tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71337573526134560542024-03-05T19:43:44.023-08:00s/v NatiTales of our new boat! We hope you enjoy viewing the pictures and hearing about our adventure......s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-77717545253069195482018-05-30T08:19:00.000-07:002018-05-30T08:19:28.036-07:00The end of another chapterIt is long overdue but we couldn't put fingers on the keyboard or perhaps it just didn't seem real. But.......<br />
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<li>we have sold Nati after traveling over 20,000nm miles on her over the last six years.</li>
<li>We didn't quite succeed in our goal to making it to the Caribbean past the Bahamas but came close.</li>
<li>two years ago I had an eye issue that kept us in the Keys over the winter. We had the necessary permits to go to Cuba and further. Strike one!</li>
<li>Last year I decided an eye problem wasn't enough excitement so in I went in for surgery and additional fun and games that are continuing to this day. Strike two!</li>
<li>Doctors, hospitals, etc. don't follow you around so we had to make a decision......continue a logistic nightmare or ..............go house shopping!?!?</li>
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So in March of this year Nati was sold to a young couple with enthusiasm and we bought a home Punta Gorda.</div>
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It was a great adventure.......you can't always get what you want but.......here we go again!</div>
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Cheers,</div>
s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-10001888101722211132017-01-17T07:55:00.000-08:002017-01-17T07:55:14.050-08:00Hello 2017Time will tell as to what this coming year will bring us. To bring the blog up to date there hasn't been a lot of action to discuss. There are a number of issues that will delay any further travel for a couple of months so we'll just do this quick update and go from there........<br />
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For the Christmas holiday we harassed Tom & Jean in Melbourne. Lots of fun was had and we even exchanged presents.<br />
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From there we kept moving south and had Christmas dinner on board Nati with Robie, our friend on sv Celest. Anne made a great dinner and Robie ate most of it! Well, maybe not but he isn't here to defend himself.<br />
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Afterward we continued our journey south and jumped offshore at West Palm Beach and did a 70+ mile run to Miami, arrived in the dark and found a quiet anchorage near Virginia Key. Right after that we had some nice north wind come in and we had a good sail to Alabama Jacks for conch fritters with sv Kismet. The following day we sailed down Hawk Channel to Tavernier Key, where Nati is now. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The channel into our dock is very narrow</td></tr>
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The location for Nati for a couple of months is well protected so when we aren't there we don't have to be concerned for her. All is set for a departure sometime in March so standby for further updates then. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">friends on sv Weatherly heading out</td></tr>
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For now......Happy 2017 and lets keep our fingers crossed that it will be a gang buster year!!😋😋😋😋😋s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-82124638673477006512016-12-24T10:39:00.002-08:002016-12-24T10:39:24.361-08:00Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!We know it's been a few weeks since the last update but it has been busy with a lot of different things going on and also since New Brunswick there has been very little new news......We are heading south to get warm. That is the most important thing I can think of right now.<br />
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We did do a road trek north for Thanksgiving. Hanging out in Honeoye Falls was a lot of fun and did I mention the food??!! Plenty was had and including baked turkey, deep fried turkey and even deep fried bacon! The other dishes were just as delicious also. T&E got a few days to hang out and we even had some snow so they could build a snowman.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teagan's blanket she made</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is really trouble.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "gang"</td></tr>
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After our 2,500 mile drive we took a reasonable weather window and headed towards St Augustine. It is very sad to see the remnants of Hurricane Mathew. Many boats sunk, marinas and docks destroyed and lots of blue tarps on roofs. The damage is nothing compared to places like Haiti but it is still a burden for everyone, no matter where you live. <br />
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So after seeing Bo & Trish at 1st Mate Marine (our engine installer friends) we continued down the ICW to Melbourne. I then took a run over to Largo to see my parents and Anne got a chance to hang with her sister Jean for a couple of days. The week flew by and now we are continuing our southern trek.<br />
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We hope everyone does take a moment this weekend to relax and take a deep breath. Enjoy the days this holiday gives you and think kind words for the rest of mankind. 2017 should prove to be a very interesting year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">Anne & I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year!!</span></i></b></span></div>
s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-43286019993524742912016-11-20T08:28:00.000-08:002016-11-20T08:28:23.056-08:00Being cold with a cold!!!Sometimes I have to feel sorry for Anne with her having to put up with me when I have a cold. I admit, I am absolutely horrible when I don't feel good! So here it is.......it is freezing outside and mostly inside Nati, the candles are burning, the sterno pots are running and now the day we head out of Annapolis I'm sick with a cold. So down the Bay we go, me grumbling, sneezing and coughing.....ah, the joys of "living the dream". <br />
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So now we have departed good 'ole Naptown for new digs. But first we did stay long enough to see Eastport get their butt kicked in the annual tug-of-war contest. One would expect the "Martine Republic" to be running at full power with their morning Bloody Mary's and Mimosas keeping them warm......but no.......they sometimes had a hard time filling the slots of participants. It still was fun though.<br />
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We also had a birds-eye view of the "lets follow the leader in Halloween costumes up and down Spa Creek one afternoon. We don't have a clue as to why (we asked and they didn't know) but it made for quite a site.......even family "people-pets"!!<br />
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So it was out on Wednesday morning, November 9th, E-man's birthday and we pulled up the anchor and headed south. The trip south was uneventful but very fast and tiring. We pulled into Brunswick, Ga. on Friday (the 18th) and managed to make southing of 666nm on the way. We stayed (plugged in to heat) at Coinjock for a night when we had frost and 28 degrees on board and two nights in Oriental to see Pat at the Provision Company and get our new seat for Dingh-go. Otherwise it was up before sunrise and at times sailing past sunset. We had "Supermoon" while motoring down the Alligator-Pungo canal. It sure helped keeping between the lines while coming out of the canal to anchor!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A happy camper by the look of it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That be frost on Nati</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More frost.....slippery too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where is our defroster when we need it?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is not sand...real frost / ice on deck!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"our" Supermoon rising</td></tr>
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After Oriental we motored down Adams Creek and jumped offshore at Beaufort, NC for a run all the way to Brunswick, GA. The 3 day offshore trip was a lot about staying warm and not being dejected by the lack of wind. We knew a strong low front was coming on Saturday so we had to burn diesel to make it down but that's life..... It still felt good to be finally in the ocean again. Dolphins, turtles and birds again......NICE!! Now we are where we are supposed to be and have the heater running. Almost to Florida.....s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-37598226626664549522016-10-28T07:28:00.000-07:002016-10-28T07:28:17.497-07:00Say what??? !!!! Hello November??Neither of us can believe November 1st is around the corner and we are still in Annapolis. It sure is funny how life treats us. Our plan wasn't even to stay for the boat show and now we are pretty lonely (the onlyboat) moored in Spa Creek. Go figure......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's even more empty now.</td></tr>
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Since our auto-pilot died going down the Jersey coast we have been waiting for it to be sent to Amy's home. Well it showed up 2 days ago and it's installed. We figured we would haul out here while we were waiting for it and now Nati has new bottom paint, batteries and is spit & polished. But wait.....why is there water seeping into Dingh-go?!?! Oh that leak.......we now the dink is over to Annapolis Inflatable getting repaired. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 new Fire Fly replacing 6 Lifeline batteries</td></tr>
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While hanging out for parts we ended up staying long enough for Amy's B-day party. The only pictures were of the GKs (grandkids) playing in Nati. We had a sleep-over that night.... well some of us slept anyways.<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-68995559548191778502016-10-01T14:34:00.001-07:002016-10-01T14:34:25.991-07:00We are back in Naptown!Finally we made it out of Port Washington. We were waiting to get a good weather window, catch the tide going through the East River and New York City and then down the Jersey coast. It kind of worked OK and after approximately 24 hours we were anchored in Lewes, DE in the anchor of refuge area. <br />
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The arrival timing worked out good for us to enjoy a cold brew with Wally, Lynn & Janet. They were heading to Rehoboth for a regatta so when they came off the ferry, it was time to relax for an hour.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the East River....a real prison ship! Only in America!!!</td></tr>
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From there it ended up being a no wind motor boat ride up the Delaware Bay and we timed it perfectly so the current in the C&D canal took us all the way to Chesapeake City for a few days of rest. We even got a good surprise with Amy & Company showing up for a night. From there we made it down to Georgetown and the Sassafras River. We enjoyed our time there and when the wind switch (even slightly) we ran the engines once again and pulled into Annapolis.<br />
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It looks like we are going to haul-out right here in Back Creek so that will be something new. Hopefully all the storms will stay out to sea and we can start making miles in another week or so.<br />
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Oh, by the way.......I think we have some really great athletes coming into the family...........what do you think??!!<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-31345708399304473342016-09-14T11:41:00.002-07:002016-09-14T11:41:41.222-07:00Good bye Long Island Sound.......time to turn the bow south!Sorry for being boring but..........<br />
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The summer has eventually brought us full circle in regards to our summer in the Sound. We have been hanging out in Port Washington for a number of days, even having the joy of holding on while Hurricane Hermine gave us a brush-by. The services in in the harbor are good and the Stop & Shop is very close by (we can see it from our mooring!)<br />
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Doctor appointments are done, rental cars are back at Hertz and we are now free to head down the coast. Next stop should be Cape May......wish us luck......s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-35277858950108667882016-08-23T09:41:00.000-07:002016-08-23T09:41:38.283-07:00More of Newport and now it's time to head west..........August has been a fun and fast moving month. We put 1200 miles on the rental car and went all the way to Canada from East Greenwich, RI and then turned around and started sailing west. The weather has been great and the water is warm enough to swim albeit not very clear up here in the Sound.<br />
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After a couple of more days in Newport we moved up to East Greenwich to moor Nati while we headed north to Binnacle Island,Ontario Canada. Ray & Marianne operate a mooring field in this very protected cove and Nati was snug as a bug during the time we were away. Since nobody was around when we departed, our stand up board, "Bridget" was used to ferry me to and from Nati. It has turn out to be very useful.<br />
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So off to Binnacle Island.......land of pirates , food and other exciting things! A good time was had by all and if you didn't have fun........well you just weren't trying!!!<br />
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First .......Pirates! What do pirates do? Go on treasure hunts of course!!<br />
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Plenty of "booty" was discovered by Teagan & Evan. Everyone knows it's in their blood......<br />
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Plenty of swimming took place this year as the weather was hot and sunny. I do believe the grandkids have gills installed behind their ears. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atlas on the board!</td></tr>
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One day the wind was blowing and the tube decided to visit the island next door. Here is Susan to the rescue......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan with a new outfit!</td></tr>
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We had fires almost every night and we missed "The Chief" and his firewood deliveries. Also I had to make fires most nights!<br />
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Saturday came way too fast and it was time to head back to "reality". The new "Shark-tooth Wedgie" is a great boat. One load back to Toaster Heaven and we had everyones gear to the cars. Thanks to Bob, Steph & Teagan for inviting us once again. It was tons of fun!!</div>
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So.......back to New England and back to Nati. The "kids", as in orchids survived their stay in the head and it even rained enough to keep the basil & parsley alive. All was well and the autopilot head/computer that we picked up on ebay worked when installed! Then back to Newport for a couple of more days.</div>
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Time to move again!......first to Stonington, the sail was deep with not much wind. But........we filled our water tank since we had one motor on. The next day's forecast was 10-15 with gusts to 20kts from the NNW. The run to the CT River was instead, upwind in 20-27kts with gusts to 33! Nati did many runs with speeds to 10.5kts and she is now covered with salt. This is what you look like after a salt water shower!!!!</div>
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s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-33146544503246456912016-08-02T08:33:00.000-07:002016-08-02T08:33:19.170-07:00Our New England tour continues.......We are calling this summer the time of recon. Having never been on the water in Long Island Sound or the other areas such as Narragansett Bay, Nantucket Sound and Vineyard Sound we want to get a good feel of the area so when we come back we already have our favorites. One you can take to the bank is New Bedford, MA.<br />
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When talking about going there (Anne wanted to really see the museum) some folks told us the town wasn't the best place, a little run down; maybe there are other places to go. Well, that just made us want to go more and we are both glad for it. Yes, the downtown is in need of more work but it appears they are trying. The Whaling Museum is second to none and you can't do it justice in one day! We had fun and had one of the best meals we have had in a long time at Elisabeth's Restaurant. So......we will go back!<br />
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New Bedford can boast to be the #1 fishing port in the nation in terms of value of the catch. In 2009 170 million lbs of scallops were harvested. With 30 scallop boats in the harbor and approximately 300 total fishing vessels in the Bay, the fishing harbor accounts for 20% of the total US consumption in scallops. It is inspiring to see all the boats in the harbor and the coming and going at all hours.<br />
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Speaking of fishing boats.......can anyone remember where this boat showed up? Answer at the bottom of the post.......<br />
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We spent a good portion of one day at the New Bedford Whaling museum. It is big, bigger than the one in Nantucket! There was a lot of history inside and included sections on the Azores whaling history, Native American subsistence whale hunting history.<br />
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Some of you can look back and remember sumo wrestling a long time ago after a day of Hobie sailing in New Bedford. Well, the beach is still there but the restaurant isn't. However, the owner of the bar actually has a home on his own island in New Bedford harbor. It's a little different but hey.....why be normal, right?<br />
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We had a lousy weather window leaving New Bedford but decided just to go and miss the storms. It worked and by late last Friday we pulled into Newport, RI. Yep, after all the years of wanting to come into "America's Cup Land", we made it! And by the way, only we could come into town on opening day of the Newport Jazz Fest!! The boats in this harbor can rival any place in the world that we've been to. We have only seen 3 Gunboats (two more in town are being repaired as a result of a t-bone affair during a race). <br />
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Right now we are on a mooring in front of the Rhode Island section of the NY Yacht Club....very posh so I put on my Madccatter 40 t-shirt! Our mooring ball is actually our friends on sv Lime'n. They are out on a cruise right now so here we are....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We last saw this boat in W Palm Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huge! Note the sailboat going by.....</td></tr>
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More on the town and Narragansett Bay later. It's time for tea & crumpets at the "club" darlin'<br />
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answer......The Perfect Storm!s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-1191011313851030492016-07-26T12:04:00.000-07:002016-07-29T09:05:47.612-07:00To Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket and back again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time is flying by right now as August is right around the corner. The weather has vastly improved and we have jumped into the water a few times. Warm? Nope, but better....<br />
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We had only a few miles to cross over to Martha's Vineyard and we timed the current through Wood's Hole and then .......FOG.. It looked as if it was lifting and we figured we had a window but no dice......the fog came and we could not see a thing! We could hear the ferry coming through the channel. "Over to the shallows we said".......It came by and we were just out of the channel. Even with radar, AIS, horns and eyeballs fog stinks!<br />
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Our destination was Lake Tashmoo but with the fog such as it was we decided to go to Vineyard Haven instead. The anchorage is wide open and we didn't have to try go negotiate a very narrow cut to go into the lake. We anchored at a nice spot on the bay and had some quiet nights on the hook even though the wind was blowing the "dog off the chain" for a while. <br />
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The harbor was full of beautiful boats but a couple just stood out. In particular, the schooner "Shenandoah" was there with another schooner, "Alabama "and they made quite a sight.<br />
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Sv Shenandoah was lauched in 1964 from the railway in S. Bristol, Maine. The ship, designed by Captain Robert S. Douglas is the only topsail schooner in the world that is without an engine. The concept was designed to maintain America's "Golden age of sail" and she was built for the passenger trade. Hull form, rigging and all materials used to build her adhered to criteria used in the 19th century. A real "beauty"!!<br />
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So, after a few days on the "Vineyard" we had a good day to head to the farthest east we have ever been......Nantucket! It is approximately 30nm but we had a clear day and a good sail. Now that we have been there once, we know we will go back again. It is unlike anywhere else we have been. Better? I wouldn't say that but different or unique certainly fits.<br />
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There is very little anchoring in the harbor. We have varying reports of what one can do and where you cannot anchor so we bit the bullet and paid for a mooring. WOW......$65 big ones per night! Good thing we don't do this everyday!<br />
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We saw a bumper sticker that says it all when discussing Nantucket:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Path to the "Chicken Box Pub"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A home on Nantucket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing school in the middle of the harbor!</td></tr>
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The Whaling Museum is certainly a highlight. We spent an afternoon wandering around and seeing all the artifacts. Very impressive and it makes you start to understand how the settlers of Nantucket are the way they are......nice, unique and different. Thanks to Mimi & Marie we were able to find the only "local" pub on the island. Dingh-go is now sporting a new sticker thanks to Anne meeting the owner....go figure!<br />
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Back to Martha's Vineyard after Nantucket. We heard there was a multihull rendezvous in Vineyard Haven so we make tracks back and again, had a great sail. Single reef, full headsail, 18-22kts of wind and Nati flew back. Lots of fun!! <br />
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We were able to get anchored, got Dingh-go in the water and made it to the finish line for the running of the Black Dog Dash. In the past we always thought it would be fun to do this distance race with one of the tris but never made it. Now at least we got pictures of the finish,we were invited to the evening dinner and caught up with a few old friends.<br />
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The next day we paid for a full day bus ticket and toured the island. Made it to Edgertown, Gay's Head and Oak Bluffs along with transferring in and around the island. A full day but fun and saw just how beautiful the island is. It is getting more crowded all the time but still you can find a quiet spot on a beach if you need to.<br />
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On the way back to Nati we came upon a free concert in the park. We listened for a little while but were getting tired after a full day so we just appreciated what we heard.<br />
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Last but not least......."<b><i>Crusty Olive Bread</i></b>"!! Yes,.....I've have already had a couple of slices. Anne has this recipe down!!<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-2821849497718505062016-07-16T15:45:00.001-07:002016-07-16T15:45:30.023-07:00Stonington, Noank, Block Island and now Woods Hole.....we be moving!Since The SSCA GAM that was held in Essex we have now started to move from Connecticut to Rhode Island and now we are in Massachusetts. We even took a turn south and spent two nights in New York! World travelers we are........<br />
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The weather has started to get better and I have even jumped into the water a couple of times. Getting ready for Binnacle I guess as it is not what we like for temperature....maybe 68 degrees.....on the surface! Right now we are in <b>Hadley Harbor</b> and it's quite warm. We spent most of the day on public transportation picking up a few items and have even seen Falmouth, MA. But lets go back to where we left off......<br />
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Boats..........there are so many pretty boats in this area. I suppose many of the traditional sailing boats started their life around here so its logical that we would see many types. That certainly is true as you can see by the pictures:<br />
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For over a week or so we bounced from Watch Hill, back to Stonington and then back to Noank to pick up some new cushions for Nati & company. You can see them soon, promise. We got a chance to see many new anchorages and some of the towns. Most of the waterfront is tourist related and some parts are working harbor. Getting groceries can be a real pain if one doesn't have a car. But while in Noank we did get a chance to take Dingh-go up the river and see the <b>Mystic Seaport </b>from the water. We didn't have the time to do the museum justice so we will have to go back soon. It was very cloudy so many of the pictures didn't come out too well.<br />
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<b>Noank</b> is a cool little town. If we ever move back to land maybe our home will look like this....<br />
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We grabbed a mooring from <b><i>Fords Lobster House </i></b>and it was the best price it town ($20/night) On top of that we had our first lobster rolls there! We got take-out since it was chilly and windy but they still tasted pretty good! Oh yea.....fog.....they really have fog here sometimes!<br />
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Stonington is a cool little town too. It has real restaurants and two barbers. I lucked out and got a barber that had spent 30 years cutting Coast Guard cadet hair so you can imagine.....I'm good for quite some time. There is a lot of stone around here also. Check out the buildings....<br />
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Then it was finally time to get some sailing in. <b>Block Island</b> here we come. Overall it was an interesting experience. The harbor is huge and most of the water has moorings ($45/night) but we still found a decent spot to anchor. The town, which is a mile walk is mostly tourist related but still has some nice old Inns to photograph.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">anchors everywhere</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">412 miles of stone fencing on the island</td></tr>
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From Block Island we headed to <b>Cuttyhunk.</b>....what a great name don't you think? Well the island is an absolute beauty. Not all touristy like Block Island but still a lot closer to what we would think of as "New England" type settings. We met up with <b><i>s/v Lime'n </i></b>and their friends on <b><i>s/v Raven</i></b>. One morning we had breakfast at the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club and had a great time. The next night there was a concert at the Avalon House on the hill and we had fun listening to "Honky Tonk Knights" dishing out the oldies and some of their own tunes. Good fun!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Fishing Club</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your standard room!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This in not a Holiday Inn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Room with a view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the breakfast restaurant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like the flower bed!!??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now this is New England</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ideas for your next fire pit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes the Blues Brothers are on theft</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlooking the harbor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a good climb</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How old is your fire hydrant?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wharf</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess who??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gays Head, Martha's Vineyard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Honky Tonk Knights</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a good crowd....the whole island!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sv Lime'n & sv Raven</td></tr>
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After that we decided to make a move to <b>Hadley Harbor.</b> Many people have told us that it is nice here and we have to agree. We decided not to go inside the harbor since it was warm and we want to watch all the boats going through Woods Hole Channel. The swimming is good here, the Forbes family actually supplies 21 free mooring inside the harbor and only asks that you leave them (the family) alone. Other than Cuttyhunk the family owns the rest of the Elizabeth Islands...how many? Don't know but it's a lot of square miles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oystercatchers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Forbes sailing fleet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful scenery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even horses on the island</td></tr>
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So you want a fast ferry.???........ This one does 27 knots going by you right through Woods Hole!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We will try for a video of this!</td></tr>
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Talking about Woods Hole.....this is another town we would like to see some more of. <i><b>The National Marine Fishery Services and Marine</b></i><span style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Biological Laboratory, affiliated with the University of Chicago are here </b></i>and one could easily spend a whole day checking it out.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bell tower in Woods Hole</td></tr>
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Want to see quite a sight? This is what Saturday morning looks like when every person in New England wants to go to <b>Martha's Vineyard </b>for the day or weekend. Pure insanity with most bikers walking around with their cereal bowls on their heads!<br />
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And what is this? Stiltsville North??? In the harbor of <b>Woods Hole</b> there are a dozen or so of these floating camps. They are in all stages of build out and condition but overall they sure make quite a comparison to some beautiful schooner moored next door......<br />
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Enough is enough.....I'm taking a break!s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-16808689378972948812016-07-04T09:16:00.001-07:002016-07-04T09:16:31.868-07:00Onward north & east......Since we are having some new cushions made for the dinette it makes little sense to go too far from Essex until next week. With this in mind we have made a few short trips. This did give us a chance to see other harbors, some of which will be good down the road when we make our way back to this neck of the woods. There is one thing we have observed so far...........<b><i>THE WATER IS TOO COLD FOR US!</i></b><br />
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OK, 68 degrees is fine for the thick blooded folks but I have to say.......we have passed beyond that. Give us 85 degrees please!<br />
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So we departed the Essex River and headed towards Mystic. Out of nowhere we get hailed on the VHF and suddenly there is <u><i><b>sv Kismet</b></i></u>. She's only a few miles behind us so we decide to head to Fishers Island to meet us for the night. It was good to see Laurie and Jim as they have decided to head up to Maine for the summer but we are sure to catch up again later in September. Fishers Island is a good harbor (deep) for fair weather and we did get to shore for ice cream. Most of the island is for the <i>"rich & famous"</i>, whoever they are.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sv Kismet at Fishers Island</td></tr>
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The next day we headed over to anchor in <b><i>Mystic.</i></b> We didn't want to go all the way up the river since it was our first time in the area and the listed anchorages in Active Captain didn't look great so we decided to turn around and go over to <b><i>Stonington.</i></b> The anchorage area is behind the outer brakewall so it is protected enough. There were 100's of moorings but only us three at anchor. While there we got a surprise call from YS2 from the old Hobie days. It was great to see him!<br />
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The next stop was <b><i>Watch Hill</i></b>l. Good holding in mud and sand right on the beach. We knew there were going to be plenty of traffic and it turned into quite a sight! Boats of every type and right now as I write it appears to be a little regatta taking place in front of us with International one designs. Very fun to see all the boating activity. The only thing missing are multihulls..... in this anchorage the only other catamaran seen was <b><i>sv Tribe</i></b>.......a Gunboat 72!!<br />
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Watch Hill is a very small tourist hamlet. Not much to see if you don't want to shop for "tourist stuff". Everyone is walking around looking for Taylor Swift.....she has a home here right on the top of the hill. At least they have stopped asking me if I really am the "most interesting man in the world"!!!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advertised as the best beach on the NE coast. Ms Swift's home in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know that lady!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mv Miss Alice</td></tr>
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-13014786659099581522016-06-27T08:14:00.000-07:002016-06-27T14:40:52.449-07:00SSCA GAM & beyond!As everyone knows we accomplished our goal of making the Seven Seas Cruising Association GAM in Essex, Ct. From our prospective we thought the rendezvous was a rousing success and we picked up quite a lot of information and met many new friends along the way. The three and 1/2 day event had a little of everything and we even got a chance to participate. All in all......a good time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But first! BS&T know how to do a "care package"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SV Totem just finished a circumnavigation </td></tr>
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We had a number of sessions on weather by Chris Parker and now we have a face to the voice we listen to almost every morning while in the Bahamas. He is on SSB and although we only have a receiver (we can't call him on the side band) we will still be able to email him and receive concise weather information in the future. Also we watched a life raft opening demo (first time to see one open), had a presentation by Tom Widden, president of North Sails, a talk on Bob & Brenda's trip to Cuba and many other worthwhile subjects. Bob & George did a great job with the whole meeting!<br />
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Right after the meetings we finally got a chance to take in the town of Essex. It is a quaint little town with a couple of restaurants and a number of marinas. We actually remembered being here over 20 years ago when we started our first wanderings to look at boats! Talk about going full circle....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are a number of swans in the area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Griswold Inn</td></tr>
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The last day of the GAM was held in the Essex River Museum and at lunch we had a chance to see what was inside. They have done a nice job with the museum. Who would have known the river was actually over 410 miles long? The biggest navy defeat prior to Pearl Harbor occurred right at Essex, Ct when the British burned 26 vessels, there by wiping out the vast portion of the Navy fleet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking out at the moorings...can you see Nati?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Anne at the helm of a sub!</td></tr>
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Afterward it was time for a little down-time.....We've been pushing hard so a few days off was in order. For that we motored up the Connecticut River to Hamburg Cove. They have moorings there ($25/night) but no anchoring. The setting is great, a number of ospreys and eagles and on the weekend the place fills up. Even though it is mostly powerboats it still was a good spot to have Nati. We had other things to do.........<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Cove Landing Marina</td></tr>
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Look who shows up.........Chris & Barb, on the Parker!<br />
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Chris's family lives nearby and they come down quite a bit so we hung out with them for a couple of days. Dinner in a town nearby and yesterday we went out on Long Island sound and fished for blue fish. The water was cool but calm and we nailed them. My guess is that we caught perhaps 20 of those fish. They are not for eating but they put up a great fight! Afterward we had a late lunch at "The Dock" (which doesn't allow docking!!) and decided to rename it "The Curb".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "lunker"!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheers......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing after a hard day of fishing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very excitable dogs....Stella & Kramer</td></tr>
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We are having some new cushions done for Nati while we are here in Essex. With that in mind we will most likely hang out here for a few more days.......then????s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-80628942917948297682016-06-15T09:23:00.001-07:002016-06-15T09:23:24.945-07:00We made it! The journey to Essex, CT<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our course over the last 30 days</td></tr>
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The picture above just about says it all. On May 16 we departed Soldier Cay in the Berry Islands and last night at 8:15pm we dropped the anchor across from the Essex Yacht Club in Essex, CT. It has been a 1,278nm trip with the one goal ...... to make it to the Seven Seas Cruising Association GAM that is being held here this weekend. <b><u><i>We did it!!</i></u></b><br />
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We've documented the first part of the trip so we'll go right to the Florida portion....... Since the winds were not in our favor we went up the inside to St Augustine as quickly as possible. By chance the bridge at Titusville wasn't opening when we needed it so we anchored nearby for the night. It was a good night and as lucky as we are, we were in the right place for the Falcon 9 space launch that night. Very cool!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last rainbow in Florida</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up goes another rocket!</td></tr>
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From there we made it up to St Augustine for our semi-annual Pizza Alley fix and jumped offshore. Our goal was to make it further than we ever have and we succeeded. 409nm and 3 nights later we pulled into Beaufort, NC. We had thoughts of going around Cape Hatteras but tropical storm Colin was on the move so we took the prudent direction and went inside to Hampton, VA. Since we had a chance to sail more than not we decided to do the Coinjock/Virginia Cut run and stopped at Midway Marina. Coinjock Marina was 100% full of big boats so perhaps we found our future stop over. Besides, Tim the dock master drove us down to pick up dinner at <b><i>Currituck BBQ.</i></b> Oh boy.....talk about good food!!!! The Dinosaur BBQ doesn't even come close to real southern BBQ. It was a great find!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted and Bottle nosed dolphins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They stayed with us for close to an hour!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More fun then ever to watch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robie, your pretzel rolls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What is left of Currituck BBQ!</td></tr>
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From there it was through Portsmouth and up to the Hampton Public Piers. This is our second stop at the marina and it was, once again a nice stop. It also served as a pick-up location to have our "rock star" crew, Bobo fly in and get a taste of offshore sailing. Lucky for us we think he really enjoyed the sail up the east coast. Hopefully he'll be able to join us again for more offshore trips!<br />
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The day after Bob arrived we headed north, out the Chesapeake and up the Delmarva coast. Captain Bob got his first initiation going out of the Chesapeake when suddenly we were hailed by a US Navy patrol boat....now this boat had real guns and then we heard....."move out of the channel for a US submarine!" Yep, we did as directed and we had a great chance for pictures.<br />
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Two nights, three days later we pulled into Port Washington, NY, on the north shore of Long Island. We had logged another 310 nautical miles and pulled within a day of achieving our goal. Along the way we:<br />
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<li>Battled a thousand black flies that appear to hatch in the open ocean.</li>
<li>Had two good nights, the second of which was a great reach up the Jersey coast, arriving in NY harbor at dawn.</li>
<li>Our first sail/motor into and through the waters of NYC, the East River, Hell Gate and Long Island sound</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Jenny" and the Verrazano Bridge</td></tr>
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Bob headed back to reality on Monday and the next day we took advantage of NW winds to head east on the Sound. We didn't think we could do the whole run in one day but the wind gods were kind to us. We even made it up the Connecticut River before the current switched. So.....the SSCA (Seven Seas Cruising Association) GAM is next and then we will have to make some more plans.</div>
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-31661219370603491432016-05-30T11:47:00.000-07:002016-05-30T11:48:28.901-07:00Our Bahamas venture........it's been short but very, very sweet!We can't believe its been a few weeks since we have updated the blog. Here we sit in St. Augustine getting ready to jump outside and head north. Tropical storm Bonnie is moving away and it looks like we have a few days to make a run north on the outside. Where our next landfall is going to be????? We haven't the slightest idea! But first lets wrap up the remaining time in the Bahamas. We didn't stay very long but we sure did have a great time!<br />
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After leaving Wardrick Wells we decided to check out why a number of folks went to Norman's Cay. Well......we still are wondering..... The anchorage is fine. The sunken plane is ok but I'm not sure there is a reason to go there. With all the beautiful places to go to, I think we have to be selective in what we want to see and do.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remnants of a drop kingpin drug plane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyone for a rebuild?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking into the cockpit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell these fish are tame?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Normans Cay.....not much there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is all deserted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But......if we aren't mistaken Corona beer is brewed here!</td></tr>
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From Normans Cay we went up to Highborn Cay and anchored right near the very high-end resort. The swimming was good if you went at slack tide. The restaurant is very nice and yes, fairly expensive. The grocery store at the marina is very good but one should be ready to pay the piper. Like we like to say......... nothing in life is "free". Anyone who believes otherwise is a nut case for sure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking good!</td></tr>
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Since we had to make tracks north and west we decided to sail over to West Bay on New Providence Island and then from there jump over to the Berry Islands. The sailing was good and we even got another chance to use the spinnaker. Of course I kept our record in tact by catching more "cuda"! Still nothing but barracuda.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in West Bay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another cud!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Jaws" the sequel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So it's time for deep thought</td></tr>
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The Berrys Islands this year couldn't have been any nicer! Fair weather, warm water, empty anchorages and fish! Since we had bait I would go our in the cuts and fish near slack tide and we ended up having more that enough to eat right from the sea. Lets see:<br />
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We could go on and on about how nice the Berrys are this time of the year. They aren't for everyone but it fit our needs to a "T". One restaurant, Flo's Conch Bar and Chester makes some mean dinners. One should be aware of the rum punch too.......very dangerous!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new toy "Bridget"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty easy to check the waterline</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our 2nd and third conch</td></tr>
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The time finally came to cross back over to the US. We had an uneventful 170nm sail and pulled into West Palm Beach only to be treated with a nice fresh water down pour. Nati said thank you!<br />
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s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-14658342185384102282016-05-05T08:19:00.000-07:002016-05-05T08:19:27.952-07:00The Bahamas National Family Regatta........& a little more!So as you know we made it to the most southern part of this trip, George Town. The main reason was to see the regatta and we were successful in that. Lots of fun was had by all and at this time we are headed back north. Yesterday we pulled into Wardrick Wells since a big cold front was coming through and of course, 2am was the anticipated arrival time. <br />
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But, to stay in order.......the regatta.....lots and lots of fun! We caught up with many friends we haven't seen in a long time, saw some good racing and had our share of "real" Bahamian food. What else could one ask for?<br />
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On our way south, while at Barreterre, we had a chance to see the three "C" class boats they were getting ready to head to George Town. They have; "Pot Cake", "Warrior", and "Hog Tusk". One of them is now the proud owner of a mainsheet from Nati and another has some new blocks courtesy of Celest. Some of the smaller settlements are racing on a shoestring so if we can help out.....why not!!??<br />
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Three classes are involved in the regatta, "A", "B" & "C". They are determined by the size and we should have all the particulars on that but to bad.....we don't. Some of the boats are fairly new. Some, like one of the "A" class boat we got involved with, "Palm Cay Princess" was 40 years of age and it showed. But what makes this really special is that everyone, while staying very competitive, doesn't forget that FUN is the name of the game.<br />
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As it tuned out Robie befriended some of the guys on "Princess" and we ended up doing few projects on the boat while the crew was racing the smaller boats in the morning. It was fun to be involved and Robie even sailed for two days on the boat. All the guys on the boat were great to meet and talk with so we have gained new Bahamian friends in the process!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even racing there is time to say hi!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robie doing some sewing on the mainsail</td></tr>
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The last day of racing was perfect. The "A" class boats had good wind and we watched the start from Dingh-go, up to "A" mark and then headed to the grandstands to watch the finish. It worked out perfectly. We saw the finish and were around the race site to watch some of the side attractions such as the National Police Force Marching Band.......They really sounded good and it gave a real festive atmosphere. <br />
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On our last night in George Town we were invited to go over to a "get-together" at Flip Flop Beach. Well, we found it and a number of long time cruising folks were having cocktails, playing guitars and other instruments, to old and new songs alike. The beach hut was started a number of years ago and it reminded us of the "Hog Cay Yacht Club" down in the Ragged Islands. It was set up just for this type of get together and again we had a good time "getting' down". Before you knew it, it was time to head home and hit the sack!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last day at Chat 'n Chill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Flip Flop Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The founder...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our "fancy" hut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sing along.....</td></tr>
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The next morning we decided the winds were good to head north. The forecasted cold front was going to head our way and we wanted to be north of our present location. Next stop......Black Point! But.......with the winds behind us the spinnaker came out and of the 50nm we did for the day we sailed 49 of them! Now that is the way we like it!<br />
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From Black Point we did a short trip up to Cambridge Cay and then over to Wardrick Wells for the storm. Timing....??? Yes, indeed.....1:30am the rain, lightning and winds close to 40kts arrived. We got another dose just at dawn today but things are looking a little better now. Windy from the NW but blue skies are starting to appear.<br />
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Stay tune for more...........coming your way soon.......<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-55108959351964675372016-04-26T06:54:00.001-07:002016-04-26T06:54:35.412-07:00We have made it south at last.......George Town, Bahamas!We pulled away from Marathon on April 1 with one goal.....make it to the Bahamas to watch the Family Regatta. Well, here it is, April 26 and we are one day away from the start. So......our goal has been met and now it's time to have a week of fun. All the boats are in Elizabeth Harbor and the first start goes off at 0900 tomorrow.<br />
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But first lets recap the latest sail south from Wardrick Wells.........We had plenty of time to meander down the Exuma chain and we did a good job at sailing when we could and staying put when weather wasn't to our liking. Speaking of weather not to our liking.....this is what Lobster Cay looked like the second afternoon we were there. SW winds 40+ winds putting us on the lee shore. Lots of fun for 4 hours.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yes, it was breezy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celest is ready too</td></tr>
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One area we really enjoyed was the Lee Stocking/Barreterre region. The water was very clear, the little settlement is a joy and the cracked conch at "Norman's Fishermen Inn" was the best we have ever had! We had to back more than once.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monument marking the channel from day of old</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tug & Barge Cays</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Square Rock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Views of Barreterre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hurricane damage lasts a long time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Town boat launch </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tida Wave being towed to George Town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barreterre waterfront</td></tr>
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Once the wind turned back to the NE it was time to make our run down Exuma Sound and pull into George Town for the regatta. The forecast was as predicted and we had a great sail all the way to our anchorage. There are perhaps 150 boats in the harbor for the regatta. There is plenty of room to find a spot to drop the hook and we have already seen a number of friends. Paul & Kathryn on sv Cool Cat came in yesterday so we should have plenty of fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King of the "Cuda's - now how did I make this mess?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First one caught</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th one caught!</td></tr>
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We have more pictures of the regatta prep but we will do a follow-up of the regatta after all the races are complete on Saturday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many ships carrying in the racing boats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kidd Cove filling up with racers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boats are getting unloaded </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regatta Park formerly the "Straw Market" before the fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Harbor</td></tr>
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Here we go.........s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-77689800570528063832016-04-14T10:06:00.000-07:002016-04-14T10:06:14.999-07:00We are in Paradise!Storms in Lobster Cay.........<br />
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Beautiful weather in Wardrick Wells.<br />
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Too many "elephants" in Staniel Cay but it still is very nice!<br />
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Right here in Black Point? Really, really nice!!!! The only question that remains is, why did it take so long for us to get here????? We know the answer but it doesn't matter anymore.....we are here!<br />
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So lets go back to our stay in Wardrick Wells. It seemed like old home days. The beauty of the place is still great. Our hike up Boo Boo Hill was treacherous in the area where the limestone is wicked sharp and one cannot afford one wrong step. Nati's sign was still on the hill. Maybe next time we'll do an upgrade....maybe. We did our first snorkeling in a long time and saw some nice coral and a few fish. Overall a very nice stay.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from our mooring in the north field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OH no....pirates!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now they are eating our food!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal clear??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of color today</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrawled filefish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our "local" fleet of stingrays. The fleet had 8 of them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Boo Boo Hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nati's name board from 2013</td></tr>
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From there we sailed down to Cambridge Cay for a couple of days and that too was lovely. Sv Celest was there again so I had some more chances to harass Robie. After two days we moved down to Staniel Cay and finally got our Internet going. Rose at BTC had a lot of patience with us and eventually we were able to find our emails and update the blog. The yacht club on the cay has done some updating, probably since the big "mega yachts" like to come in there. Of the 28 boats in Big Major Spot, 10 were in excess of 100 feet! To us they are elephants and I don't like them one bit!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thunderball grotto</td></tr>
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Laundry time was necessary and so yesterday we made our way down to Black Point. We have only spent one night here in the past so we have finally had a chance to to see what is going on here. It's a quiet little settlement but the locals are so nice. The laundry is nice (if not the nicest in the Exumas) so we had a good afternoon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celest sailing to Black Point</td></tr>
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Have I said we are loving' it??!!<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-29785502175476576912016-04-06T13:08:00.000-07:002016-04-06T13:08:37.739-07:00Greetings from the Bahamas!Yes, we have finally made it. The original plan was not to leave on April 1st but as we have said, our plans are usually make in soft sand and so be it.<br />
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Right now I'm writing this in the north mooring field in Wardrick Wells. We sailed down here yesterday after a couple of nights in Lobster Cay. But first a quick synopsis of the last few days.......<br />
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Outta Marathon, Fl last Wednesday and said our goodbyes to our friends. Oh, it felt great to be going out the bridge and not have a plan to come back for a long time. From there it was up the chain to Shell Key and then on to our anchorage near Snake Creek. Then on 4/1/16 @ 0700 we went out the creek and into the "Stream". The crossing took all day and we were 2nm from S Riding Rock at sunset. The wind, which blew all day just quick 2 miles from our daytime destination so we went onto the Bahamas Bank in the dark. No big deal but for a few miles we had to motor-sail. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newest creature in Boot Key harbor. A sea hare.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving our mooring of 3 months</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, what the heck??!!</td></tr>
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At around 0100 the wind picked back up and oh man did it. From 5 knots to 18-20kts!! We ended up putting two reefs in the main and two in the head sail. Still, traveling the traveler down all the way we blasted across the bank, in 15 feet of water, in pitch-black darkness at 8.5kts!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset over the Gulf Stream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My newest weapon. Score: 2 hits only</td></tr>
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Daylight came early and we came off the bank at NW Channel light only to change our minds and not go to Chub Cay. Instead we made our way to Morgan's Bluff. It ended up being a cool desolate settlement but we got checked in, had our first Bahamian food in a year and toasted our 175nm trip with a, what else, a "rum"!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look what we brought from the US! Around our port prop</td></tr>
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The next day we made an early departure as the run to Lobster Cay in the Eumas chain was 75nm and would take all day. We got chased in by a rain squall just before we got there but we still made it by 30 minutes.......way too close. The next day we were surprised to see sv Celeste sailing by on her way south so after a quick chat, they decided to turn and spend a night in Lobster. Fun was had by all, even if they got soaked to the bone when they came over for dinner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it comes. Time to drop sail!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sv Celeste before the big blow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three stooges</td></tr>
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The time before the crew of Celeste came over was rather a long afternoon. The rain they came over in was the remnants of a big squall that hit us from the SW. Yep, pinned up on a lee shore for 2-3 hours with one cell blasting us with 40+ knot winds! Good anchor!! Good "<b><i>Ace of Spades</i></b>"!!! When we finally finished our 360 degree circle our GPS position had not changed one foot!!!!!!<br />
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So, now we are in Wardrick Wells......loving the gin clear water. Its raining and blowing here today but we don't care. We are here!!!!!!!!!!s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-69601060121214255482016-03-14T09:24:00.000-07:002016-03-14T09:24:57.354-07:00Yes.............."Dumb Luck Charters" is open for business!We are still in Marathon.......just to clear up any questions as to what is going on. We have been taking care of a bunch of things and then we decided it was time for a change and before we could blink an eye our first, inaugural guest have arrived! Yes there are suckers born every day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, a sunset!</td></tr>
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Last week Jim & Jo arrived in the Keys for a week of sun & fun. In spite of having to change our original plans 180 degrees because of the high winds blowing for a good portion of the week we still pulled off some very good times. So just what did Anne & I give our guest for a taste of the Keys??<br />
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Since sailing will have to wait we decided to head down to Key West via auto and check out the town. We haven't been there for a long time and the Perks have never been there. We saw "Petey"of Pete's Meats, a very nice sunset and a good meal at Pepe's.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pepe's Pub</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jo's new vehicle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mallory Square at sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gang</td></tr>
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How about fishing? Big game fishing is big down here so we went and found a pole for Jim, purchased the first shrimp either of us has ever bought and went out for two days. The big ones escaped our expertise but we still had a appetizer for one night and actually had some good fish which ended up to be more than we could eat for dinner the next. We now know a lot more about mangrove fishing in the Keys.......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rigged for bear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">round one for an app</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jack was at least 5 feet long!!!!</td></tr>
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How about an afternoon in the Turtle Hospital? Well we did that too and Anne and Jo got a chance to see many injured turtles from Leatherback, Green, Loggerhead and others. <br />
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Then it was time for a sail. We had a good 35nm sail up the Keys to Islamorada and spent a couple of days hanging out up there. Nice weather and then when it was time to come back south we actually had another good sail. Captain Jim drove the whole way and he didn't pick up one crab pot. That in itself required an "expert" to be driving Nati.<br />
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Overall we had a great week......just how "lucky" are you?s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-20942836266395908152016-02-21T09:34:00.000-08:002016-02-21T09:34:26.705-08:00Alive and well in Florida!Its been a few weeks since the last update but..........<br />
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Now though, we have moved Nati and put together some nice days of action in the tropics........OK not tropics but I'm going to be optimistic.</div>
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Last Sunday we traveled to Miami as Bob, Steph & Teagan were coming south to escape the really cold weather up north. They sure timed it well as the cold was really COLD! With that in mind we departed Marathon with the hope we would be able to get north with some sailing. Well, we did get more sailing than we thought and only ended up motoring a short part of the way. We pulled into South Beach on Friday and got Nati ready for the gang. As a side note.....Miami Yacht Club could not have been better! We met Dave, the club manager and Teagan was in Miami for less than 15 minutes before she was swimming. Note, I said "she" and not "us". For the rest of us it was much too cold! We also were able to run into Kenny & Dana at the club and had some good laughs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yes, plenty of wind and clouds!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Teagan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">over 40 flowers this year!</td></tr>
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One of the reasons B,S & T came down was to attend the Miami Boat Show. The weather really didn't cooperate but we pulled through and perhaps the show was even better since the wind, cold and rain kept many people away. We got to see plenty of boats, equipment and I think we all had fun. It did however feel good to get back on board and away from the chill.</div>
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On Tuesday we talked about sailing south but it was cold and "T" wanted to do the pool at the club again. OK.......no problem! We had a lay-day and we all ended up in the pool. The pool is heated..........Yeehaw!</div>
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On Wednesday we tried sailing south but the wind gods were not being too friendly so at the end we took the gang over to No Name Harbor in Key Biscayne. The harbor is pretty cool, has a restaurant adjacent to it and one can easily make it to the ocean and nice beaches. We all had a chance to check out the park, ride around on a rented buggy like the "Griswold's", bury Teagan in the sand and relax. Fun was had by all and we ate like Kings & Queens. Our biggest challenge was keeping fruit on the table as the "fruit mouse" was being very active!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nati in No Name Harbor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">95" high and 109 steps</td></tr>
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After we said our goodbyes we headed back south the next day and had a really good sail down Biscayne Bay. Anne saw 9+kts of boat speed and it was one of our better sails in a long time. We dropped anchor in Tarpon Basin, had a quiet night and headed south the next day. This time we only sailed 15nm as we decided to rendezvous with sv Celest out in front of the Ocean View Hotel and Grill. We had a lot of laughs while having a late lunch. This place may be one our frequent stopovers! Good food, reasonable prices and good holding at anchor. In the morning Celest continued thei trip north and we elected to have a lay-day. It is Sunday anyways!</div>
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s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-53193924822836756792016-01-23T08:19:00.003-08:002016-01-23T08:19:45.159-08:00Yes, we are hanging out in MarathonLast weekend was the Tradewinds Regatta but with the weather as crazy as it is we only had a chance to drive up and see the gang on Saturday. They had two days of racing as Sunday it was blowing the dogs off the chain and nobody left the beach. Tom & Herb did really well. There were plenty of "top shelf" sailors in all fleets so those who finished in the upper echelon deserve an "attaboy".<br />
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Right now we are in the middle of the latest of many cold fronts passing through the Keys. With the jet stream so far south we are getting lows forming in the Gulf of Mexico and barreling across the Florida peninsula at full speed. It seems we are getting one every third day and it's getting a little old. At least the latest one came through in the daylight and we could see who was dragging and who was behaving. We thought we would be up all night last night but for some reason the winds behaved. Key West had plenty of wind, Long Key Bight had wind but Boot Key (in the middle) didn't have anything over 18kts. So......we hung around until midnight and then hit the sack. Thank you wind gods!<br />
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Today the winds have returned to the upper 20's and we are having an occasional squall but again, its during the day. No going to shore for us but maybe tomorrow we can catch a playoff game.<br />
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If we ever get a sunset again I'll post it...........right now its all clouds, wind and rain....just your average vacation weather......Not!s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-61728246422001775502016-01-15T08:19:00.000-08:002016-01-15T08:19:31.828-08:00Anybody want to guess where we are?I'll give it away in a few days. All is well but it's blowing the dog-off-the-chain!<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-41519597478485752542016-01-05T10:47:00.000-08:002016-01-05T10:47:05.188-08:00Happy New Year!No, we haven't disappeared! But we also haven't done a whole lot since the holidays......just move further south in order to find warmer weather. Now that we made it to the Keys, we have now found some of the coolest weather we have had in a long time. A sub-tropical low is forming over the Bahamas right now and we are just hanging out in front of Gilbert's, down in Blackwater Sound. Its raining and blowing but all is just fine on Nati.<br />
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After Melbourne we moved south on the ICW, first to our favorite anchorage near Vero and then to W. Palm Beach. We tested a new anchorage there, close to the Mega-yacht marina, Rybovitch Yacht Yard and they sure do have some biggies hanging out there. We didn't plan on being in the middle of the activity but you can see..........yep, they were that close going into the marina!<br />
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Since Christmas we have done a little sailing, put 60 hours on our engines so now they are broken in and had some good times with little or no agenda. New Years Eve was in Lake Boca, a beautiful night and some of the best fireworks we have ever seen. It was close, loud and beautiful!<br />
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Then you have Miami Beach.........yuck, yuck, and more yuck! How can one city have so many weird, arrogant, "its all about me" humans in one place? Our old anchorage is now infested with day charter mega-yachts full of party animals. They in turn play the worse, loudest and disgusting music (you can't call it music really) you can ever imagine. I did find out however that there is a direct relationship with the size of a thong......the smaller it is, the worse a woman dances! So we got out of there in two days.......<br />
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Hope everyone is staying warm up north.......we are trying to stay warm also.<br />
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<br />s/v Natihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02779301336853052319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133757352613456054.post-65814132354806281722015-12-25T11:21:00.000-08:002015-12-25T11:21:01.891-08:00Merry Christmas - Everybody!The end of 2015 is about here and frankly we are really looking forward to 2016 right now. We have been at docks way too long but all in all we have Nati about as good as we can do right now. Tomorrow we depart Melbourne. Over the last week or so we have had a lot of laughs with Jean, Tom, the Chief and Millie, of course we can't forget Jumbo, Shrimp, Scampi and Mickie. If you don't know.........don't ask!<br />
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To recap......we pulled out of St Augustine 10 days ago and made it to Melbourne. We are having Christmas with the gang here and last weekend my parents came over from Largo. Some good laughs were had by all.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve was put on by Jean & Tom......steak tapas and </span>shrimp went down the hatch very nicely....<br />
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This morning was gift opening and we did quite well.....thank you everyone! My highlight was my very own rendition of "<i>Rudolph the red nose reindeer</i>" by no other than ....EVAN! It was great!<br />
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So....to recap, we have had quite a year and we are looking forward to heading further south. We both want blue, clean water off our stern.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;"> Nati is being let out of the pasture to run!! </span></b></div>
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