Palm Trees, pelicans, white sand beaches – now this is the cruise!

So we are saying goodbye to the river systems and hello to the intercostal waterways.  The next body of water after that will be the area known as the big bend.  That will require some weather windows to cross the Gulf of Mexico.Here is one o…

Good news

November 5, 2010BEQUIA (Grenadines)You can imagine that we were very worried about the status of the Dream Grenadines Catamaran, especially after the reports that it had sank off of St. Lucia.  We finally found the cat’s owner and emailed him.&nbs…

A lot of new pics(1 special pics for Tina) xxxooo

Hope you enjoy these

We have been to plenty of reunions this is our first Rendezvous

Every year two times a year somewhere around 200 looper gather in either South Carolina or Joe Wheeler State Park in Alabama to share tales of friendship, hardship, excitement and anticipation.  This year Anna and I attended their AGLCA fall rende…

many updates all in one entry

1 Nov 2010,0730 hrs, depart Elizabeth City bound for Belhaven, NC.It was sunny , light winds, and there was about 30 boats, power and sail.Ah the pleasure soon ended when we entered Albemarle sounds, windsE 15-20 and building.and seas(3-4 ft) right on …

Report From Onboard Jenny

Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:47:15 PMLocation: Boot Key HarborThe boat position was not recorded. No recent weather observation is available. We have been here a couple of days now and have met Bruce and his wife on a 1978 Kroger 42 that they are b…

The Kingdom of Tonga – Nuku’alofa

Tonga sits on such a longitude to have given it the honor of being the first nation to welcome in the new millennium. Tonga is also the only Pacific kingdom. The local tourist board will try to convince you that theirs are the Friendly Islands, but thi…

Good-Bye to the River System

November 4, 2010Demopolis is the last real marina on the last leg of the TennTom so we were a little wary of what lay ahead.  We use two books that help us find anchorages and neither author was very generous with his suggestions, probably because…

Thursday, November 4, 2010 – Costa Baja Marina, La Paz

Saturday, October 30, 2010 – leaving Agua Verde and headed south We had a pleasant evening in Puerto Escondido. I have come to realize that at some of the marinas, such as Marina La Paz, there is a significant semi permanent population of boaters, …

Sumter Park Anchorage

(Thursday, Nov. 4 – Dist:37.5 mi; Avg Speed: 7.9 mph; TTT: 5:13 hrs; Locks: 1)

This is the marina office and shower rooms at Pirate’s Marina Cove.  The porch looks and was very tempting.  All 5 transient boats had a wonderful Happy Hour ther…