We travelled down to Naples today, almost a perfect travel day. Warm and sunny, light breeze. The Gulf was nice and calm. When we left Fort Myers, we were at the end of the Gulf Intra-coastal waterway, so our travels from there on to Marathon in the Ke…
#37 Naval Exercises
McHale’s Navy, the Mexico Navy and beach storming with unusual prowess and reckless abandon. This week we joyfully had Patty and Allen White join us on Eliana. Normally, we try not to dish out quite so much punishment to our guests, but thi…
#37 Naval Exercises
McHale’s Navy, the Mexico Navy and beach storming with unusual prowess and reckless abandon. This week we joyfully had Patty and Allen White join us on Eliana. Normally, we try not to dish out quite so much punishment to our guests, but thi…
Friday, February 4, 2011
John stayed with the boats, and I went to lunch with Norm, Sue, and Fred. We went to Burdine’s and had a lovely lunch. Nancy and Bob told us to have the Fried Key Lime Pie. They said it’s to die for. They are right. It is delicious. While we were …
Marathon, FL – 2/3 & 2/4/11 (day 5 & 6)
The past couple days have been very lazy in this paradise. On Thursday we all slept in late then just sort of did nothing. Bill & I launched the dinghy and took a ride to the other end of the channel which was 2 or 3 miles.Thursday evening we wen…
The Jumentos and Ragged Island – Part #3
After ordering and arranging the shipment of the replacement inverter/charger, we were now able to relax and enjoy the cays. We departed Southside Bay on the southern end of Ragged Island after a couple hikes into Duncan Town. Duncan Town is the home o…
Abaco Pics
You wanted more Abaco pics?? You got ’em. Enjoy.Warning!!!For those with low bandwidth, page 2 is large. More on page 2Looking at these has really given us a bad case of Island Fever.There’s only one cure.Go!Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler …
The weather wins!
ell, our trip down the river to drop off our trawler to get the topsides painted has been delayed. 34-35 degrees and steady/misting rain would not make for the funnest of travels. Thus, we have pushed things out at least another week. Assuming the w…
Nordhavn 75 EYF Sinks in Cabo
Nordhavn Dreamers, a Nordhavn related discussion forum is reporting that a Nordhavn 75 expedition yacht fisher (also known as the Nordhavn N75 EYF) has sunk in Cabo San Lucas last night (3 Feb 2011). Possible cause: Tuna tubes recently installed. ===UPDATES BELOW=== Update: Sunken Nordhavn N75 Photos posted on Chinook’s Blog Updated 12 Feb 2011: […]
Heading South — Actually Southwest
We’re having a slight change in plans…..we’ll actually be heading southwest. We’ve decided to travel to the Revillagigdeos Islands (includes Socorro Island) which is approximately 235 miles off Cabo. This will take about 30 hours of cruising. We’ve…
