I dreaded heading out today because the weather stations predicted winds out of the southeast at 12 knots (hitting us on our stern) with a 40% chance of rain, but we knew we should. Tomorrow’s forecast was for west winds (hitting us on the bow) and …
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11/25/2012 – Sunday – Orange Beach to Biloxi
M/V Last Trade headed out of The Wharf Marina at 5:45 AM with S/V Faith and Morning Star about 3 miles ahead of us. The temperature outside was 37 degrees and we had some low lying fog over the water. The wind prediction was South East at 6…
11/25/2012 – Sunday – Orange Beach to Biloxi
M/V Last Trade headed out of The Wharf Marina at 5:45 AM with S/V Faith and Morning Star about 3 miles ahead of us. The temperature outside was 37 degrees and we had some low lying fog over the water. The wind prediction was South East at 6…
11/24/2012 – Saturday – Pensacola to Orange Beach, The Wharf Marina
As I was walking Teak for her morning outing, I saw a golden retriever roaming around loose and it looked like it had a harness or something on. If you know Teak, she likes to bark so I kept my eyes on the dog and kept Teak away from the dog’s …
11/24/2012 – Saturday – Pensacola to Orange Beach, The Wharf Marina
As I was walking Teak for her morning outing, I saw a golden retriever roaming around loose and it looked like it had a harness or something on. If you know Teak, she likes to bark so I kept my eyes on the dog and kept Teak away from the dog’s …
11/23/2012 – Friday – Pensacola
Today was a “get the boat ready” to head out tomorrow and “just relax” day. Josh started off with making slip reservations at The Wharf Marina for tomorrow night for all three boats and making sure our new windlass was being shipped to Ne…
11/23/2012 – Friday – Pensacola
Today was a “get the boat ready” to head out tomorrow and “just relax” day. Josh started off with making slip reservations at The Wharf Marina for tomorrow night for all three boats and making sure our new windlass was being shipped to N…
11/22/2012 – Thursday – Thanksgiving – Pensacola (Palafox Marina)
Josh, Barry and I headed out on our bikes around 9:30 AM for a four mile ride to the nearest grocery store to purchase things for our upcoming Thanksgiving dinner. About a fourth of the way into our ride I spotted a Landry’s restaurant and some…
11/22/2012 – Thursday – Thanksgiving – Pensacola (Palafox Marina)
Josh, Barry and I headed out on our bikes around 9:30 AM for a four mile ride to the nearest grocery store to purchase things for our upcoming Thanksgiving dinner. About a fourth of the way into our ride I spotted a Landry’s restaurant and some…
11/21/2012 – Wednesday – Destin to Pensacola
Destin to Pensacola is a short day for us so we headed out around 6:30 AM and S/V Morning Star was heading out at 6:00 AM offshore. Josh had his list of people he needed to talk to about our windlass ready and waiting. As soon as places we…
