Kite Surfers on Tampa Bay
On Friday February 25 we left Pass a Grille and headed back to our home port of Longboat Key Marina. (http://www.longboatkeymarina.com/) Winds were predicted to be 15-20 knots from the south so we stayed “inside” until we c…
Passing Anclote Key and the Lighthouse
Channel to Pass a Grille-Don Cesar in background
The mate ready for docking
As an intermediate stop before our home port of Longboat Key we docked for the evening at Pass a Grille clubhouse of the SPYC. Two …
Customs Officers preparing to board Island Hopper Departing Tarpon Springs
Main Street view
Note name of Vessel “Capt Eddie”
We left on Thursday morning after the fog cleared. Our next destination was the Pass a Grille clubhouse of St Pete…
Sponge diver Boats complete with sponges
Just Like a Taverna in Greece
Island Hopper’s Dock for the Night
We enjoyed our visit to Tarpon Springs a Greek fishing village north of Clearwater. Very Touristy but fun. Plenty of sponges for sa…
Entering Tarpon Springs on the Anclote River
Shrimp boat approaching in the fog in a narrow channel
GPS worked! This mark indicates a dredged cut in the shoal to enter the river
We were delayed leaving Clearwater due to AM fog. Even with radar an…
I have for some time been considering changing our 110lbs CQR Plow anchor to something else. I have had concerns which have grown with each anchoring about the ability of our anchor to set quickly and hold as the winds kick up. The CQR is a hinged shaf…
The watercolor above is of a Deerfoot 62. She is the second aluminum yacht we built and is a sistership to our own Intermezzo ll. Both were built in Capetown, South Africa. The photo was sent to us by Tim Gardner of Gardner Yacht Service, Orange Park, Florida. Tim’s comments follow.
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February 24, 2011Duncan Town, Ragged IslandThere is no place like Duncan Town, at the southernmost point of the Bahamas, dry and isolated from the world. Even though ships anchor close-by at Hog Cay, it’s a long 15-minute dinghy ride in…
Approaching Tarpon Springs
Fog on the Anclote River
We were delayed leaving Clearwater due to AM fog. Even with radar and GPS it can b…
Clearwater Yacht Club
A Pirate Ship departing Clearwater Beach
We traveled from SPYC to Clearwater Beach to stay at the Clearwater Yacht Club. This club only has a few transient slips so if we are in Clearwater we usually stay at the Municipal M…
