During our last blog session – you will remember that we made it to Ft. Pierce, Florida.John Henry with Tender on face dock at Ft. Pierce, Floridanext to Harbor Cove Restaurant (not included in photo). Once morning, we looked out and there were three …
Well maybe tomorrow
We pulled off the dock at 7:15am and to our surprise we had problems getting enough thrust with our bow and stern thrusters as well as forward and reverse thrust off the main engines. Oh boy!!We think that with a warming of the water the has been a blo…
May 10, 2009
Sigh, our last sunny, beautiful days at Banana Bay. I finally got to the health food store–and discovered that they make delicious coffee! Go figure. Also found Anthony’s dress shop in the same strip mall–a nice place to shop! Too bad …
Storage And Stowage on a Liveaboard Boat
Anyone that has lived aboard or considered living aboard a boat understands the issues with finding enough space to stow all of your life’s possessions. The builders and designers of boats are more interested in bragging that their 35 foot boat will sl…
January through May of 2010
Wow! Here it is May and we haven’t done a posting since February. Well, we have a bunch to catch up on.The last post left us in Naples, FL. From there we traveled up to Cape Coral and spent some time with our friends Rick and Candice who we had met 4 y…
Preparing to depart LBK
We have been busy provisioning, giving all of the systems a once over, and getting a boat wash. We had been undecided about whether to cruise out into the Gulf of Mexico or to travel inside on the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway. There are pluses and minuse…
New Adventures in Coconut Grove
Well if you read Doug’s blog yesterday, you know we made it to our new “temporary/permanent – who knows” home at the Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove on Saturday and we’ve had one whole day to get acclimated before Doug had to start work today (altho…
Ironbark Repair
KJ has ironbark on her bow for added protection against log strikes, etc. Recently, one plank popped loose. That was a bit alarming at first, as Brock was worried about bad wood underneath (that constant lurking fear of any wooden boat owner). Luckily,…
Mother’s Day
I had a wonderful Mother’s Day.Started off with Church this morning. I enjoy Pastor Randy, he seems to hit home so well with his sermons.After Church all the Mothers were presented with a potted plant. I got a nice bunch of Impatiences. Paul planted th…
May 9, 2010 – Heading North from Caleta San Juanico to Santa Rosalia
The afternoon that we left Escondido was beautiful, with almost no wind. The downside of these conditions was the heat, which seems to be increasing quickly. Although it was only in the high 80’s, it was more humid than in the past and even light cl…
