Monthly Archives: August 2011

In view of the time we wasted coming home and fixing our broken instruments, and the fear of being caught in a thunderstorm and losing visibility on the ICW, we decided to go on the “outside” (ocean). We left through … Continue reading →

Things are never simple. The Tridata instrument that I had professionally installed was put in crooked. It worked but looked terrible. The head of the company who is a great guy agreed it looked terrible and sent another technician to … Continue reading →

Spent the last few days having a new Tridata (depth/speed/log) and new autopilot (old one was on it’s last legs) installed. Finally everything is working and we plan to start again early tomorrow AM (unless the tropical depression heading our … Continue reading →

Yes, you read it right. We just got back home. We awoke early to take off to Titusville. As soon as I turned on the power it became apparent the depth sounder, speed, log wasn’t working. I took it apart … Continue reading →

Installed the radio this AM. Janice is now happy. Rained all afternoon. Spent the time reading and discovering new leaks (mostly around the windows. (another job). Leaving tomorrow AM early for Titusville. From there we hope to leave the Ponce … Continue reading →

Day 2. As losing our car radio which we use for XM satellite, seemed to be a major problem we decided this AM that we had to replace it. The nearest place that had a Walmart or Best Buy and … Continue reading →

Well our first night. We’re anchored at Faber’s Cove near Ft. Pierce. We decided on a short first day run to regain our sea legs. (and Schooner’s). While Emily is long gone, my fear of thunderstorms is justified. Just as … Continue reading →

The weather picture is no longer confusing. Emily is off to the NE and doesn’t appear to be a factor. We’ll be leaving this AM.

It’s Saturday AM and we’re not leaving today. The weather picture is confusing. There is a low pressure system heading in our direction which is said to have a 70% chance of become a Tropical Storm within 48 hours. Even … Continue reading →

Miraculously the Tropical Storm that was supposed to become a hurricane after passing north of Georgia suddenly just disappeared. Looks like we’ll be leaving Saturday AM. The ocean waters will be somewhat choppy over the next several days so we’ll … Continue reading →