Tomorrow morning we will make our only ocean crossing of the entire Great Loop trip. It should be okay, but you never know. I’ve been in the ocean before — off of New Jersey — but we could see land the entire time and could dodge into a harbor if the…
Week 14 St Augustine Fl
Ashley is now aboard she got into Jacksonville on Sat 15th we spent some time at Jacksonville Landing had lunch shopping etc. The due to weather and the florida coast RR bridge we didn’t leave until Tuesday. We (especially ME) were more than ready t…
Wednesday, January 19,2011
Monday John had a flu bug and didn’t want to eat or do anything except lay around. Needless to say, we did not accomplish any of the things on our To Do List. We were supposed to go out to dinner with a bunch of folks from the harbor. John told me t…
How we came to buy this boat
I’ve been a sailor for 40 years, but I’ve owned a few powerboats as well. But my dream of cutting the dock lines and going cruising has always been on a sailboat.Pam and I moved to Stamford from upstate New York. It’s expensive …
Adding And Re-installing Switches
With the main electrical panel now replaced, there were a few small things that were unfinished and now is as good a time as any to get those done. The bilge pump switch for the secondary mid-ship bilge pump has been out for some time now. It was tempo…
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – going north from Barra
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – leaving Barra Joan and Clark left at 9 am on Sunday morning. Shortly after, the French baker arrived, so we loaded up and then we left to go anchor out. Half an hour from Barra took us to Cuastecomate, a intimate anch…
Very cool boat
First saw this in it’s early stages of construction at a ship yard in Mobile Bay a few years ago. Guess they have finally finished it.More pics of the Navy’s newest ship…. HereNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Mud Baths
The mud baths were incredible. You walk up to an old volcano crater, step down into the mud and the experience begins. (View Post…)
Moor $tuff 2011-01-19 06:34:00
Monday, January 17, 201182° 49.463’ W27° 58.557’ NClearwater Municipal MarinaClearwater, FloridaAll travel plans were canceled due to rain today. The rain started a 6 am and by 11 am we had 4” plus! On the plus side of the rain, it washed away …
St. Petersburg Municipal Marina – 1/18/11
We woke up this morning to major fog which was not expected to lift until after 10:30 so what should we do until then…. either wash our boat like Skip is doing, or …GO SHOPPING! This was an interesting nautical shop that had a little bit of everyth…
