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I Hate Docking!

After 2 1/2 days of motor sailing from Ft. Lauderdale, dodging crab traps the whole way, we arrived in Key West at the Stock Island Marina. Whoop, whoop! Coming into a marina always gives me anxiety. I hate it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I HATE DOCKING! I’m so afraid Read More

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Crab Trap Dodge Ball

I’ve never seen so many crab traps in my life. Or are they lobster traps? Who knows. I don’t care. We spent no less than eight hours dodging them between Rodriguez Key and Ramrod Key. They’re really hard to see in the picture, but I assure you they’re there, like 50′ away from each other Read More

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Plummers and Carpenters and Electricians, Oh, My!

I think I know why people hate building houses. It’s stressful, nothing ever goes as planned, and it takes longer and costs more than expected. But in the end, if you’re lucky, you get a really cool home that serves all your needs and wants. I hope it works out that way for us and Read More

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How Much Stuff Can You Pack onto a Boat?

2020 will bring lots of exciting things for us in the boating world. We have a mile-long list of upgrades we are having Just Catamarans take care of. I’m pretty good mechanically, but all things electricity just don’t seem to make sense to me. So I’m looking forward to learning everything about our new solar Read More

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Gulf Stream Traffic Jam

We left Bimini after four days of waiting for good weather. We’ve been gone for two months with the exception of a 2-day jaunt home for Thanksgiving, and we were conflicted about going home. On the one hand, we couldn’t wait to get home and show everyone that we made it. We hadn’t sunk the Read More

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Bimini Bobbidy

Bimini is such a cool island. We stayed here for four nights waiting for a good weather window to cross the Gulf Stream into Ft. Lauderdale. I had been here once before when I was 18, and it hasn’t changed much. Every other shop on the main road is still a bar, the grocery store Read More

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Good Samaritans Rule!

Merry Christmas to everybody who celebrates it. We woke up at 5:45, hit the snooze button, and got out of bed at 6:00 AM. Anchors away and under sail at 6:25. (I love not wearing make-up.) We needed to make no less than 8.5 knots all day to arrive in Bimini before sunset, so we’re Read More