Actually, the island is named St. Christopher’s, by Columbus who named it after his patron saint. (How modest of him, really.) But everyone knows the place simply as St. Kitt’s! To recap our recent moves, this morning we cleared out with Statian Custom…
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Almost (but not quite) Done!
Hi everyone!At this point, I feel as if I’m writing to friends. Thank you all who take the time to read this blog, comment and join as followers. It’s a thrill to log on and find a new comment and/or follower. At first I thought blogg…
A bit of interesting Statia history
Remaining bits of walls from the old warehousesNow for something completely different! How about some info about Statia? They really have a lot of significant history for such a tiny island! During the 1700s, the major European countries were at …
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-03-19 13:51:00
KIDS AND GRANDKIDS FIX – AKA – Smith Clan goes wild in the Keys!!! Couldn’t ask for a better group of boating enthusiasts than our recent guests. They have been on Broulee before in the BVI’s and we were a little nervous about the cooler tem…
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 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…
