HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE! (my brother-in-law) Backing out of dock at Jeff and Suzanne’s The dock at Jeff and Suzanne’s When we signed up for a month to stay here at The Club at Treasure Island we knew that we had to move out on December…
What a way to celebrate a birthday!
Fast forward from the Memorial Day debacle to July 4th weekend. Mind you, we’ve been enjoying For Us without incident since that day. I can now tie the clove hitch in record time (though still need the book for the bowline), know about how …
So long 2010
And good riddance… remember last year when we all said that about 2009?Here’s to a happier, healthier, and more prosperous 2011We’re hoping there are some islands in our future.Saw this article this morning…. Dave Barry is a funny guy. Articl…
Bimini
“The time has come, the walrus said ….” After being at anchor in South Beach for several reasons, one of which was the weather, it is time to leave. The wind and wave forecasts, while not great, are the best for the last week and for the next f…
New Year’s Weekend – Days 91 & 92 – Sarasota, FL
We celebrated a wonderful New Year’s Eve with the Stephen family, Scott’s “Uncle” Al and his wife, and close friends of the Stephen’s at their vacation home on Anna Maria Island. We laughed, ate, drank and ushered in 2011 on Eastern Standard Time…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-01-02 18:10:00
On the 1st we moved from Ship Channel Cay to Alans Cay group of Islands which is one of the remaining habitats of Iguanas in the Bahamas. You need to stand quietly on the shore and watch as the first one comes to see what you will do, then a…
Whahoos and Marlins – Whoo Hoo
We pulled out of West End at 6:00AM trying our first solo navigation in the dark; I think we should stick to daylight for a while until we get the night vision binochulars. Everything went perfectly fine, but boy oh boy is it dark in the open oce…
Sunday, 1/2/11
Boca Chica, Key West, FL … This week was a week to accomplish much needed work on LESSER LIGHT, like change the oil, polish fiberglass and stainless steel and repair our dinghy which we learned had some damage after all after when we hit a piling while departing from a marina in VA. The lower grungeon […]
Happy New Year
We arrived in Port Lucaya Bahamas yesterday afternoon, the entrance into Bell Channel and the meandering ride to the marina was beautiful. When we arrived we were held at the fuel dock until the dockmaster could determine our slip. The mari…
Happy New Year
I am back on the boat and am getting things done so we can take off when Julie gets back next Thursday. The weather is colder and the winds are higher than they were in November. It has been cooler at night especially, in the 50’s.&nbs…
