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The Kimberley

After several months of cruising the beautiful, amazing, stunning etc, etc Kimberley we are back in limited service. Head to the Kimberley 2011 page and I am slowly getting the story and photos posted.

The 401nm passage from Beagle Bay(43nm south of…

Ahoy me buckos

I’s rained everyday for a couple of weeks… like clockwork, the afternoon heat arrives and a storm follows it. But, because it’s so predictable, we can usually plan around it.Today we waited till the first round finished before walking round the river…

A One Man Mobile Studio At Burning Man

Today we got a few pirate pics at the festival, but haven’t processed them yet. Nothing like this guy’s photographs though.Crew Istaboa’s not the desert type… or the large crowd type, but I bet Burning Man would be a trip.Check this guy out:When accl…

Emily Grace Makes Landfall in Oz

Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia and is our first port in Oz.  Bundaberg is dependent to a large extent on the local sugar industry.  Extensive sugar cane fields are found throughout the area and operations such as the milling …

Treasure Coast Pirate Fest

Coming up this weekendShould be interesting.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

Inventor Of The eBook dies

Nothing about boats or all that goes along with them.For you old grey geeks out there… ARPAnet!… when was the last time you heard that?Michael Hart has died at age 64.It was announced today, on International Literacy Day, that one of the great pion…

Welcome to San Francisco, CA USA

As we said in the last post, from 0400 Saturday on, the seas had no wind waves, with only two to four foot, gentle, widely spread apart swells. The wind was almost non-existent at 0 – 3 knots real. The … Continue reading

Heading Home and Change of Plans

Spent the last couple of days getting the boat ready to be by herself for a month. Pulled the search light off the boat (with Glenn’s help) and will take it back to the states for refurb. It somehow had gotten water in it and the electrical …

Watching the caulk dry…

Nope… we’re not up to much. Having those maintenance issues dealt with in between rain showers. It’s pretty hot after those bouts of rain due to the steam and the Florida sun. We’re not complaining though… been catchin up on our reading (just finis…

Trumbower Visit to Los Suenos

Glenn and Judy Trumbower arrived last Wednesday (8/31) afternoon from Annapolis, Maryland. Glenn, Julie and I worked together at Lockheed when Glenn was a Commander in the Navy. Many years ago, about 20, we used to go visit them an…