1/11/2100 BIMINI TO ANDROS

MORGAN’S BLUFF ANCHORAGE TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 80 NMWELCOME TO THE WORLD EMILY PORTER!! We were alerted that Alexis and Craig’s new granddaughter was born yesterday.  Congratulations to the Porter family.JULIE AND GRACE CHECKING OUT…

Windhorse

Yachting World Magazine Interview

While we were in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands waiting for the ARC to start Wind Horse was the object of scrutiny by quite a few members of the European press. We had numerous journalists and photographers aboard, one of whom was

Elaine Bunting, the cruising editor at Yachting World, someone we have worked with […]

Aft cabin insulation finished

Well mostly… still a few little spots to finish. The difference is dramatic. We can heat the space nicely with a small electric heater and the resonance of the hull is significantly reduced so it is much quieter now. We now have the fwd part of the b…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-01-12 19:43:00

Day 140  Snook Bight Marina,  Fort Myers Beach, FLWednesday, January 12, 2011 Our planned departure date from Snook Bight – but the waves on the gulf were 4 to 6 feet, so we passed on that experience and stayed for another day. &n…

Gulfport to Venice, FL

Left Gulfport around 10 in the cold – freeze warning last night til 9 this morning & it hasn’t warmed up yet but the sun feels promising. 

As we exited the marina we noticed this group of cormarants who have taken up residency on this …

Gulfport to Venice, FL

Left Gulfport around 10 in the cold – freeze warning last night til 9 this morning & it hasn’t warmed up yet but the sun feels promising. 

As we exited the marina we noticed this group of cormarants who have taken up residency on this …

Ahoy Matey, Is It Land That I See?

So a new week aboard begins as we make our way for Greenport.  As I mentioned in the previous post, Mitchell Park Marina, a town-owned marina in the heart of this quaint east end village, was the setting for our first sighting of a trawler.  …

Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-01-12 14:05:00

Had a great run down to Georgetown on Sunday the 9th – pulling up anchor at the Majors around 7:00 am.  Perfectly calm, flat seas and arriving in Georgetown around 3:00 or so.  We did a tour thru most of the beach anchorages (Hamburger, Honey…

Oh, What a feeling!

     Here we go again.  Weather is playing a major role in our cruising.  Originally, the forecast was for Thursday and Friday to have winds that would make traveling uncomfortable.  Now, it sounds as if the winds may…

John and Mable Ringling Mansion Ca d’ Zan

This is the second blog of four that I will do covering our vist to the John and Mable Ringling Estate. It was just too much to cover in a single blog. The first which is actually in the following blog. The third will preceed this when published and…