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Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-19 10:15:00

VENICE – SEPT. 19TH & 20TH – Well here we are again with a car in a city that does not allow cars.  So once more, we parked our car ($25.00 a day) and took the vaporetto (ferry boat) to Piazza San Marco schleping our bags behind…

New Hampshire to Florida

This is what we left in N.H to go to south on the boat. The colors were just starting to look good….this is the upper driveway on our propertyWayne on his tractor, this is when we were putting in the lower driveway and chopping down treesThere is a s…

New Hampshire to Florida

This is what we left in N.H to go to south on the boat. The colors were just starting to look good….this is the upper driveway on our propertyWayne on his tractor, this is when we were putting in the lower driveway and chopping down treesThere is a s…

(Bob Gets) 120 Days

     The alarm was set for 3:45 AM, but we didn’t need an alarm to get us up this morning, the start of our Bahamas adventure.  I was up at 3:20 AM and Sharon was right behind me.  After we had secured everything for the c…

The GIWW…

…or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which begins where the Lake Okeechobee Waterway ends. and continues around to Texas. We left our very nice anchorage at Glover’s Bight before sunrise and travelled across San Carlos Bay, Pine Island Sound, Charlo…

Diving the OosterDiep!

Barracuda along the side of the wreckRon and I went out divingtoday with Dougie (Douglas) Carty,  the owner and operator of “Special D” Diving & Charters, which is the dive operation here at Sandy Ground. A native Anguillan, Dougie ha…

Sunset Over Miami

     Finally, after 10 windy but glorious days in South Beach, our weather window to cross over to the Bahamas is only hours away.  Our 2011/2012 Bahamas adventure starts very early Thursday morning.  This afternoon the w…

Lake Okeechobee Waterway

Lake water levelWe did promise to talk about this last post, so here goes (we think this is close enough to be right, but you can check for details if you want}. Back in the early days of Florida, the local folks requested the government to build a dam…

And On to Charleston

Nov 11. We pampered ourselves and slept late, knowing we had a shorter day today. We left Bull Creek in the Waccamaw River and motored through Winyah Bay, then through the various canals making up the ICW. Gorgeous scenery, cypress swamps, many creek…

Ten Reasons We Love Anguilla!

Members of the Anguilla Youth Sailing Club racing just before sunsetWe love Anguilla. Why? Here are our ten reasons!10)   The island islow-key and relatively undeveloped.9)   No cruise ships. And, no cruiseship-oriented stores full …