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Captain’s log: 2-8-12

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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

Planning new trip for 2012 or 13

Getting the itch again and getting older:(  Alan and I have started to plan a boat trip along the east coast and Maine. We haven’t decided as to when we will start this until after Alan has his knee checked out. Has really been giving him some pai…

Fun in the Keys of Florida

Hey, these are some of the photos of the undersea world at the reef off of Marathon.Here is Erwin’s dive partner, Morgan.Here is Erwin, having a great time.Here is a shark sitting under the ledge of the reef.The rest of the photos are the sea life and …