Day 154 Harbour Cay Club, Marathon, FLWednesday, January 26, 2011Looking northeast out to the gulf from Dream Catcher It rained hard during the night and then sprinkled on and off during the day. So it was a good day to get some …
1/25/2011 AND 1/26/2011 BIG MAJORS SPOT
ANCHORED IN BIG MAJORS SPOT1/25/2011 TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMISLAND COLORS ON STANIEL CAYWe dinked just around the bend to charming Staniel Cay. This colorful little settlement has a quaint resort, a small airport, a couple tiny restaura…
1/24/2011 COMPASS CAY TO BIG MAJORS SPOT
BIG MAJORS SPOT MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 9 NMAfter spending a night hooked to the shore power and charging our depleted batteries we bid “good bye” to Compass Cay and motored the short 9 NM to Big Majors Spot. We pulled into the already bu…
Moor $tuff 2011-01-27 05:41:00
Wednesday, January 26, 201182° 33.473’ W27° 17.232’ NGrand CanalSiesta Key, Florida Siesta Key Beach Siesta Key BeachToday was a day that Joan and Tom drove us around town to see the sights of Siesta Key and Sarasota! We did lunch at …
Land Cruising
With our boat, Idyll Time, in winter storage until spring, we are now land cruising aboard our new RV. In November, we purchased a 24 foot Winnebago View. We call her “Miss Daisy” in honor of Daisy, our Sheltie who just passed away. In many ways it is similar to boat cruising only now we […]
Now, this is really interesting
Anything can, and will happen in Miami.Here’s a mystery that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “piano bar.”A grand piano recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, about 200 yards from the Quayside condominiums off Northeast 107th Street….
Protecting Your Wireless Internet Communications
Pete Rossin, on of our FPB 64 owners, has researched protecting wireless Internet communications in the age of “Firesheep”. Pete has been kind enough to share the approach he has adopted, including screen shots, to make a similar installation relatively painless.
We have put Pete’s comments into a PDF file which can be downloaded here. We […]
Moor $tuff 2011-01-26 20:45:00
Monday, January 24, 201182° 40.812’ W27° 26.317’ NMoore’s Stone Crab restaurant and dockLongboat Key, Florida Heading to Longboat Key Sunshine Bridge Moore’s Stone Carb Restaurant We arrived at the dock of Moore’s Stone Crab…
Moor $tuff 2011-01-26 20:32:00
Sunday, January 23, 201182° 41.815’ W27° 44.408’ N Gulfport City MarinaGulfport, Florida GulfportDa Bears let us down again! What a bummer! Tomorrow we will leave this great harbor and community and head south. Good weather is predict…
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Boy, what a night last night. We had torrential rains and strong winds up to 70 miles an hour with tornado warnings in the area. The wind was so strong it pulled the back cleat out of the dock. The back end of the boat was a…
