Last week my parents arrived for a visit onboard Diesel Duck in Ft. Lauderdale. Mom, 84 years young and Dad, 87 are enthusiastic company we try to keep up with. On an excursion on the Jungle Queen, Mom took to the wheel on the upper deck, but to actu…
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12 Volt Issues!
The New Year is coming in like a lion. Diesel Duck sits snug under anchor in Bimini waiting for the blustery weather to subside to make her trip across the Gulf Stream to Ft. Lauderdale. Now is a good time to post the first write-up (of 4) of the pro…
Happy New Year
We are in Bimini now after leaving Chub Cay on Friday morning. OK, we don’t have to be back in Ft. Lauderdale for another ten days, but knowing the weather forecast and acting on it is the key to happiness or the difference between a cake run and perh…
Revisit of the Berry Island Club
If we are staying in one spot for too long, we feel like we are growing roots there. This is now a reality with Diesel Duck, because her antifouling paint has pretty much stopped working what little there is left of it. So when the wind changed direct…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! (Continued…)
A little drama at Frazer Hog Cay
Hardly awake yet at 6:30 a. m. on Monday morning, we listened to Chris Parker’s broadcast on SSB radio from his Marine Weather Center, where he provides a detailed weather report for the Bahamas and Florida Straits. He started his weather report by as…
It is still beautiful here
At midnight, on Tuesday a week ago, we left Miami and headed the 42 nm (nautical miles) over to Bimini in the Bahamas, where we arrived at 8 a.m. Check-in with Customs and Immigration was quick and easy and by 9:30 a.m. Diesel Duck started her 80 nm …
Delightful Miami
We are using Miami Beach as a jump off point this time to head over to the Bahamas. Miami Beach is also a delightful place. So for the cruisers, who have not had a chance to come down here for a visit, following is a little description. We are anchore…
What is wrong with this picture?
Actually there is nothing wrong with this picture. This is just a true expert, a real pro on a jet ski doing his workout and getting rid of some steam. Diesel Duck relocated today from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami Beach. Looks like people on the water ar…
Iron Man, no Water Man!
Wow, we are sitting here in the anchorage of Lake Sylvia in Ft. Lauderdale. It is a little windy, about 15 – 20 knots and as I am looking out of the window I can’t believe what I am seeing: (Continued…)
