Hard to believe that not only is it 2012, but we are already well into the month of February. I believe that I have caught a bad case of the local malady “manana”. It is easy to do when it feels as if all deadlines are completely artificial and …
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The Entertainment Committee Award!
Also known as adventures in anchoring! We’ve had our Florida friends, Vic and Jim, aboard this week so we’ve been on the move. From Mamora Bay we went coastal cruising back to Jolly Harbour, north to Five Islands Harbour, and then back south t…
FBG get’s a little TLC
Even though we’ve been bogged down with land based responsiblities and haven’t had the opportunity to spend any time with our girl, she hasn’t been neglected too bad. She has lots of friends that come to see her routinely; she has a particu…
Land Based Responsiblities – AKA Ball and Chain
As you may have noticed, we haven’t posted since May of last year. We returned from the most wonderful 6 week trip through the Abacos and Exumas to complete chaos. Let’s just say the fit had hit the shan….. While cruising…
Class Crustacea Cirripedia, Or What the Hell is Growing On Our Hull?!?
We cleaned our hull yesterday. We’ve done this before, and it’s usually a very easy job to swish and swipe along the waterline to remove any grime or hint of a mustache. Sometimes we’ll even snorkel or dive on the deeper parts of the hull to swab…
Captain’s log: 2-5-12 Superbowl!!!
SUPERBOWL, BIG day….So what do you need for a BIG game on a Big day? A BIG chair of course.What is it with big chairs down here? I’m pouting. It’s a “time out” chair. What am I pouting about in paradise…
Captain’s log:2-3-12
Well It’s true. If you don’t move your boat often enough when you finally do it leaves a hole in the water. I didn’t see it but Chrissy says she is fishing in it right now!This is where our boat was…….and this is wher…
St. Jame’s Club, Mamora Bay, Antigua
Indian Creek on Antigua’s south coastWe continued our harbor-hopping this week, and explored a tiny bit further along the coast of Antigua. Despite the more-than-brisk winds and the 5’-7’ swells on the nose, we made our way east from Falmouth, stay…
Blessings and Curses
Ok, we know about the “Christmas winds”, which usually pick up in December and taper by the end of January. And yes, we know that we’re down in the Leewards where the trade winds always blow. And truly, they mean: Always. Blow. What we didn
