Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – going north from Barra

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – leaving Barra Joan and Clark left at 9 am on Sunday morning. Shortly after, the French baker arrived, so we loaded up and then we left to go anchor out. Half an hour from Barra took us to Cuastecomate, a intimate anch…

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Very cool boat

First saw this in it’s early stages of construction at a ship yard in Mobile Bay a few years ago. Guess they have finally finished it.More pics of the Navy’s newest ship…. HereNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

Mud Baths

The mud baths were incredible. You walk up to an old volcano crater, step down into the mud and the experience begins. (View Post…)

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Monday, January 17, 201182° 49.463’ W27° 58.557’ NClearwater Municipal MarinaClearwater, FloridaAll travel plans were canceled due to rain today. The rain started a 6 am and by 11 am we had 4” plus! On the plus side of the rain, it washed away …

St. Petersburg Municipal Marina – 1/18/11

We woke up this morning to major fog which was not expected to lift until after 10:30 so what should we do until then…. either wash our boat like Skip is doing, or …GO SHOPPING! This was an interesting nautical shop that had a little bit of everyth…

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Wave Piercing Power Cat

When we first started to think about doing an unsailboat for long distance cruising we briefly considered a power catamaran.

We did not take this path for a number of reasons:

Motion with waves from the bow/stern quarter to abeam would be violent and uncomfortable on at sea.
If capsized the cat would remain inverted.
Cats are significantly more […]

Edison Ford Museum – Day 108 – Captiva, FL

Our day started at 4:35 AM with a wake-up call from Becky.  By 5:10, Diana, Becky, Steve, Dakota, Nathaniel, Kodi and I we were on our way to the Fort Myers airport for the Betts’ 7:05 flight.  Traffic was easy and we got there…

Landfall: San Juan, Puerto Rico!

After two months of relaxation and fun in Provo, Turks and Caicos, we have moved on! We used the weather window we were given — not as beautiful as some of the others we let go past, but our guests who came aboard or were visiting on island were our p…

Snead Island Boat Works, Palmetto, Florida

The boat was pulled out of the water first thing this morning and pressure washed. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the bottom was quite clean, we had wondered if we would have picked up some barnacles while the boat was sitting in Bradenton f…

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What We’ll Miss

We plan on leaving Bald Head Island on Saturday and heading farther south to Myrtle Beach. What we have loved most about our stay here has been the great natural beauty that surrounded us everywhere we went. Most every night we were presented with a go…