It’s been a crazy past 11 days. In brief. Took my Dad to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mn. for a check up. (all OK). While there visited my cousin Kim and her husband Jeff who was recovering from a several hour surgery. (also OK) Back home we moved Ma…
Port St. Joe – 1/9/11
This is the final activity day of the rendezvous which was a 10 a.m. breakfast at the marina Dockside Cafe. Do partly to the high winds, there was close to 40 loopers at the meeting with only 4 or 5 couples on boats. Breakfast was pretty good buffet…
1/9/2011 ANCHORAGE BY VENETIAN E. BRIDGE TO BIMINI’S BLUE WATER RESORT
SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 46 NMBy the time the sun’s fingers were grasping the morning sky, we were anchor up and underway. It was “So long Florida” and ”Look out Bahamas, here we come!” This was the perfect weather window to make cross…
Normans Cay
Sunday, January 9, 2011, Day 105. Slow Dancin’ and Escapade’s crews decided to go to Normans Cay instead of Highborne Cay. From the descriptions in the cruising guides, we felt that there was more to do (restaurants, groceries) in Normans Cay. I…
Fun in Sarasota – Days 93 to 100 – Sarasota, FL
We have now been in Sarasota 20 days, making it the city where we have spent the most time thus far and as the title suggests, where we have had the most fun. We have really gotten to know Sarasota and in doing so realize that you could spend a y…
Cocoa & Guests!
We arrived at Cocoa Thursday afternoon, and met up with Sue and Jim. Sue is co-owner of Stansbury Yacht Basin, our “home” marina, and she and Jim winter in Cocoa Beach. We got together Friday evening for dinner out and borrowed Sue’s car Saturday…
Cocoa & Guests!
We arrived at Cocoa Thursday afternoon, and met up with Sue and Jim. Sue is co-owner of Stansbury Yacht Basin, our “home” marina, and she and Jim winter in Cocoa Beach. We got together Friday evening for dinner out and borrowed Sue’s car Saturday to do some provisioning and refill a propane tank. During dinner, […]
Project Weekend
We had a great weekend of getting projects done on the boat.The biggest project was the new VHF. The new VHF integrates with the GPS and knows where we are, it shows the location of nearby boats with AIS transmitters. It has a remote microp…
The Big Trip
By the end of July, the captain and I had logged many hours aboard For Us, both on the water and at the dock (lots of hours at the dock). We both agreed it was time to cast off the lines for parts unknown (well, not really unknown, just unknown f…
Circumnavigator Magazine on Nordhavn 5263
Last April, Circumnavigator magazine
came aboard for a day to review
the boat and its systems. On
board for the magazine were contributing editor James Kirby, …
