We are a few days into this long passage and all is well. The ocean is remarkably calm and we are plodding along. I say plodding since we have not yet seen the favorable current that we expected. We are making about 130 miles per day, but we are hop…
Panama City to Tenn-Tom Waterway
We have left Panama City and are presently about half way up the Tenn-Tom Waterway that runs from Mobile, Alabama to the Tennessee River. We are headed back to Goose Pond Marina where SEASEA will be back in her home slip in a couple of weeks.Befo…
Mission aborted (for the moment)
It is sad for me to report that we have had serious electrical problems and have been forced to turn around and head back to Mexico. Basically what happened was that the ‘black box’ on the generator literally went up in smoke, leaving us with no no…
Typical Day
Some of our friends and family have asked what a typical day on the boat is like. After we get up, have our coffee, read the paper, look at e-mail and or Facebook we sometimes have chores to do around the boat. Lately we have been washing pollen off the boat, today there was not as much pollen on […]
On Anna Maria Island with friends
Here is the baby Great Blue Heron getting some breakfast.We didn’t take the boat out on the water today altought it was a nice day again this evening some of my childhood friends from when I was growing up in Puerto Rico are coming by for dinner. One o…
July 6th, 2009 Auke Bay and Tenakee
We’re on our way back to Juneau as I write this. We got a late start this afternoon, (more about that later), so we won’t get to Auke Bay Marina until the wee hours of July 6.We, (Sam Floyd, Phyllis, Will and I), left there on the afternoon of the …
July 2, 2009 Skagway to Juneau
This is the first of what I intend to be regular updates on our travels on our little ship, Arcadia 1. I promise! I will remember to take pictures and attach some as we go along.The purchase of Arcadia 1 was completed, on schedule on 20Jun09. Last Mond…
Oy Mark, Look no Lungs!
And for my Dad too…Stunning.
It’s a Massacoustics Thing…
I know I talk about the great music here in Key West but if you are a true music fan, Key West is a virtual nirvana!!! If you’re not in the mood for whatever music is playing wherever you are, you just need to walk to the next bar and find something yo…
St Petersburg to Anna Maria Island
The Channel Into Bimini Bay, Anna Maria Island from lower Tampa Bay.Gumbo in Slip at Galati MarinaA small heron (Green Heron?) waiting to pounce on a fish.Adult Great Blue Herons on their nestMother Great Blue Heron with baby, begging for food, on nest…
