We cruised to Anguilla after we cleared out of Sint Maarten — we had good weather, and thought we’d explore a new island! We had a very easy passage from St. Maarten — Anguilla is only 6 miles away — but we had to go a bit farther than that, aroun…
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Daytona Beach to Lake Okeechobee
Daytona Beach Dining and Day Two in DaytonaWe walked up (down?) Beach Street looking for a place to eat dinner. This shopping and dining area is much more prosperous looking than it was a couple years ago – fewer empty stores and many more people out a…
Adventures in Med-Mooring!
Ok, justso you know…we are neophytes in the apparently international standard of marina “mediterranean mooring”, where the boat is stern-to the dock, without finger piers or pilings to tie off the bow. Instead, you use your anchor to secure the boat …
Fernandina Beach to Daytona Beach
Fernandina Beach DiningIn most places, nice restaurants are closed on Monday nights – in Fernandina it’s apparently Tuesday nights when the nice places are closed. We went to our favorite Fernandina restaurant – Joe’s 2nd Street Bistro and it was c…
Admiral's Report #2
We had a lucky day on Tuesday: sighting egrets and diving dolphins; a favorable current that allowed us to make one bridge opening earlier than planned; proximity to a paddle wheeler (The City of Fredericksburg) that gets preferential treatment at brid…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-10 15:02:00
LAKE COMO – WHAT CAN I SAY – SEPT. 17TH & 18TH – what more can you ask for, a blend of water and mountains – our two favorite things. The drive from Cinque Terre was uneventful and our plan was to head to the west coast of the lake to a small …
Le Bateau Ivre!
Ofcourse, all boat work and no play makes Equinox a dull ship! So, we went out inthe dinghy and found a great little restaurant and waterfront bar in PortoCupecoy in which to dine, drink and celebrate all our repairs: Le Bateau Ivre — which means ”T…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-09 13:04:00
ITALY – SEPT. 15TH & 16TH – CINQUE TERRE (pronounced Chink-wey Tay-reh) is a remote chunk of the Italian Riviera with not a museum in sight, just sun, sea and wine. It is made up of five towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Montero…
2011 By the Numbers
May 10 to October 31Here are some numbers for our travels on FLUKE in 2011. This was by far our longest trip yet. We bought fuel 3 times totaling 1121 gallons at an average cost of $3.51 and burned over 1600 gal.The fuel usage numbers include the hours…
All Work and No Play
The pastfew days have been blustery, rainy and gray…obviously perfect for interior boatprojects! We’ve been busy, indeed! Ron changed the oil, filters and impeller onthe 12kW genset while I dusted, vacuumed, shined and cleaned every cabin and inter…
