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Beautiful wench Mary

This was my first Buccaneer Days. It’s been celebrated for twenty years and draws hundreds, maybe thousands of modern-day “pirates” who demand their ration of grog. Here we find a deckhand who was caught stealing rum.

Cap’n Harry sailed our crew to Cat Harbor on Catalina Island on his Beneteau 38, [...]

Saturday Morning I found myself watching Bruce (The Creamy Pint’s owner) disassemble the carburetor on his mighty 4 hp outboard engine. It wasn’t working but after he put all the parts back together and pulled the chord, the beast started right up. There was a bit of wind, so between the sails and [...]

This is a very old resort town for wealthy people. Many of the homes and businesses date back to the early 1800’s, and are found on narrow streets. There are mega-mansions that were summer homes but are museums now.
The waterfront teens with traditional yachts and retired America’s Cup racers as well as thousands [...]

t took half of the day to get from the anchorage at Sandy Hook to our mooring in Manhattan. It was a 22 mile run through the Lower Bay and up the Hudson River. The motor shut down soon after we left our anchorage, but was revived after Don replaced a fuel filter. Passing through [...]

I just arrived in New York after sailing with Don and Debra on Starship from Nassau, Bahamas.  We were underway for 7 days with good but hot weather.

As we left the anchorage in Nassau, we set the working sails and settled into a 10-15 knot breeze which held for 2 days, then slowly died.  While setting the whisker pole for the jib, I injured my right middle finger.  Debra, a nurse, was able to fix me up, so I was fine except [...]

Just found a site that lets you make a map of your travels. You can zoom and see the satelite view.
If you don’t see it, click here.

I thought you might be interested in the marina we live in. It’s one of the nicest in the area and certainly the best in Bradenton (and the most expensive). There are two sections, the old and the new. We used to be in the new part, but moved to the old section because it [...]

Miami to St. Pete
Florida’s West Coast to St. Petersburg map
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We departed Miami for the west coast of Florida on March 29th (2004). After overnight stops in Rodriguez and Marathon Keys. we sailed north around Cape Florida to the west side of Florida. Up until now, we have had good sailing conditions, [...]

Vero/Miami

Map of Vero Beach to Miami
(opens in a new window)Vero Beach, just south of Cape Canaveral, is a cruiser haven/hangout for good reason. The municipal marina offers slips and moorings. For under 11 dollars a day, we got a secure mooring in a protected area, dinghy dock to facilitate going ashore, trash disposal, water, laundry, [...]