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- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- Pace, FL
- About Me:
- Love to sail, want to do it full time, at least for a while. Bought a boat from the Footloose fleet in Tortola, BVI and plan to go cruising when I finally get to retire.
- Current location:
- Pace, FL
- Destinations visited:
- BVI, Florida Panhandle, Mobile Bay, AL, Puget Sound, WA
- Looking to:
- Go cruising full time some day
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Winter Blues
Posted on January 31, 2010 at 9:56pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Winter in Pensacola, we've had some really cold, wet weather this winter. Not very good for sailing, and our channel is due to be dreged in January/February. It's a good thing since I can't get out in the bay during the winter low tides. But the dock time has been good for doing maintenance jobs that need to be done. I replaced the accumulator for the fresh water system, changed the oil in the engine, pulled up all the floor boards and cleaned out the bilges. We also removed the old mainsail… Continue
Ready, Set, Go
Posted on January 3, 2009 at 1:30pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
The time is rapidly approaching. Sharon and I have been preparing to bring our boat home from the BVI. "Great Adventure" has been in charter service and is about to complete the Moorings phase out service. We plan to sail her from Tortola to St Thomas the first day and spend a couple of days there outfitting and picking up supplies. Then the plan, weather permitting is to sail to the Caymen Islands and stop there for a day of re-supply and weather updating. If the weather looks right for a Gulf… Continue
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Hello dear,I'm Amelia by name,I have something very important to discuss with you,please kindly email be back(
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What a great plan to look forward to. Is your boat still in the BVIs of did you bring it back? I always wondered if the deals in BVI were too good to be true. How did it work out for you? Are you happy with how it went?