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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Key West to Marathon, Florida   “Deferred Maintenance” is a word that I have heard a lot over the past several months uttered from other...

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...

There have been a few changes to our plans this past week, mainly due to weather conditions.   Looks like we will be spending Christmas...

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...

Summary of our trip from Punta Gorda to Burnt Store, Useppa, St. James City and Glover Bight.

November 16 - 30, 2023 Utopia has left Punta Gorda after being anchored there for two weeks. Punta Gorda was selected to make it easy...

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...