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 …
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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…
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 …
Turks & Caicos: Old Home Week
Well, it wasn’t really a week, as we only stayed in the T&C a couple of days, but it was delightful to revisit this lovely island archipelago. After our magical passage, we arrived at Grand Turk bright and early on Sunday morning, and called o…
ON THE HARD
We were hauled out of the water last Monday and here it is 1 week later and we are still on the hard. For all you landlubbers that means the boat is no longer in the water but blocked up on land.
To the naked eye everything looked okay. After the m…
DR to T&C: Magical Mystery Tour!
We awoke to our lovely environs here at the Puerto Bahia Samana marina at the Bannister, and were happy to be secure in our slip. It’s always nice to wake up knowing the boat is tucked in safely when the weather is kicking up; the cabin is warm and the…
Happy Easter from Australia
Happy Easter Everybody, and especially Cassie and Georgia. We just had a month of “Family time” in March, they won’t mind so much that we are away over this important holiday (maybe!). It was seriously nice to be in Calgary for March. The wea…
Dominican Republic Take II
Land Ho! The Dominican Republc on the horizonWow, what a difference a year makes. Usually there are many small differences, but for us, arriving in the DR this year was a 180º turnabout from last year. We had an interesting time then….of course, the…
Winter and Early Spring 2012
It’s been awhile since we have made a posting to this blog so we will try to catch you up with what’s happening with us. Upon returning from California after the holidays, we did some needed work on Diamond Girl, reprovisioned our foo…
