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!

Castle at Bozuk Buku – How did they build this?

Castle at Bozuk Buku

Gulet under construction in Bozburun

Bozburun sunset- Gulets in background laid up for winter

JUST AN UPDATE…..

After we got towed to Offetts Bayou, we discovered that our steering problem was associated with a broken rudder quadrant.

This is what is known as the “quadrant”.  It is connected to the steering wheel by a series of chains and cables enabling…