Thanks for visiting! Check out our route, continue to follow our blog, and please provide us with contact information about anyone you know who lives along the way, so we can get insiders’ views about where to go and what to do when we get there.greatl…
Small but Significant.
After weeks of arsing about, procrastinating, getting obsessed with other aspects of the project and so on, yesterday I pulled my finger out, went to the boat and tiled the woodburner hearths. I’ve never done any tiling whatsoever before. So I was su…
Learning to Ride in the Dinghy
How many treats does it take to get Coco into the dinghy? Ron has been getting the dinghy off the swim deck, putting it into the water and we have been practicing getting in and out ourselves, I have been practicing starting and running the 3.5 hp engine. Coco is not too excited about getting in and […]
St. Petersburg
The marina and St. Petersburg skylineThe anchorage of the Vinoy Hotel, in the background, near the municipal marina. Those silly rubber snakes won’t keep me off the boat!Very Nice weather again today, walked the area near the marina then into town wher…
Gale warning
A major spring storm was
forecast to hit the Puget Sound on Friday. A 972-mb
low over southern Vancouver Island would generate storm-force winds along the
Wash…
April 3, 2010 – Punta Chivato
We went out to dinner our last night in Santa Rosalia with the entire population of the marina. I think there were probably 15 or so of us. It was very jolly. The next morning at 5:30 we pulled away from the dock and headed south. Our destination w…
Little Sarasota bay to St. Petersburg Municipal Marina
Our anchorage in Little Sarasota BayA couple of rowing teams on the Intracoastal WaterwayTheir coach, bellowing instructions. Tampa Bay bridge, The Sunshine Skyway the previous bridge was hit by a ship in 1980, 32 people were killed when their vehicles…
Back in the US ….back in the US ….back in the US of A!
We have arrived home! Always good to be home but oh my …. what an adventure we had and how we shall miss being in the Exuma Islands. I never in a million years would have contemplated doing something like living on a bateau for two months in the Baha…
April 1, 2010 – Santa Rosalia
Santa Rosalia has a small harbor, with a ferry dock, a commercial dock and two very small marinas. We decided to go the newer one, Singular, which has room for 15 boats. We tried to hail the marina on the radio several times and finally just went in …
Galapagos Reflections
Next week our 20 days will be up and we are readying our ship to go. The Admiral is making lists of last minute fresh food that we will buy and bring aboard for 3 weeks at sea. The Captain has all the fuel tanks filled to capacity and has anot…
