On Wednesday, December 8, we were getting ready to leave when Jim went to the engine room for his usual check. Fortunately, he does this every day we travel, and today he discovered diesel fuel on the port engine. He called TowBoat US and arranged to …
Palmetto Moon 2010-12-31 09:30:00
TowBoat US-Oriental handed us off to TowBoat US-Beaufort about five miles away from Gregory Poole. Needless to say it was a pleasant ride and uneventful as both captains called any approaching boats to ask for a slow pass. On Thursday, December 9, Gre…
Happy new year
All that’s now left is for me to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Sarasota adventures – Days 86 to 89 – Sarasota, FL
Monday (12/27), we visited to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. We had heard that entry to the museum was free on the day after Christmas and never one to pass up a bargain we decided to take advantage of their generosity….
Sunday, January 2, 2011 – Bahia de los Muertos
Sunday, January 2, 2011- Bahia de los Muertos We spent the few days before Marie Noel’s arrival doing boat chores and provisioning. My major task was to fix my dell computer (which I hate). For some reason, it had stopped recognizing my telcel nok…
Home again
Ahhh… it’s good to be back aboard Istaboa and amongst our friends here in Stuart.The drive was not bad at all. Our new (used-2008) car performed very well. Bluetec diesel avg mpg was 34.8. Not bad for a luxury car. We Americans need to hop on the die…
Dolphins of Everglades City
Last May while we were on our way into Everglades City Pam shot this video of the dolphins playing in our wake. Being the computer geek that I am it took me this long to figure out how to get it on the blog. You can tell we are technologically challeng…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2010-12-30 14:49:00
TROUBLE IN PARADISE – Left Spanish Wells with Cocoon Too early the morning of the 27th and headed on a course to Hatchet Bay. We met back up with Big Run before making the white knuckle ride thru Current Cut on a slack tide. We then spli…
The Oka-what?
December 30, 2010Ft. MyersFt. Myers was a great place to stop to wait for Walter and Geri to meet us for our trip across Florida via the Okeechobee Waterway. It is a busy, clean marina with a pool- too bad we could almost go ice skating on it ins…
65 Degrees
Left – Large cave on west coast of Eleuthera Island south of Governors Harbour. Right – Note how the ocean has undercut these formations. This is typical of the Eleuthera Island coastline and surrounding…
