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Hiking the Quill

Beginning of the trail from Lower TownToday, Ron and I decided to do something land-based, and got a trail map and trail tags from the STENAPA (St. Eustatius National Park) Nature Center so that we could hike “The Quill”, the dormant volcano here o…

Great Ride

     This past Monday we were cruising down through the Keys when we received a “private call” on the VHF.  It was Rick & Deb onboard Broulee.  We had just exited Jewfish Creek when Rick saw us motoring towards them…

Flopper Stoppers Deployed

Flopper Stoppers are deployed!

Today was maintenance day. The morning started with Ron doing the 12kw genset oil change, oil filter change, and impeller change. We also changed out the impellers on the main engines, as they were due per our maintenance schedule….although, as Murphy’s Law would have it, the old impellers looked great and Ron was kicking himself for having changed them too soon. Yes, it’s a boat…! I know it doesn’t sound like much work, but it’s never a 5-minute job! The real mystery is how can engine manufacturers place impeller pumps so that there is never quite enough clearance whatsoever to pull out the old impeller and insert the new? Do they not realize that the impellers need to be changed regularly?

Diving in Statia again!

This morning we went out with Glenn, one of the owner of Golden Rock Divers, and enjoyed two really nice scuba dives. The first dive was at the Charles L. Brown, a 300’ former AT&T cable-laying ship that was purposefully sunk as a reef in 2003. B…

Patent Pending

     So everybody wants to know what it’s like to be full time cruisers.  Here’s a little insight – we get up in the morning when we want to, then, an hour or two later we may eat breakfast.  After breakfast we think about…

Back to George Town

We leave Long Island, fish our way back in Exuma Sound, lucky to land a nice little Blackfin, yummy!  Stayed in George Town about a week.  Hooked up with Bill & Ruth again on Tautaug, glad we got to see you agian before you headed north!C…

Sint Eustatius!

A dismal rainy day – somewhat unusual in the islands, I think, since most rain comes in short showers rather than all-day-long affairs. We each managed to work out on the bike trainer in the early a.m. before the rains started in earnest though! Happ…

Gustavia, St. Barths

Today we had an active day! We both worked out up on the FB on the bike trainer, enjoying the island scenery and the beauty of the yachts on the water. After showering and coffee, we went into town so that we could see the stores actually open (yeste…

St. Barth!

We left St. Martin this morning after a rolly night on anchor in Anse Marcel. The cove where the Radisson is located is almost unbearable, because the island’s landfill on the far northern side of the adjoining mountain range caught fire and has been…

Time To Paddle

     Today, Sharon and I got the kayaks out and went for a spin around our anchorage at Barnes Sound.  We had discussed this yesterday when we realized that the 10 weeks spent in the Bahamas was done without kayaking. …