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Daytona 4th — belated

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Memphis Downtown

Today’s Pic

And now from the Vast of the Lord will the waters of sleep Roll in on the souls of men, But who will reveal to our waking ken The forms that swim and the shapes that creep Under the waters of sleep? And I would I could kno…

Back Track

To St. Augustine:Mel preparing to tie up as we approach The Bridge of LionsNormally, we don’t do the tourist marinas…  but timing, tides, and water depths dictated we stay at St. Augustine’s City Docks.We’d heard the old Spanish sailing ship, ‘E…

Today’s Pics

So, here we are… St Simons Island, Georgia.Mel’s dad and I fished this creek many times.I’ll never forget the last fishing trip we took together; we caught too many Spot Tail Bass (Redfish) and they were all too large, totally over the legal limit. W…

Boat Babies

The main reason for the stop in Jacksonville was to meet this little girl; our new granddaughter, Maddie.She’s a sweetie for sure.And of course we can’t omit our little hippie grandson, Silas.Silas always seems to be enjoying himself… He’s quite the …

Kourou, French Guiana

As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration.  Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…

Kourou, French Guiana

As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration.  Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…

Today’s Pic

We’ve put this pic up before, but as we prepare for a short run from Jax to Brunswick it seemed appropriate to post this shot of our approach to the St Simons.Some weather’s brewing and the seas are picking up tomorrow. We may stay at St. Simons Island…

Today’s Pic

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Memphis Downtown

Iles du Salut, French Guiana

We had a pretty calm passage from Fortaleza and only used the stabilizer for about half of the 3-day trip.  We had an amazing 3 to 4 knot favorable current pushing us along.  We hooked two marlins along the way.  The one in the photo was…