This morning, we watched the start of the Regata del Sol al Sol, a yacht race from Tampa Bay to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. There are about 20 boats, ranging from 33- to 68-foot, racing for the beautiful island off Cancun. They had light winds but a beautiful day for the first leg. The boats are […]
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Zen Tree
Any OU Women Basketball fans out there? The tree below makes be think of Sherri Coale’s tree. OK, I haven’t ever seen Sherri Coale’s tree but I have a mental picture. Sherri Coale’s is coach of the Oklahoma University Women’s Basketball team. She gave an interview a couple of years ago wherein she mentioned that […]
All Tied Up With Homeschool
Did you know you can’t tie a boat to a dock? I don’t mean that it can be challenging in high winds or that the current always seems against the idea. I mean that it can’t be done, according to my March, 2012 edition of Cruising World. Cruising World’s Mailbag section features a letter to […]
Sailing Thursday, Dock Party Friday and Ongoing Indecision
We had a beautiful sail on Thursday right before storms starting blowing in to St. Petersburg. The morning started off sunny but, once we turned for home, there was a wall of dark clouds moving this way. Jay, our neighbor, got a number of photos from his boat of Foxtrot with sails flying. We also […]
Lily and Archer
I posted a couple of days ago about Michelle’s update from the Rio Dulce. Michelle also mentioned in her email that Floyd, Lauren and Archer, her new friends on SV T. Maru, were St. Petersburg-bound from Rio Dulce. She said we really needed to try and meet them since 9-year-old Archer would be a perfect […]
Anchored At The Blues Fest
The St. Peterburg’s Blues Festival was this weekend. We had not planned to attend but Jay, our next-boat neighbor, invited us along for a boat ride with him to an anchorage by the festival. Jay probably takes his boat out more than anyone on the dock. He used to be a competitive wind surfer but […]
Vinoy Renaissance Hotel Review
Goldilocks went to the Vinoy Renaissance Hotel to see if accommodations were suitable for recommending to Foxtrot visitors. She tried out Vinoy’s Big Chair. It was too big. She tried out Vinoy’s medium-sized chair. It was too soft. She tried out Vinoy’s little chair and it was just right. Goldilocks highly recommends Vinoy Renaissance Hotel. […]
Dilly Dally With Dali
“What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.” — Salvador Dali […]
Weekend Song and Dance
Dancer Lily has never really had a dance partner to match her eloquence and energy. Saturday, Randall, Jake, Lily and I went for lunch at the St. Petersburg downtown weekend festival before taking Jake to the airport. We split up in order to select from the tempting food vendors and met back up for sharing. […]
Clearwater Revisited
Well, my week here is coming to a close. It’s been a wonderful time cramped on the boat with my family. Surprisingly to my parents, I’ve missed everyone quite a bit and boat life in general too. I tried to explain that just because I don’t return phone calls it doesn’t mean I don’t care. […]