and Saturday, December 3 and 4, 2010
Sunset on the Gulf – Friday December 3, 2010Sunrise on the Gulf – Saturday December 4, 2010WE DID IT! We all met with Buddy at The Moorings Marina at 09:00 Friday morning. His advise was …
Gulf of Mexico Crossing
December 3-4, 2010 Crossing the Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle Florida to Clearwater Florida. The weather window to cross the gulf was now, once we start, we were committed to go. The wind was down, the water had laid down and the weather window was …
Pensacola to Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Needed a day to recoup before heading out & because of the winds we took 2 days. Left Pensacola this morning in the cold and the wind. We knew we would be less than an hour out in Pensacola Bay where if we were going to get beat up beca…
Boiling the Heat Exchangers
Adam had asked what I meant by “boiling the heat exchangers, so I thought I’d write an entry about it.
You probably already know all about heat exchangers, so just skip over this paragraph and the next one if so. As you probably know, there are v…
Boiling the Heat Exchangers
Adam had asked what I meant by “boiling the heat exchangers, so I thought I’d write an entry about it.
You probably already know all about heat exchangers, so just skip over this paragraph and the next one if so. As you probably know, there are v…
Pirates in Paradise
This was the week of the Fort Zachary Taylor Pirate Encampment and Pirates in Paradise Festivals. We went Thursday night to Schooners Wharf Bar for the pirate costume contest. We wore a little pirate gear and smuggled in some rum. The costumes we’re gr…
ALMOST THERE
We slept in this morningand then took a walk. Right across the street from Marine Max in Venice is the Venice Airport which is where the 9/11 terrorists trained. There is also a circus school there with a trapeze outside to train on. We untied our l…
"The Professionals", at their trade…..
First of all, check out the previous blog. We made a mistake when publishing the “insertion date” and our wonderful visit with Norm’s beautiful sister, Joyce, on Key Biscayne did not get published. We have reconnected with sever…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2010-12-05 08:39:00
DEJAVU – WAITING ON A WEATHER WINDOW after a three day stressfull trip down the ICW and a three day stressfull provisioning experience at Dinner Key Marina (driving around in Miami) we are now anchored at No Name Harbour resting and relaxing. …
