24-6 Northbound Along the Atlantic Coast!
February 4 to 10: Miami area, Palm Beach area & side trip to Howey-in-the-Hills I really, really wanted this week’s post to be rather...
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Jimmy Lee
Feb 43 min read
24-5 Alone in Miami
Boca Chita Key to Miami (January 28th -February 3rd) Well, here I sit in Dinner Key Marina in Miami for the next few days while Sondra...
sondrawinter
Jan 283 min read
24-4 Goodbye Key Largo and Hello Biscayne Bay
January 21 - 27, 2024 At the moment, Utopia is sitting in the cool little Boca Chita Harbor, located at the northern tip of the Florida...
Jimmy Lee
Jan 213 min read
24-3 Still in Key Largo
Buttonwood Sound to Barnes Sound (January 14-20) We had a fun week in the developed portion of Key Largo at Buttonwood Sound and are now...
sondrawinter
Jan 146 min read
24-2 Skinny Waters to Key Largo
January 7 - 13, 2024 This week we took the inside route to the Channel 5 Bridge to Buttonwood Sound in Key Largo! Jimmy has wanted to...
Jimmy Lee
Jan 74 min read
24-1 Marathon and Deferred Maintenance
Key West to Marathon, Florida “Deferred Maintenance” is a word that I have heard a lot over the past several months uttered from other...
sondrawinter
Dec 31, 20233 min read
23-52 A Week In Key West
Happy New Year! Today Jimmy and I reflected on the fact that it was a year ago today that we departed on Utopia from the Apalachee Bay...
sondrawinter
Dec 24, 20235 min read
23-51 Season's Greetings from Key West!
There have been a few changes to our plans this past week, mainly due to weather conditions. Looks like we will be spending Christmas...
Jimmy Lee
Dec 17, 20233 min read
23-50 Waiting for the Keys at Marco Island
December 11th to 16th We left Glover’s Bight at dawn on Tuesday to make the 40-mile sail from Ft. Myers to Marco Island after waking up...
sondrawinter
Dec 10, 20236 min read
23-49 Burnt Store to Glover Bight
Summary of our trip from Punta Gorda to Burnt Store, Useppa, St. James City and Glover Bight.
sondrawinter
Dec 3, 20236 min read
23-48 Punta Gorda with a Splash
November 16 - 30, 2023 Utopia has left Punta Gorda after being anchored there for two weeks. Punta Gorda was selected to make it easy...
Jimmy Lee
Nov 26, 20236 min read
23-47 Tackling Ground Tackle
Well, we will call our first real test of our ground tackle a scary success. Over a two-night period (November 14th and November 15th)...
sondrawinter
Nov 19, 20235 min read
23-46 Cayo Costa & Punta Gorda
The first time I came to Punta Gorda was for a work-related trip and I quickly fell in love with the town with its older homes, waterside...
sondrawinter
Nov 12, 20237 min read
23-45 Tampa Bay to Charlotte Harbor
We departed our southbound trip on a Friday, with bananas and a woman on board. As my friend Bradford would say, what could possibly go...
Jimmy Lee
Nov 5, 20234 min read
23-44 Heading South (slowly)
Our plans for the next year After a whirlwind of visiting family and doctor’s appointment we have finally started moving south. Friday,...
sondrawinter
Oct 29, 20233 min read
23-43 Second Shakedown Trip Complete!
Our second shakedown trip is considered a success. It consisted of five nights at anchor, with two near Gulfport and three near Caladesi...
sondrawinter
Oct 22, 20235 min read
23-42 First Post Made at Anchor
We are at anchor! At the moment it is a nice peaceful cool morning. In a few hours, our anchorage will be much busier, as we saw...
sondrawinter
Oct 15, 20234 min read
23-41 Retired!
This week, a note from each of us… Sondra’s Thoughts Friday the thirteenth was the last day of work for Jimmy and me. With that, I...
sondrawinter
Oct 8, 20233 min read
23-40 Quarterly Project Update (July - September)
Our nine months in St. Petersburg is coming to a close and it is time for a recap of projects we encountered during the last three months...
Jimmy Lee
Oct 1, 20235 min read
23-39 Utopia’s System Series #5: Navigation and Weather Routing
For cruisers it is pretty much ubiquitous that that paper charts are “mostly” taking a back seat to the myriad number of electronic...
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