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
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
Don’t you hate when your alarm goes off five minutes before you have to get up? Ugh, 5:55 came early this morning. But we wanted to get off the dock by 6:30, so you do what you have to do. We slipped the lines at 6:45 and quietly motored out of the marina, into the Read More
I love boat shows. Annapolis is my favorite. Miami is hard to maneuver logistically, but it’s still fun. I love seeing all the new boats. But most of all, I love that after I see them all, I still like mine best. Love the Leopard! In other exciting news, we got to meet and hang Read More
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
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
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
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
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
We woke up this morning to a beautiful day inside the bay. The winds were a bit strong, but the waves were short and slightly choppy. After breakfast, we decided to take the dinghy to the beach and walk the 3.5 miles to Chub Cay for lunch. Well, Google Maps said it was 3.5 miles. Read More