Dylan and Dee Dee enjoyed their time at Peanut Island. After all, it did include two of their most favorite things – dinghy rides and beach swimming. Make that three – and their best buddy Gracie. Now it’s time to start heading north. Red Head’s crew l…
Nothing Runs Like a Deere
Most John Deere engines are scheduled to have the vibration damper replaced at 5 years or 4,500 hours. However, our Deere 6068AFM75 uses a viscous coupling with an 8,000-hour replacement interval so we went nearly 7 years before needing to make a change. We crossed 8,000 hours as we headed into Boston early last year,…
The Greatest Show on Dirt
We’d come to Daytona primarily to attend the Daytona 500, but that’s not the only major racing event in the area in February. Nearby Volusia Motor Speedway was hosting the season opener for the the World of Outlaws Sprint Car racing, “The Greatest Show on Dirt!”. The last dirt track racing we saw was in…
FPB 78-1 Cochise: Our Dream Machine and the Conundrum of Where-To
FPB 78-1 Cochise presents us with a conundrum to which there is no easy answer. It is a question we …Read More
One Door Closes…
It is with a certain amount of sadness mixed with excitement that we announce the end of one era for us and the beginning of another. Health issues have required us to move off the water, and our beloved trawler Beach House has been sold and is n…
One Door Closes…
It is with a certain amount of sadness mixed with excitement that we announce the end of one era for us and the beginning of another. Health issues have required
us to move off the water, and our beloved trawler Beach House has been sold and is n…
Let the March Madness Begin!
Wow, that was one sucky winter! I’m glad we missed 4 weeks of it while in Mexico. I could have stayed another month at least! Duty called and I went back to work for the Gubment for the month of March. Still haven’t gotten paid yet thanks to Phoenix bu…
Ultimate Rechargeable LED Flashlight
You are looking at the current champion in the ongoing best yachting flashlight contest. Our first reaction when we unpacked …Read More
First Fishing Trip
“No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.” —Abraham Lincoln
We’re back on the east coast, but before we return to The Pearl we made a stop in Pennsylvania to visit your oldest son and his family. We love cruising and spending time on the water, but the time we spend with our grand children is priceless. We’ve enjoyed seeing our Texas grands regularly the past six months and will truly miss them, but now it’s time to see our east coast grands a little more.
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Summer at last
After a late typhoon, we began our seasons cruising with a trip back to one of the favorites, Coron. Again, we met old and new friends, dove the famous WWII wrecks and bathed in the hot springs. from a typhoon to sunshine Our plan was to venture off shore to the small island country of Palau, this would require a good weather window with a break in the NE monsoon winds as it is 500 miles of open ocean. The winds usually subside in March and bring warm, dry and calm weather to the Philippin…
