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M/V Fat Bottom Girl 2012-07-03 19:55:00

Clearing CustomsToday we departed Rat Cay at 9:45AM, moved just a short distance to Green Turtle Cay to clear Customs.  It was a quick check in so we did a little shopping specifically for a loaf of Bahamian White Bread and Bahamian Banana Bread (…

Summer Vacation 2012

July 1 2012 WOW!!  I don’t even know where to start…truly.  While we were planning our summer cruise, one of our good friends had a catastrophic fuel tank failure.  So Tom moved having our tanks manually cleaned, not just a fuel scr…

Summer Vacation 2012

July 1 2012 WOW!!  I don’t even know where to start…truly.  While we were planning our summer cruise, one of our good friends had a catastrophic fuel tank failure.  So Tom moved having our tanks manually cleaned, not just a fuel scr…

Year 2 Day 98

Today is Tuesday, July 3rd and we're in Canada!  We woke up at 4:15 AM and left the dock at Oswego at about 5:30 AM following another boat out into Lake Ontario.Following “Safe Return” out into Lake OntarioSunriseIt was a very long day – about …

Tan Your Toes In The Abacos

For the last two and a half weeks we’ve been enjoying our favorite and familiar islands of the Abacos. We started coming here 30 years ago with my sailing friend, Greg Cook from Jacksonville, so we know this island chain well. After a few days of repro…

Introducing the newest crew member, Nauti Buoy Bryce

July 3, 2012

Last March Kevin’s and Debbie’s almost 15 year old Welsh Springer Spaniel, Tate died. Tate was a devoted dog and well loved by them. He spent a lot of his time in Cincinnati, Florida and on the water.  Tate had over 10,000 miles of …

Flotsam & Jetsam

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Bare Bones

We watch what real photographers do to create interesting images. When an image has issues it is often time to experiment and play as in when realism doesn’t work abandon realism. Add texture overlays. Use weird color filters like the folks from CSI Miami have popularized. Go black & white as the starting point. Dee decided to strip one of […]

July 2 – Brewerton, NY

Work DayWinter Harbor MarinaToday was a work day for both of us…the marina doesn’t have washers or dryers so I took our laundry to the local laundromat. First time in my life I’ve done wash at a public laundromat. It was nice having the large m…

Goodbye Isle of Hope, Hello Heat Exhaustion

We arrived at Isle of Hope for a couple of days stay on February 13th, which turned into two weeks when Chevy cut his paw on a sharp oyster shell while swimming.  Two weeks turned into a month, and then five months.  We have many fond memorie…