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Tag Archives: Caribbean
Sint Maarten/Saint Martin
The commercial hub of the northeast Caribbean is the unusual divided island of Saint Martin. 60% is an overseas Department of France, and the reminder is a country under the Dutch Crown, and called “Sint Maarten”. Similar in status to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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The Strangest of Stars
Karen is really good at spotting them during her night watches. What looks like a very bright star to a casual glance, until you notice it “twinkles” in a strange way. Then you get the binoculars and you can see … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Drones, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, Puerto rico, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Product Review: Fujinon TechnoStabi TSX1440 Binoculars
Let’s get right to the heart of the matter: If you are looking for a Christmas present for your favorite sailor, or just to gift to give to your boat: Fujinon TSX1440 binoculars are awesome. They are good for ALMOST … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Binocular Review, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Fujinon TSX1440, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Road Trip for a Project!
We have been a bit quiet–but busy–during our stay here in Annapolis. A couple significant projects were done, and a bunch of minor ones. Avoiding Weak Links The road trip project was our anchor chain. It was inexpensive chain when … Continue reading
Posted in Boat projects
Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Chain galvanizing, Cruising, Documentary, Fridge box, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, regalvanizing, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, vacuum insulation, Yacht, Yachting
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One of THOSE Days!
Some old sayings have more truth in them than others. One of the most true is, “A bad day fishing is better than a good day working.” By any objective measure, our day fishing wasn’t great, but it was still … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bahamas fishing, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, fishing, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, silk snapper, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Where is Harmonie?
We have been a bit off the map for a bit. Not because anything is wrong, but just things have been a bit boring. Since sailing from Charleston down to Florida we have mostly been working on Harmonie and working … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, brown noddy, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Dry Tortugas, Fort Jefferson, Frigatebird, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, sooty tern, Super Maramu, tern, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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In With the New…
We have a LOT of work going on right now, mostly electrical. Harmonie was ahead of her time when she was built, but electrical systems change quickly, and there has been a lot of water under that bridge in the … Continue reading
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Tagged AC Panel, Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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A Whale of a Time
We promised more fun stuff from our trip out to the Baltimore Canyon, and here it is! While pilot whales might not be the biggest, or most glamorous members of the ocean going mammal family, they are still cool! We … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Baltimore Canyon, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, Pilot Whales, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Striped Dolphin, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Out to the Canyon
This past week we made our first real run out to fish “The Canyons” as we sailed from Lewes, Delaware out to Baltimore Canyon. I’ll bet people who live in Baltimore are more surprised than most to hear that Baltimore … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Baltimore Canyon, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailboat Fishing, Sailing, Super Maramu, Tilefish, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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So Much To Say!
We took a trip out to the edge of the continental shelf over the past few days, and had any number of fun and exciting experiences. We’ll be writing about some of these over the next few days to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Caribbean, Cruising, Cusk Eel, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, machine-gun fish, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Striped Cusk Eel, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, woodpecker fish, Yacht, Yachting
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