Crazy Times in Orange Beach

I guess that once you have completed the Loop you do crazy things. 
Mark here is modeling the bra that Susan and Linda were going to hang in the ultimate dive, Flora-bama.  Linda had read about this place in one of the guide books so we deci…

Big Day Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we are ripping out our 9 gallon holding tank and beginning the process of replacing it with a 30 gallon holding tank.  I HOPE we will be able to finish the project tomorrow but since this IS a boat project, I don’t want to get to wrapped …

Just Believe Nordhavn

TGIF

Actually, everyday is Friday for us. We just get up, make plans and move out. Went to town early this morning with a list of stuff to do and found that the marine store didn’t have what we wanted, the dive store didn’t have what …

A Māori welcome to New Zealand

We had a pretty good 7-day passage over what can be a nasty trip.  We had two bumpy days followed by two wonderful days of flat seas and no winds and three days that were a mix of average to low seas as we neared the coast.  Several boats b…

Seas 2 Day

Friday, November 19, 2010

Yesterday we cruised from Columbus Marina to an anchorage called Tombigbee Ox Bow just below the Howell Heflin Lock. We passed through four locks John Stennis, Glover Montgomery, Amory, and Howell Heflin. Whew! Dropping from one level to the next is…

November 11-20, 2010 Apalachicola, Florida 29.7320,-084.9880

November 11.  Left Fort Walton Beach and cruised 50 miles to an anchorage at Burnt Mill Creek.   November 12-14.  Pulled up anchor and heading for Port St. Joe, arriving at 4pm.  We are staying here a few days because our next stop will be Apalachicola where we plan to begin the Gulf Crossing.  According […]

Exploring Banderas Bay

We arrived in Banderas Bay on Nov. 3 and after the long passage from Cabo San Lucas we went straight to Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta. This is a beautiful place, luxury hotels, beach, cable tv, and WiFi. We rested, washed the boat and had b…

Ancient harbour of Knidos – note calm water!

Envoy with stabilisers

Chris and ‘Charles Atlas’ at Bozuk Buku!