On our way back to the boat after a wonderful meal at ‘Amen Cafe’ in Charleston, SC, we spot Krogen, “Puffin” tied at the dock. We think we know these folks. It is still early, the salon lights are on so we knock and Bob & Nancy welcome …
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2010-12-05 19:29:00
Day 99 Lighthouse Marina, Tarpon Springs, FL Thursday, December 2, 2010 New shaft and prop in placeAnother day waiting for boat repairs to be done. The new starboard shaft and propeller arrived and were installed. However,…
Tarpon Springs
December 5, 2010 Tarpon Springs, Florida. There are several Looper boats now at Clearwater and we have rested and decided to take the Jolly Trolly to Tarpon Springs where the Greeks have made this a thriving Sponge business center. The Jolly Trolly tak…
Sunday, 12/5/10
Key West U.S. Navy Marina Boca Chica. We have been here for five days. This is our lst weekly blog entry. The weather is gorgeous here with cool nights and sunny white clouds and blue sky days with temps in the 70′s. We are about 7-8 miles north of downtown Key West and very quiet […]
Tarpon Springs
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…
