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)...

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...

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...

Our plans for the next year After a whirlwind of visiting family and doctor’s appointment we have finally started moving south. Friday,...

Our second shakedown trip is considered a success. It consisted of five nights at anchor, with two near Gulfport and three near Caladesi...

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...

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...

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...

For cruisers it is pretty much ubiquitous that that paper charts are “mostly” taking a back seat to the myriad number of electronic...

Just a quick update to say that not much has changed in our plans, and we now have only three weeks left in the office and in our...

There are four weeks left in our apartment lease. The apartment is becoming sparse as today Jimmy has disassembled the television and...

So, while on the boat we will want to communicate with friends, family and other boats and vessels within the vicinity. This means we...

First let me say, all is well with Utopia and the Tallahassee area. However, we had a few nerve-racking moments throughout the storm....

The selling of About Time was an interesting process for Jimmy and me. Not only did we figure out the process of selling a boat by...

Jimmy and I just returned from a quick trip to Atlanta, Georgia. The weekend’s focus was to attend a concert, then we filled in the...

Over the past year I have had a few people ask how we get our internet while cruising. It’s definitely an evolving topic with the...

We are 10 weeks away from the end of our apartment lease and have started to downsize, again. This is where things are getting real; real...

I am all for sharing mistakes Jimmy and I make as we venture into the cruising world. Some of these may seem obvious but reflecting on...

Never knowing what to call it…black water, sewage? I think black water gets the point across. Not as complicated as the water supply...

In April we posted a list of projects we had done during our first three months in St. Petersburg and now it is time to capture projects...