Monday April’s 2nd, twenty eighteen We had a good day here at Peck Lake for my birthday. Today we will move North a tad to the marina at Nettles Island. During the week ahead we will get Fracas cleaned and…
April’s 1st, twenty eighteen Almost 24 thousand days ago I was born. Jeezuz, today I am officially old as dirt. I thought I would be overcome by the sudden urge to play shuffleboard. I wondered if I would set up…
Saturday March’s 31st, twenty eighteen A long, long time ago (last night) in a land far away (Peck Lake, Hobe Sound, Florida) a small sail boat carried a dark and sinister force. The Black Prince was a long way from…
Friday March’s 30th, twenty eighteen Yesterday we were in a holding pattern here at the Palm Beaches. We are booked into Nettles Island on April 2nd. We will spend the days between now and then at Peck Lake in the…
Thursday March’s 29th, twenty eighteen We left Sunrise Bay in Fort Lauderdale yesterday at about 08:15. We were setting up our timing to hit the bridges on their schedules. The bridge schedules are set up so that the mythical boat…
Tuesday March’s 28th, twenty eighteen We stayed put yesterday. We remain as the only vessel anchored here in Sunrise Bay. The wind was still over twenty knots so we thought we would wait it out one day. We need a…
Tuesday March’s 27th, twenty eighteen N26° 08.557′ W080° 06.543 We continue to swing on our anchor at Sunrise Bay in Fort Lauderdale. The process to clear into the states includes a phone check in when you enter the U. S.…
Monday March’s 26th, twenty eighteen We left Peter Nygard’s anchorage on Saturday morning at first light. Twenty four hours later we were anchored on the bank about 20 nm from North Bimini. We slept for five or six hours and…
Saturday March’s 24th, twenty eighteen In about an hour we will begin a long leg of our journey back to Florida. We hope to do about 85 to 90 miles before dark. At the end of this day we will…
Friday March’s 23rd, twenty eighteen The wind didn’t swing far enough east to give us a ride out of here. Here is West Bay (Lyford Cay) on New Providence. We are still rolling with the wrap around swell and assume…