November 19, 2010The Gulf Intercoastal WaterWay (GIWW) is the safest way to travel through the Gulf of Mexico. It is a protected waterway broken by wide sounds and bays (some islands of the Gulf Island National Seashore are between the mainland a…
Time Out in Beaufort, SC
Beaufort (pronounced Bue –fert) rhymes with ‘beautiful’ as one local corrected us…is just that…beautiful. We spent a month at Port Royal Landing Marina during the summer of 2005 and thoroughly enjoyed the ‘low country’. Every …
Key West Thanksgiving
The 1st pic of the water is the entrance to the channel where the marina we moved to is located.We went over to Blue Heaven for brunch. You don’t have to die to get there but you will think your in heaven when you taste their food. I had Lobster Bened…
We have reached Whangarei, New Zealand.
Apologies for the downbeat nature of the last post, and thanks to all who commented positively.I am getting some repairs done here. Great place for that; all minor ones really, apart from the generator which needs an overhaul.Little th…
Catching Up On Work And Boat Projects
Time flies when your having Rum. At least I wish that was the case, but in fact it is work that has made time fly and I have come to understand more and more that work really screws up my boat time. Susan and I have done both the Annapolis Sailbo…
Destin Harbor Florida
(Sat. Nov. 20 – Dist: 67.3 mi; Avg Speed: 9.4 mph; TTT: 7:30 hrs)
Alabama – Florida Border
We made it; Linda and I took our boat all the way to Florida. Who would have thought??
It was a pleasant enough trip across the GICW with not …
Kenting, Taiwan
Anelize is not sure what to make of this, a weekend in Kending, thanks Danny & Jon. It was great fun! Love DAD.
Tugster
Life is so strange, you could not make some of this stuff up!Here you see Will, aka Tugster, at work in one of his New York ‘offices’. This one has a canteen just a few doors away which served us a fine lunch.I’ve been following Tugster’s blog off and …
Mid day update;
Second set of lights went up after I got the Tyvek stapled on. Took a lil’ break for some hot chocolate and I got owned!It’s hard to get anything done when you’ve been owned! But I can’t complain Bootsie Tootsie Boy is my bestest buddy in the whole wor…
Friday, Nov 19 We make it to Carrabelle, FL where we will depart for Tarpon Springs as soon as the Gulf calms down.
We have enjoyed watching porpoises for the past few days, but this is the first time that three of them swam along right next to the boat for an extended period. Gave me time to find the camera and snap a few pictures of them.
We arrived at C…
