Forum: General Interest
06-08-2019, 10:30 AM
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Great pics Jerry!
I'm really sold on the...
Great pics Jerry!
I'm really sold on the Navionics charts with their crowd-sourced sonar maps.
I downloaded the free app onto an old 7" Nexus tablet I had, and bought a year's subscription to...
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Forum: General Interest
06-04-2019, 08:04 AM
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Yesterday was a sloppy day. Started out with...
Yesterday was a sloppy day. Started out with 15-18 kts on the nose, seas 3 ft @ 3sec. Had to push the A4 to 2800 rpm the whole day, but the temp stayed rock solid just below 180 and oil pressure ran...
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Forum: General Interest
06-02-2019, 11:17 AM
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Almost Home!
After Coinjock, we spent a night on the Portsmouth free dock, on the South basin, while a very active T-storm rolled through. From there, we took a short day (18 nm) to get to Salt Ponds Marina,...
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Forum: General Interest
05-29-2019, 07:49 AM
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Left the South river on Monday (Memorial Day)...
Left the South river on Monday (Memorial Day) after a great four-day visit with cruiser/looper friends who live there. Ther even took us fishing and Joan caught her first-ever fish, a Speckled Sea...
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Forum: General Interest
05-23-2019, 12:47 AM
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Since Charleston, we've been making rapid...
Since Charleston, we've been making rapid progress north.
After leaving extra early to catch a favorable tide through the shoaling at Isle of Palms, this put us at a poor tide for transiting...
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Forum: General Interest
05-15-2019, 09:27 AM
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Well, the new HX arrived and is installed, but...
Well, the new HX arrived and is installed, but there were a couple of "gotcha"s along the way. Monitor has made some changes in their design in the 8 years since I installed my original HX:
1) The...
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Forum: General Interest
05-13-2019, 09:50 AM
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Forum: General Interest
05-11-2019, 11:54 PM
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Forum: General Interest
05-11-2019, 07:21 PM
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Forum: General Interest
05-11-2019, 06:33 PM
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HX Failure!
Well, it finally happened. A breakdown.
On the way to Beaufort, SC, I noticed the bilge pump cycling every minute and a half! A quick trip below with a flashlight showed water spraying from the...
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Forum: General Interest
05-09-2019, 07:14 AM
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Forum: General Interest
05-01-2019, 07:31 AM
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Unfortunately, the launch got delayed 2 more...
Unfortunately, the launch got delayed 2 more days, so we're moving on to try and get ahead of some weather.
I know exactly what you mean. I often see charter boats heading out "because they...
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Forum: General Interest
04-30-2019, 11:29 AM
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Currently anchored just south of Titusville in...
Currently anchored just south of Titusville in order to see the SpaceX launch at 3:59 am tomorrow morning. We're within sight of the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) and about 12 mi from the launch...
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Forum: General Interest
04-26-2019, 12:11 AM
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Forum: General Interest
03-23-2019, 10:58 PM
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Yeah, there's a group of three bull sharks and...
Yeah, there's a group of three bull sharks and one nurse shark that make the rounds between the fish cleaning stations at Brown's, Blue Water, and Bimini Big Game!
We spent a great 6 days at Man O...
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Forum: General Interest
03-19-2019, 02:39 PM
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Forum: General Interest
03-01-2019, 11:11 PM
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Bimini!
Well, the morning of Feb 28, we said goodby to Marathon and headed out.
Our original plan had been to work our way up to Rodridguez Key (near Key Largo), anchor overnight, and then cross the gulf...
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Forum: General Interest
02-20-2019, 04:09 PM
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We are on mooring ball N1, almost directly out...
We are on mooring ball N1, almost directly out from the marina (see image), so we probably would be visible if the webcam was working. Alas, a lot of infrastructure is still down from Irma damage,...
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Forum: General Interest
02-20-2019, 04:02 PM
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Forum: General Interest
02-19-2019, 11:02 AM
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Just an update.
We've spent the last 3...
Just an update.
We've spent the last 3 weeks in Boot Key Harbor in Marathon. Took us 12 days at anchor to work our way up the mooring ball waiting list from #24!
We really like it here , and I...
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Forum: General Interest
02-02-2019, 10:40 AM
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Forum: General Interest
02-01-2019, 11:22 AM
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Forum: General Interest
01-30-2019, 10:28 PM
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Forum: General Interest
01-27-2019, 12:29 PM
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Forum: General Interest
01-24-2019, 05:16 PM
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