Category: Boat Trips
July 13, 2022 – April Cathy & Ernie in Islamorada
Wednesday Cathy and I went snorkeling at Cheeca Rocks, about one mile from Breezy Palms Resort. I went and got the boat from Caloosa Cove Marina and ran it about 5 miles up to our place. It was a wonderful dive, the visibility was good and the reef was alive with life. We saw: grouper, sergeant majors, a sea turtle lazing about looking for lunch, hard and soft corals. Parrot fish. Angel fish. Christmas Tree Worms, which retreat in to the coral heads when frightened. Some Coral Bleaching <frowny face> but overall healthy coral <smile>.
Then on the Lorelei Restaurant And Cabana Bar
July 12, 2022 – April Cathy & Ernie in Islamorada
Cathy and April came to the keys for a visit with Ernie and we went out in the boat to make sure the sun went down 🙂
After checking in to the Breezy Palms Resort near BSA Sea Base, we went boat riding to see the sights. We stopped and toured the Boy Scout Sea Base complex. Then we went by the Oceans 305 restaurant and tiki bar, a neat spot located in the Fiesta Key Campground.
Then out to Florida Bay to watch the sunset.
July 12, 2022 Troop 5 Wake Forest NC
The gang from Troop 5 was lucky to get good weather for 3 days and did a great job in the water getting SCUBA certified!
July 6, 2022 BSA Staff Certs
July 6, 2022 – Keeley, Louis, and Sean got certified by instructors KL and Spencer at Pillars dive site, diving from BSA Burglar! See link below for a Google photo album 🙂
June 2022 Boot Key Harbor
Reggae at sunset at Book Key Harbor – good vibes!
Troop 70-University Park TX
June 19-21 brought nice diving conditions and Troop 70 from University Park in Texas. The gang did great!
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BSA Burglar dove Alligator Reef and Rocky Top dive spots. Farther below is a comment box, please drop me a note! It was great to have you aboard… Captain Ernie
BSA Pix
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Thank you Ginger for the cool rainbow picture!
Lester
OK Angus can you fix this crappy voice to text? And, do you remember how may beers you drank on the first day? You can post a comment:
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delray beach
near Boynton
it was COLD, food was HOT
hot off the grill on a cold day!
View from the Hatch
Gale Warning
7jan2021 Overnight in Fort Lauderdale
After sailing from Key Biscayne to Fort Lauderdale, I took the dinghy over to George English Park where I had my bicycle locked up. I rode to the store for a few things. I’ll spend the night here in Sunrise Bay this evening… and go back to my dock at Oakland Terrace in morning.
The Newport 27 at Anchor
7jan2021 Miami to Fort Lauderdale
Even though the wind was directly from the south initially I had to jibe a few times so I couldn’t run parallel to shore to make the best time. Eventually the wind switched and I was able to travel almost straight north toward Fort Lauderdale without changing course.
7jan2021 Leaving Miami Heading to Fort Lauderdale
7jan2021 Anchor Log
6jan2021 Track to Key Biscayne
Wednesday – using a navigation app on my phone (Navionics) this is a screen shot. The yellow line is my track to the wreck of the Half Moon. I also use an iPad for navigation. I snorkeled on the wreck in about 10′ of water with great visibility 🙂 Anchored nearby, I used the dinghy to get to it.
6jan2021 Fort Lauderdale to Miami
On January 6th I motor-sailed from Lake Sylvia near Port Everglades (no bridges to contend with) in Fort Lauderdale past Port of Miami and anchored off Virginia Key and Key Biscayne.