My first impression of Key West was of a very touristy place. There were three big cruise ships docked and hundreds (thousands?) of people on Duval Street. But by evening the cruise ships left and KW became a laid back island again.We…
Palmetto Moon 2011-01-31 12:24:00
January started off cold and windy with a forecast of snow and wintery mix, so we decided to stay warm in the condo and not travel south this year. On Monday, January 3 we watched 6″ of snow pile up followed by ice which closed down everything for 5 d…
Ho Hum, it’s still 75F and sunny…………
We’re still here in the Keys–till March 1 or thereabouts. We’re still getting lots of projects done on the boat–spiffing her up a bit, catching mangrove snapper (hmmmmm), attending festivals and just enjoying the weather. We know wha…
Private Beach
Sharon and I got to spend some time south of Black Point Settlement at Little Bay. Our buddy boat had some matters to take care of at Staniel Cay, so we took a few days to hang out on the beach. For 3 days Little Ba…
headless update
well work continues while I am staying here at Jim’s should be heading for the keys in two weeks the weather is warming up and so is my blood pressure. I spent all day Sunday with shit. The clog is some were about 10 feet down the hose and it looks lik…
A Visit Back to Maria Elena – Nordhavn N40
Guest post by John & Maria Torelli Despite still having the keys and occasionally checking on Maria Elena (our 2007 Nordhavn 40 which we recently sold to great couple who live in Miami) I had finally detached myself from the boat that was our home for three years. While I still find a sense of […]
#30 Bender’s Cruising Chronicles Fort Myers – Captive – Sanibel – Marco – Marathon
Man alive!!! End of January ALREADY and time to post a blog I’ve not even begun to write! Where’s the time going? If our days of gainful employment had flown this fast, working wouldn’t have been so bad!
Ragged Ass Salon
Bill, Laura…
MONDAY RANDOMNESS
Monday Randomness (Continued…)
Sombrero Marina – 1/30/11 (day 2)
What beautiful weather!!! Mid 70’s with nothing but sunshine. Today we moved the boat from slip #3, a stern in dock, to the slip we reserved when I first called a month ago#51, a seawall side tie so Dianne could get off and on much easier. Besides t…
A word on GPS/Chartplotter
When we bought our trawler, she was minimally equipped with electronics. All she really had was a 2 station VHF radio (upper and lower helm), fish finder (one at each helm station which also acts as a depth finder) and well, that is about it. That wa…
