My buddy boat decided to get a slip on Monday, so we had access to the swimming pool, which was very nice. The raw water pump came in on Tuesday…
We made it to Elizabeth City, which is supposed to be the “harbor of hospitality”. The area is very nice, but if there were two other boats with us the…
We started the week off by getting a ferry across the Ocracoke Inlet to Portsmouth, which is a ghost town ran by the National Park Service. The town was established…
This week we have been to four different places. First, we spent an extra day in Swansboro, because we got a late start on several things and would not have…
There was a lightning strike close to the boat in Ft Lauderdale and it fried the old chart plotter (a GPS and electronic map combo) antenna. This is why you…
We arrived at Charleston on an outgoing tide so the current was against us as we went up the Ashley River. It took a while, but we made it to…
Melissa and I drove the boat up the ICW to St Augustine so we could pick up our newest crew member, Veronika, from the Jacksonville Airport. We also met up…
Melissa and I left Ft Lauderdale on Tuesday morning, because I had a dental cleaning on Monday afternoon at my friend’s office. After the appointment we went to see Iron…
Chase went with my friend to Ft Lauderdale so he could see a friend and find some quick work. That left Melissa and I alone on the boat and 70 miles…
We left Marathon and on a whim decided to go to a light to see if there were any fish. What we ended up with was a great reef (best I…
Last week we were in Key West for the whole week waiting for the 20-30 knot winds to die down. I visited the southern most point in the continental US,…
My friend decided to join us on Monday in Naples for the rest of the week. We had an amazing beach with more seashells than you could imagine. We also…
We got to Pine Island (near Ft Myers) on Monday and Chase showed up in a rented car on Tuesday so we took care of some errands. On Wednesday Russ…
My new crew member, Russ, joined me on Monday and we hung out in Pensacola with his friend Walt until we sailed to Destin on Friday. The sail started with…
Roberts Bayou was the absolutely perfect place to spend Easter morning. The entrance was very narrow, but once you get in it opens up and has houses on the shore…
This week I left New Orleans. I have Jim and Blieu from Missouri and Erin from New Orleans aboard. Jim and Blieu are thinking about getting a Lagoon and wanted…
The last two weeks I prepared to get the boat ready to leave New Orleans. I also wired in a switch so I can raise and lower the anchor from…
I went to the French Quarter again and visited the Voodoo museum and had a muffalata for lunch at Central Grocery. It is amazing how much voodoo is apart of…
I have been working on the boat the last two weeks. I had the yard I am staying at help me with an oil change (oil, filter, fuel filters, and…
I went with Rusty & Linda to their friends house, on the other side of the lake, in order to watch the Saints win the Super Bowl. They invited me…
I have completed all the projects I had started, sold my car, and am ready to leave the Houston area. The personal injury attorney Kansas city mo have proven experience…
I spent New Years around the dock. There was a benefit for one of the sailing clubs, so I went to that for New Years night. They had a band…
I am back in Dallas for the Christmas holiday. The fiberglass guy started last week and should be done by the time I get back to the boat. The frig…
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I spent the week with my parents in Dallas and then came back down in order to get a lot of projects started…
I spent the last week in Washington State with my brother and his family. It was great spending a week with my nieces and nephews, Aaron and his wife, Emily. …
We took the boat out for the first time since I got it to the Houston area. I have also been busy working on a chart holder and getting an…
I spent the week in Dallas with my Nieces, nephews, and little cousins. It seemed like all they wanted to do was swim and have me throw them around the…
I spent the week in Dallas with my parents as my dad recovered from his surgery. Everything went well and he was home by Friday afternoon. Amazing. I have finished…
I continued to clean out the boat and organize for the first half of the week. I found out my dad has to have open heart surgery for a by-pass. …
I spent last week in Dallas with my folks before returning to the boat last Sunday. I was 7 miles from my exit south of Houston with a car load…