Wednesday, January 19, 201182° 45.5000’ W28° 09.364’ NTarpon Springs City MarinaTarpon Springs, Florida Leaving Clearwater Municipal Marina Headed to the Intercoastal Waterway We enjoyed a perfect start to getting underway. The temper…
Moor $tuff 2011-01-19 19:22:00
Tuesday, January 18, 201182° 49.463’ W27° 58.557’ NClearwater Municipal Marina Clearwater, FloridaFOG – FOG – FOG! It was as thick as pea soup. The fog lifted and all but one of our boating friends departed by noon and moved…
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Club at nightCloudy morningKaren and Bill at John’s PassIt’s been a while since I updated our blog. The insurance adjuster was finally here and assessed the damage to the boat and he came in pretty close to what the boat yard had but we are still d…
She’s A Lady
Having left The Marina at Emerald Bay yesterday, we anchored once again in Elizabeth Harbour at George Town. It sure felt good to be cruising and on the hook again. However, before we left the marina, we had a blowo…
Barra de Navidad
For a long time I’d been hearing about Barra de Navidad and the adjacent lagoon. Mostly from friends who were cruising Mexico’s Pacific coast. Since I had arrived in Puerto Vallarta, Barra was high on my list of places I wanted to visit. After my…
Snead Island Boat Works, Palmetto, Florida
Beautiful day today, sunny and warm. The boat is still out of the water, prop and shaft back this afternoon, will be put back on tomorrow am. The good news is that the fuel in the starboard tank has been cleaned, as well as the tank itse…
Ready to cross the Gulf!
Tomorrow morning we will make our only ocean crossing of the entire Great Loop trip. It should be okay, but you never know. I’ve been in the ocean before — off of New Jersey — but we could see land the entire time and could dodge into a harbor if the…
Week 14 St Augustine Fl
Ashley is now aboard she got into Jacksonville on Sat 15th we spent some time at Jacksonville Landing had lunch shopping etc. The due to weather and the florida coast RR bridge we didn’t leave until Tuesday. We (especially ME) were more than ready t…
Wednesday, January 19,2011
Monday John had a flu bug and didn’t want to eat or do anything except lay around. Needless to say, we did not accomplish any of the things on our To Do List. We were supposed to go out to dinner with a bunch of folks from the harbor. John told me t…
How we came to buy this boat
I’ve been a sailor for 40 years, but I’ve owned a few powerboats as well. But my dream of cutting the dock lines and going cruising has always been on a sailboat.Pam and I moved to Stamford from upstate New York. It’s expensive …
