Monthly Archives: December 2017

Holiday Interruption…

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Bill Kinney

We had expected that the package of mail from our forwarding service would have arrived today,  so we could get out of Dodge before the New Year, but somehow in the post-Christmas rush (is there such a thing?) delivery of … Continue reading →

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A Crappy Problem with a Solution.

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Bill Kinney

You learn all kinds of things when you have a cruising sailboat.  You are away from basic services, so you have to be your own electric company, your own water company, your own sewage company, among many other things. Today … Continue reading →

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A Short Key West Stroll

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Bill Kinney

Merry Christmas to everybody! I know that many of our readers in the US Mainland are experiencing cold, snowy weather, so I will resist the temptation to gloat about the weather here right now… A pretty place is Key West.  … Continue reading →

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The End of the Road…

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Bill Kinney

Well, not the end of OUR road, but we are now at the very southern end of US Highway #1 that stretches up the entire length of the east coast. Only a few months ago we were anchored in Maine, … Continue reading →

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Further South!

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Bill Kinney

Time 2330 local Lat N 25° 25.5′ Lon W 80° 07.1′ Nautical miles from Port Everglades Entrance : 40.7 Nautical miles to Big Pine Key: 85.7 Back on blue water again! We have the perfect sail to shake things down … Continue reading →

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Ready! Set! Ready….

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Bill Kinney

We have been hustling along for the past few days getting the last things ready to go. Karen did a fantastic job getting the decks clean.  Literally on her knees with a scrub brush because as she says, it won’t … Continue reading →

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A Year Around.

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Bill Kinney

We are (thankfully!) coming to the end of our time tied to the dock doing projects. As always when we are more or less land bound, it isn’t too long before we are itching to get away and enjoy the … Continue reading →

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