Well it is all pixie dust, mickey ears and princess tea parties this week. I am back aboard the Disney Magic and automatically I want to head down to the bowels of the ship to crew quarters and the girls remind me I am a passanger and can even use the glass elevators! Such decadence!! The trip from DisneyWorld to the port in Cape Canaveral was long as I had to go back to the airport and then out to the port as I was staying in the dodgey brothers budget resort at DisneyWorld but the thought of seeing my friends [View Full Entry]

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If you go online and google Marathon City Marina aparently you can look at a web cam and see Seaquel. At night I am just in front of two boats that have multi colored lights on their boats saped in an upside down vee. In the day I have an American flag on the back of the boat, a dodger over the companionway door, and a cover over the helm. [View Full Entry]

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Hot here today. Mid 80's and humid. I'm sitting in the marina lounge charging things up. Lots of friendly people here. Got into a softball game yesterday. It is a weekly thing. Bunch of old men dropping about 20 years. About every third runner falls down running to first base after hitting the ball. Not many throws from the outfield making it to the infield without a bounce or two. Not many fast balls whipping around either. Ha. but lots of fun. Even a guy getting mad about a call. Dinghy motor still hanging on but cutting off every now and [View Full Entry]

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I’ve missed the beach. Both of us have. For all the years we’ve spent living in Germany and Maryland, we’ve always felt there was a little something missing. Sure, there are beaches and bodies of water in those places, too - but nothing’s like Florida. Nothing’s like the calm, grey-blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico that lazily crash into the soft, white beaches, and the quaint specialty shops and rustic restaurants that line the shores, bathed in a warm sun and soothing breezes. Our recent return to Florida helped us to realize that spending the day at an [View Full Entry]

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Made it to Marathon with one more anchorage. Wed had another adventure. Motor made an ungodly noise and cut off. I started drifting toward shallow water so threw out the anchor. Started to call tow boat us but decided to dive under the boat to take a look. Found a crab pot line wraped tight around the prop. had to get a knife and cut it off. Would have not taken long if I could hold my breath more than 10 seconds. It took about a half hour and about 20 times under the boat but finally got it off. I [View Full Entry]

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Due to the convenience of Orlando, Matt and I find ourselves making the trek north to the joys of the city quite often. Taking the FL Turnpike all the way to Orlando from WPB only takes us a little over 2 hours now, not bad! This focus of this trip was to utilize our remaining Sea World ticket (which would have expired next week) and one of our Disney Quest tickets, as well as to see Cirque du Solei. Overall, it was a very relaxing and enjoyable trip. As usual, we stayed at the Quality Inn located at 8700 Orange Blossom [View Full Entry]

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Had decided to go to the Exumas with my buddies that I had been running with since Vero Beach. Even sith the broken heat exchanger held together with rubber and hose clamps. We were leaving on Monday but when I started the boat all hell broke loose. A hose burst and salt water was gushing out of it. I had a spare but it was a bear to get on. I finally got it fixed and started ti up and the leak in the exzchanger started again. I took it apart and got it to not leak again but it was [View Full Entry]

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There was no northerly component to the wind (ok there was no wind) so the elephants (big waves) were sleeping when we left the Lake Worth anchorage at 3am Sunday 29 Nov. We had the easiest crossing ever! We stopped at Lucaya for customs/immigration and fuel. Next day we stopped and anchored in the lee at Gorda Cay. This island, renamed Castaway, is owned by Disney and is used by its cruise ships. Nothing is there but the beautiful beach, a few caretakers and a replica pirate ship wreck near the beach. We had a full moon but no cruise ships [View Full Entry]

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Today we drove to Venus, FL where we visited Jaque Fresco and Roxanne Madows. Two very passionate and inspiring persons, who are working since more than 30 years on a project, how to make the world a better place for everybody. We spoke about nature science, development of societies, religion and monetary systems. They developed an almost complete system, which will eventually be the next step in society- evolution, where life is resource based and flexible, going forward and constantly changing, adapting, evolving, developing... how ever you want to call it. Jaque calls it fluent... (To b [View Full Entry]

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Made to Miami about 12:00 today. Followed my buddies on Triumph and EZBreezes. They knew an anchorage next to the police station and a little park. We are going into town in an hour or so to go to the Publix and maybe find a bar for a nice big brown ale. Publix is the Ukrops of the south. They are everywhere. I will probably be here in Miami for the next few days. Heat exchanger still leaking a little but managable. [View Full Entry]

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