For most of us Somali piracy is a curiosity. But if you are crossing the Indian Ocean these days, even headed south towards South Africa, the risks are real. Stratfor is what we would call a private State Department or risk analysis outfit. Formed by George Friedman, they are considered the best in this business […]
Naples Boat Club, Naples, Florida
Wayne, Jane and Bill, Scott and Marlene, Eddie and Nancy, and myself Went for a trolley tour today with Nancy and Eddie; it took us up north of Naples and around town. We saw some very ritzy gated communities, and drove through…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-02-07 18:40:00
LET’S SEE, WHERE DID WE LEAVE OFF? – Oh, yes, Patiently waiting for a part. We are now into the 2nd description of patience, i.e., calmly tolerating delay, confusion, etc. It seems there was some confusion as to who was paying for our little…
Monday, February 7, 2011
GREEN BAY PACKERS SUPERBOWL 45 CHAMPIONS!We are now back at the Hilton waiting for the final boat repairs to get done. Not much to report. Just getting our charts ready for the next leg of our journey. Up until today, it has been…
Gator, iguana, tarpon, man-o-war sightings!
Yesiree, we’ve seen it all now. Bert will be so jealous since he was shut out on seeing a gator, which he was so desperate for. And then we heard about the giant 6-ft iguanas on Bahia Honda Key, and we saw an iguana there.Uhhhhh…..they were both abou…
Puerto Vallarta
We arrived safe and sound and are in our permanent slip in the Paradise Village Marina, Puerto Vallarta. The trip was pretty good except for an occasional large set of swells coming from the Pacific side and stern of the boat. More later…
Departure Date
We have finally set a departure date…March 6. That will be one year after we first looked at this boat. The weather will play a major factor in whether we actually leave on that date. If a weather window opens a little before then…we will go, if th…
Marathon, FL – 2/6 & 2/7 (days 8 & 9)
Sometimes I feel like a reporter on assignment in paradise. Well, this was another day just like the other 6 days we have been here …. simply beautiful!! I asked Ricki how to spell “gorgeous” (sp) but she thought I was talking about the babe in the …
Super Bowl week-end Feb 6 & 7
Thursday, the 5th, we arrived back at the Lady Dottie in Cape Coral. It felt great to be back in sunny Florida, feeling sorry for the people in Chicago digging out from over 20 inches of snow. On Saturday, Lori (Dottie’s daughter), an…
Envoy’s plans for 2011.
SUMMARY OF 2010 AND THOUGHTS ON ANCHORINGWe had a great 252 days aboard Envoy in 2010 and cruised about 1,800NM.After we left Marmaris the only major technical problem we had was the failure of the main gearbox in Crete. This was repaired in about two …
