Bumps In the Night

By on March 18, 2014 in Sylken Sea

Crossing from Fort Myers Beach to Key West, the weather says leave this afternoon, pull an over night. All is well until at 4 am we pick something up in the prop and rudder, the boat is shaking, I am in the engine room. We radio Dream Weaver. It takes …

Green Turtle Cay, Bluff House Marina

By on March 18, 2014 in Kim Jo III

3-16-2014:  Got a fairly early start so we could get through the channel to White Sound, Green Turtle Cay, about high tide because of our deep draft.  Had no problem and got to our marina, Bluff Harbour, by 09:00.  We got settled in and went for a walk around the cove to Green Turtle Marina which was about 1 mile.  It was very warm out, 85 degrees, and it was a good walk.  This evening we walked over the hill and down to the beach and had fish fry at the Tranquil Turtle Beach Bar.  We had Snapper and Conch; very good.  This was the first time I had banana pancakes with fish!  Different but good.

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3-16-2014:  Sun rise at Manjack Cay

3-16-2014:  Trees along our walk at Green Turtle Cay

3-16-2014:  Sharon and Keith at the Tranquil Turtle Beach Bar fish fry

3-16-2014: Beach at the Tranquil Turtle Beach Bar

3-17 & 18-2014:  Green Turtle Cay, Bluff House Marina: We rented a gulf cart on Monday and went over to Black Sound, and looked around the small town of New Plymouth.  Did the sight seeing thing, got a few groceries, a few souvenirs, and had lunch at the Wrecking Tree restaurant.  In the afternoon we went to the beach on the Atlantic side and looked for shells again.  Still no luck.  Spent Tuesday getting caught up on things and waited a storm out.  We are waiting on a good day to go around Whale Cay on the Atlantic side.  We are hoping for tomorrow, but will not know til morning.

CO’s comments: Having a great time; enjoying the Abaco.

1st Mates comments: Have to agree with the CO with an addition that it is a very relaxing time with plenty of warm sun and a constant breeze that keeps us real comfortable.

3-17-2014:  Sight seeing in New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay, Black Sound

3-18-2014: Kim Jo IV at Green Turtle Cay, Bluff House Marina

3-18-2014:  Bluff House Marina

3-18-2014:  View from the office

Florida West Coast

By on March 18, 2014 in Sylken Sea

We leave Ft. Pierce, stop in Indian Town, Mark & Emily bring us tools and join us for Gumbo “sans garlic”.On to Moore Haven, we spend a few nights, work on the tender, wait for Dream Weaver, met the folks on the Manatee “Second Star”. Did Mexican a…

Day 67 – 365 Project…El’s Drive-in & Seagulls

By on March 18, 2014 in Misty Moose

Welcome to day 67 of  365 photos…We had lunch at El’s Drive-in today and the seagulls are more brazen than ever. This guy hopped onto our hood as soon as he saw the carhop bring our food. It’s like they are trained seagulls and I guess they are. They know where there is a possibility … Continue Reading

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Mar. 18 – Charleston, SC

By on March 18, 2014 in The Pearl

Ashley MarinaLast weekend we made the rounds to our favorite places one more time. Friday was a beautiful day, so we spent the afternoon riding our bikes through town, eating a late lunch, watching people at the Market and soaking in the sights. We lov…

Range Pigs

By on March 18, 2014 in She:Kon

I don’t generally complain about anything. Ask Lori. Anywho, maybe it’s just old age or senility setting in but I seem to have a few more things that get under my skin lately. For probably the second time in my life I sent a meal back to the kitchen at…

Bilge pump or bucket?

By on March 18, 2014 in She:Kon

Getting back to a bit of a nautical theme I submitted a ‘Myth’ to the famous Mythbusters yesterday. So, for the record, here it is. I hope they test this one out.On a sinking boat is a bucket better than a bilge pump?There’s an old sailor’s axiom that …

On The Hard

By on March 18, 2014 in M/V DavidEllis

A friend of mine commented she hadn’t come across the term “on the hard” before, and it got me thinking about DavidEllis’ episodes of living on the hard (pulled out of the water). This is not to be confused with Kwakatu DD462-04 on the reef in Pohnpei …

Day off from boat decisions

By on March 17, 2014 in M/V Serenity

Though I didn’t make any boat decisions today, a 6 pm email from KKY set my thought processes in motion.Since the interior of this boat will be a brand new design, there are some changes that will occur without precedent.  Since I am totally inept…

Sunday at the Tate Modern and Clerkenwell

By on March 17, 2014 in Dora Mac

Cheers,
   It has been a lovely day.  Randal and I went to visit our friends Jane and Rick Lane-Roberts in Richmond.  We were given a wonderful walk around and drive around tour which I’ll share in a future email .  Future email is getting to be a very overused phrase by me lately.  Not much […]