…looking for some peace and quiet, maybe keep her dreams afloat.” – Jimmy Buffett, FinsWELL…in reality, we sailed back from Antigua, and it took us more than three days, as you know. But this very last passage, well, it was indeed three days! With …
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Post-Loop, What Next?
Upon arrival back in Stuart, FL, after eight and a half months on the go, we were bombarded with a whole host of varying emotions. First of all we were excited about having completed the Great Loop Cruise, and we wanted to celebrate that enormous acco…
Chaos and Mayhem.
I’m sorry that I haven’t posted for a while, the first thing out of the window when life gets turned upside down is always de blog. And boy, has our life ever been turned upside down. Quite apart from wedding preparations and work-work-work, three othe…
April 5, 2012 We’re back! We now own Arcadia II
On April 5th, two hired captains took Williwaw outside San Francisco bay and took pictures of themselves with a change of command handshake showing the GPS picture and the morning newspaper. This act completed our purchase of the Nordhavn 47 …
ANN ARBOR TO KEY WEST AND BACK
We left Ann Arbor for Florida in late January to pick up our new boat, which we expected to be delivered to Port Everglades near Ft. Lauderdale in mid-March. Unfortunately the manufacturer couldn’t find a ship to transport our boat from Taiwan …
ANN ARBOR TO KEY WEST AND BACK
We left Ann Arbor for Florida in late January to pick up our new boat, which we expected to be delivered to Port Everglades near Ft. Lauderdale in mid-March. Unfortunately the manufacturer couldn’t find a ship to transport our boat from Taiwan …
ANN ARBOR TO KEY WEST AND BACK
We left Ann Arbor for Florida in late January to pick up our new boat, which we expected to be delivered to Port Everglades near Ft. Lauderdale in mid-March. Unfortunately the manufacturer couldn’t find a ship to transport our boat from Taiwan …
ANN ARBOR TO KEY WEST AND BACK
We left Ann Arbor for Florida in late January to pick up our new boat, which we expected to be delivered to Port Everglades near Ft. Lauderdale in mid-March. Unfortunately the manufacturer couldn’t find a ship to transport our boat from Taiwan …
ANN ARBOR TO KEY WEST AND BACK
We left Ann Arbor for Florida in late January to pick up our new boat, which we expected to be delivered to Port Everglades near Ft. Lauderdale in mid-March. Unfortunately the manufacturer couldn’t find a ship to transport our boat from Taiwan …
Costa Rica
Bahai Drake was our next stop. It was close to a national park but we couldn’t get ashore as it was low tide during the usable part of the day and there was no water at the dinghy docks! We waited 3 days but would have had to wait 4-5 more days to get the tide we wanted so we left for Quepos. Quepos is a small town catering to tourists and surfers. Manuel Antonio National Park is close by. Again when we arrived there were no other cruising boats. The anchorage area recommended by the cruis…
