Since my Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 is built for ocean-crossing, I’ve been looking a little more deeply into satellite communications, as mentioned in my previous post.
BGAN is the least expensive of the satellite Internet systems in terms of equipmen…
I went to some glow worm caves in New Zealand. A glow worm is the larvae stage of a fungus gnat who only lives five days.It is called a glow worm because it has a big light near its tail which is for attracting insects that will get snagged in their “f…
Well Karissa and Christen arrived here on the La Paz shuttle at 5:30 Pm . They came into the La Paz bus station during the Baja 1000 ceremonies – a bazillion people with all of the roads to the bus station closed, but I drove down there and …
November 23, 2010, Seeing Destin after 10 years. Today was a day of exploring Destin to see the changes after having not been here for 10 years. We would come to Destin to spend weeks and sometimes a month in the cottages on the beach. The main hou…
Here are some special pictures of Just Believe Cruising off Cabo San Lucas. Pictures taken by Rick Heiniger on Eliana.Jim & JulieN5533 Just BelieveCostabaja La Paz
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It is with much sadness that we write this log. Daisy, our best friend and cruising partner, lost her battle to heart disease this past week. She was a great traveling companion, happily going wherever we took her. She never complained and was always eager to be by our side. We had 13 wonderful years […]
Hiroshima Revisited (with Family)
Who would have thought that you could have so much fun with family?
14-17 November 2010
Don’s oldest sister Donna, her husband Wayne, Don’s youngest brother Dan, and his wife Cheryl arrived in Ashiya on Friday…
We had a short run to Stuart today and are at the Loggerhead Marina (where lots of Krogens hang out for the season – several are here now). We will be staying here for a couple weeks to take care of some business. We’ll give an update or two before w…
We took a walk to Dollar General for a few more provisions. Thanks Ron & Molly (previous owners), for leaving us the handy shopping cart.
At anchor in a bay at Dog Island. This puts us in position to head directly into the …
“Crossing The Gulf of Mexico” – November 23, 2010 November 21-23. We spent one more day in Apalachicola then left November 22 heading for Carrabelle. Looking at the weather window and conferring with different sources, we decided to move to Carrabelle today and leave from there tomorrow, November 23rd, for a ‘direct’ crossing to Tarpon […]
