We had been waiting for the butter to start melting as we sailed south, determined to find warmer weather. Our friends on s/v Beam IV had the same endeavor as we and advised us to sail south until… the butter started melting. We sailed, watched the butter, and waited very patiently. Prior to our arrival in Palm Beach we had… Read more →
Saint Augustine, FL is an interesting little place. In short, it’s sort of a Disney Land for history buffs. It’s got a long and varied history that includes being the oldest city in the U.S. and therefore claims to have the “oldest” and “first” of all sorts of things, from several churches to the very first wooden school house. You… Read more →
Sailing along, we tend to have some invited guests and sometimes uninvited guests. There has been George the gecko, that lived in the mast. Then, a squid, who got blown into the cockpit, inked, and made a mess (which brings to mind some posthumous name ideas), countless flying fish which have landed on deck (we’d save them when we could),… Read more →