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Land Based Responsiblities – AKA Ball and Chain

As you may have noticed, we haven’t posted since May of last year.  We returned from the most wonderful 6 week trip through the Abacos and Exumas to complete chaos.   Let’s just say the fit had hit the shan…..  While cruising…

Class Crustacea Cirripedia, Or What the Hell is Growing On Our Hull?!?

We cleaned our hull yesterday.We’ve done this before, and it’s usually a very easy job to swish and swipealong the waterline to remove any grime or hint of a mustache. Sometimes we’lleven snorkel or dive on the deeper parts of the hull to swab of…

Class Crustacea Cirripedia, Or What the Hell is Growing On Our Hull?!?

We cleaned our hull yesterday. We’ve done this before, and it’s usually a very easy job to swish and swipe along the waterline to remove any grime or hint of a mustache. Sometimes we’ll even snorkel or dive on the deeper parts of the hull to swab…

Farmers Cay 5Fs

Pictorial essay of Farmers Cay 5Fs (Farmers Cay, February, First Friday, Festival)The competition arrives from Barraterre Clean startWarrior chasing SmashiesHermit crab racing at Ocean CabinFriday night open jam session at Farmers Cay Yacht ClubSaturda…

Sippy Cup

     This year’s 5Fs festival was a different festival (read party) than last year.  The new bar at the airport may have contributed to the shift in the party.  The race course is on the west side of the island next to the…

A Wood Stork in Titusville

Walking back to the boat the other day in downtown Titusville, Florida, (a town that serves nearby Cape Canaveral), Nancy and I were watching some egrets and ibises on the far side of a small pond at the edge of a handsome public park. Then, nearly i…

Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-02-02 12:16:00

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL – well, at least the battery box is now in the engine room where it belongs, day 23 (but who’s counting) update. Our friend Doug, back in Minnesota, is dying to hear the latest on the battery box saga.  Would like to…

St. Jame’s Club, Mamora Bay, Antigua

We continued our harbor-hopping thisweek, and explored a tiny bit further along the coast of Antigua. Despite themore-than-brisk winds and the 5’-7’ swells on the nose, we made our way east fromFalmouth, staying fairly close to the coast to take ad…

St. Jame’s Club, Mamora Bay, Antigua

Indian Creek on Antigua’s south coastWe continued our harbor-hopping this week, and explored a tiny bit further along the coast of Antigua. Despite the more-than-brisk winds and the 5’-7’ swells on the nose, we made our way east from Falmouth, stay…

The Land of Bridges

We left St. Augustine on Monday and motored down to Daytona under sunny skies and anchored just off the waterway. Lots of birds on the sand spits at low tide kept our interest all day, that and the frolicking dolphins. The following day we moved thro…