Happy New Year from St. Augustine! Black Raven Pirate Tour North mooring field We arrived on Friday, the 29th (Barb’s birthday) after an uneventful cruise from Fernandina Beach. Historic St. Augustine is one of our favorite spots on the trip south, we decided to stay over the New Year’s holiday. The […]
Getting Istaboa back in shape
After a long stay in the Chesapeake and a very long run south down the ICW, we’re slowly getting Istaboa back in 100 point condition or as close as we can anyway.Spent the whole day in the engine room. Having a white engine room is very impressive unle…
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Boy, you never know what’s going to happen at any given time. Yesterday, January 4, 2011, at 10:45, we were getting ready to walk to the grocery store. I was in the salon and Keith was up in the porch. Next thing we knew there was a l…
Not Just Any Old Day at the Dock
Okay, so by now we’re becoming pretty familiar with the boat. What’s to get to know, you ask? Well, if you’ve ever been on a trawler, which is designed for long-term cruising (good thing too cause they are not speed demons), you would …
Ft. Myers to Vero Beach
After leaving Punta Gorda we headed to Ft. Myers to anchor for one night before starting across the Okeechobee Waterway to the east coast. There are 5 locks on the waterway and they are different from any others in the country in that there are n…
1/4/2011 KEY LARGO TO DINNER KEY
TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 35 NMHAPPY BIRTHDAY STEFFI!GOOD MORNING WORLDThe beautiful Key Largo sunrise got our day started brilliantly. While taking in all the gorgeous sights surrounding us, Richard spotted these rippling circles with a large…
Fraser’s Hog Cay, Berry Islands
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Day 101. The weather predictions for this evening, Thursday, and Friday are for heavy winds and seas, generally from the southwest to northwest becoming south, and we were anxious to get moving. Beth had heard good reports…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-01-04 19:49:00
Day 132 Snook Bight Marina, Fort Myers Beach, FLTuesday, January 4, 2010 Bruce on Bade BoomerBade Boomer leaving Snook Bight Bade Boomer departed Snook Bight at high tide for their trip to the Keys. We…
New Years in Sausalito
We headed up to Schoonmakers Marina in Sausalito on Friday the 31st for New Years. On the way up I made a Chipotle Remoulade sauce and got the flank steak marinated with rosemary and garlic. When we got up there we headed toward our as…
Damsel In Distress
Within the Bahamas and the string of Islands known as the Exumas is the Exuma Cay Land & Sea Park. The Bahamian government has set aside this area for marine research and tourism, fishing is prohibited. We made …
