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Boat Babies

The main reason for the stop in Jacksonville was to meet this little girl; our new granddaughter, Maddie.She’s a sweetie for sure.And of course we can’t omit our little hippie grandson, Silas.Silas always seems to be enjoying himself… He’s quite the …

Kourou, French Guiana

As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration.  Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…

Kourou, French Guiana

As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration.  Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…

Today’s Pic

We’ve put this pic up before, but as we prepare for a short run from Jax to Brunswick it seemed appropriate to post this shot of our approach to the St Simons.Some weather’s brewing and the seas are picking up tomorrow. We may stay at St. Simons Island…

Today’s Pic

Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

Iles du Salut, French Guiana

We had a pretty calm passage from Fortaleza and only used the stabilizer for about half of the 3-day trip.  We had an amazing 3 to 4 knot favorable current pushing us along.  We hooked two marlins along the way.  The one in the photo was…

Iles du Salut, French Guiana

We had a pretty calm passage from Fortaleza and only used the stabilizer for about half of the 3-day trip.  We had an amazing 3 to 4 knot favorable current pushing us along.  We hooked two marlins along the way.  The one in the photo was…

CRUISING NORTH TO CROATIA

Envoy is still in Dubrovnik Marina, Croatia.I forgot to mention that in this area you see quite a few structures with bullet holes left over from what the locals call the “Homelands War”.Laurie points out what we believe are bullet holes in stone walls…

Today’s Pic

Not mine and I don’t know who to creditAnd a thought for the day to go along with it…Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

Bizarre Aircraft

The Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano was a nine-wing flying boat intended to be a prototype for a 100-passenger trans-atlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings. Two pontoons, mounted on each side, were intended to give the a…