Key West is being inundated by Fathom Yachts – there are three right now in Key West area (2 in Stock Island). Considering there are only about 15 or 16 in existence (and most of those on the west coast) that’s a lot in one place. Our Kismet along with Sea Venture and Wishing Star are all proudly…
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Friday afternoon we cruised south from Bell Harbor Marina for a week-long shakedown
cruise in the South
(Puget) Sound. We visit there frequently–it's easil…
We’re in Key West, FL after a 100 mile cruise over the Gulf of Mexico from Marco Island.Yesterday, we went down to the Everglades and took an airboat tour. It was fun, but mostly just an airboat ride, not an everglades tour because the airboat is so n…
2/26/2010 Friday
Arrival in Barra de Navidad
After an all nighter from Puerto Vallarta, we were a little tired. But, after tending to boat issues, we noticed that there were eight Nordhavns of various sizes in the marina. We in…
2/26/2010 Friday
Arrival in Barra de Navidad
After an all nighter from Puerto Vallarta, we were a little tired. But, after tending to boat issues, we noticed that there were eight Nordhavns of various sizes in the marina. We in…
The craziness continues down here in Cayo Hueso or the Island of Bones as Key West is known – the island has numerous aliases just like most of us who live down here (guess we’re all hiding from something – in our case it must be reality!!) Our friend…
Friends Shirley and Wayne discovered a Florida Humanities Council program on the Everglades and suggested we join them for the 4-day affair- What an adventure!! Officially called a “Gathering…”, the program is one of several through which the FHC engages both scholars and local cultural/civic leaders to provide participants with an in-depth exploration of the […]
We’re at Marco Island after a nice cruise in the gulf yesterday.Today, we went and got our car from Sarasota and I fished off the aft deck when the tide was running to carry my bait away behind the boat in the tidal current. I caught this one nice she…
We visited the Edison-Ford Complex today in Fort Myers, just a nice walk from the marina here and a nice sunny day. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford both had winter estates here in Ft. Myers. Ford actually worked for Edison before he invented his first …
This weekend we completely filled our fuel tanks for the first time. We had called
around to get pricing for taking on 1,700 gallons:
Shilshole: $3.02
Poulsbo: $2.88 (up from previous …
