Dockside Sombrero Marina, Boot Key Harbour, Marathon, Florida

Said goodbye to Jill and Richard on Finally and Tom and Linda on Q’s End today, they are heading on up to Key Largo and then on to Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Kathy and Richard in Rambler headed off today as well, but had to return with a problem with a…

The Healing Begins

It has been a long, hard struggle but I think that I am finally starting to shake the last of that terrible disease that has affected my blog and the updates about our trip.  I have learned that I had “Keys” disease.  It is a terrible afflict…

Feb. 16 – Getting Ready

We’ve been finishing up little project on the boat.  We finally got the boat name added to the dinghy.  We decided paint would probably hold up better than the vinyl letters on the bottom.  We had a stencil made to make it easier to pa…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:50:33 PMLocation: Ft. PierceLatitude is 27 degrees 27.351 minutes north.Longitude is 80 degrees 18.385 minutes west.This weather observation was taken on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:50:16 PM local time.Observation l…

Seas 2 Day

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Some dinghy, huh? Pretty self explanatory.The dinghy dock.Today was a day spent working. John and I walked to Home Depot to get supplies for our projects. We bought a new sander (the old one died), a toilet paper holder for the front head that broke, …

Winding Down

The alarm clocks went off at 4 am this morning as today’s itinerary is a 90 mile leg outside the reef in the open ocean.  Because we want to be able to see the reef and coral head hazards at our destination, we leave early in order to arrive when the sun is still high […]

The Mud River & prepare to be boarded

We have for the past several years avoided the Mud River in southern Ga, arguably the worst spot on the ICW. It is not uncommon to hear others say noooo! only on a mid tide or higher. In the past we wrestled with this question and for good or bad have …

Diesel Duck

What have we been up to the last couple of weeks?

Benno and I were exploring new anchorages with spectacular reefs together with our friends Donna & Cosmos from “Koukla” and Leila and Erin from “Blow Me Away”. While snorkeling we spotted many Eagle and Sting Rays, Sand Sharks, tropical fish i…

Windhorse

Watermakers

Hi Steve and Linda,
I need to install a watermaker on my Aerodyne 43 as a requirement for Transpac. I’d like a light and reliable unit, if there is one. Any recommendations? I’m willing to sacrifice output capability for light weight and reliability, if necessary.
Thanks,
Jeff Brauch

Hi Jeff:
We are behind the curve in small, […]

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