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

Sunset at Lorelei Restaurant And Cabana Bar – MORE PIX at Google Photos
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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.

We took a few photos, they are available at Google Photos
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Troop 70-University Park TX

Ernie, Katie-Lauren and Spencer

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

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BSA Pix

Please post links to photos using file sharing sites such as Dropbox, Flikr, OneDrive, Google Photos etc. using the comment box below so we can all share!
Thank you Ginger for the cool rainbow picture!

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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:

Winds from the Northeast at 15 to 20 with occasional hire that dusty road the tide out to the Skyway Bridge and considered anchoring at a harbor which I don’t Emerson point was under consideration but  but the Manatee River was not to be we proceed ined Southwest through the passage what’s the passage Southwest passage into theQ Gulf pa theragraph paragraph

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 We we sailed southerleigh along Anna Maria Island as night fell and we then had to put up with 2 – 4 foot slot but with 15 to 20 mile per hour winds to give us  the noquite the sleigh ride South under Sail using a blade only the 90% where were we when we sailed we sailed well to tell the tale we failed overnight 2 Boca Grand path arriving at 8 a.m. nuisance we proceeded 2 Pelican Harbor on Cayo Costco Island and anchored

After hankering iPad quite the Gourmet lunch consisting of lots of cheese on Puerto Rican bread what manager and a beer and took a nap an

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We hung Pawn the book overnight and left in the morning about 7:30 in

Sailed out of the day are we considered staying at the Anna Maria Sun Harbor what’s the We shot the Gap we got off the dock often dark and rounded beer can Island midday headed for the bridge sailed out of the day are we considered staying at the Anna Maria some Harbor what’s the

 Paws  start end  cause Okay the dog has Paul  okay so the trip started the in Tampa Sunday morning arrived Sunday morning at 9 a.m.  Provisions went to the store to get the food and had everything we need at Winn-Dixie but could not buy beer what the f***  we should have been in church that’s  bible teach us a lesson 

are there more  we then proceeded to where we go after that  we went to the grocery store  laughing hysterically quite we boarded The Vessel and it was a fun craft we left the dock it to 11:30 Christie who the hell is Chrisley I don’t know today is Tuesday April 19th we left Pelican Harbor Cayo Costa Island about how about 7:30 a.m. rounded the corner took the shortcut North and are now sailing along Gasparilla Island wind 10 – 15 we have the Mainsail and inthe 90 percent blade for sale season 1 to 2 seize the Seas this voice to text program cannot spell the word cease but then I guess it could be paragraph can I start a

With with the hat Angus Lester sailor X First Fidelity advised of worsening so what else are right so let’s say yesterday yesterday was really nice you

1109 Tuesday morning April 19th

Past along side Stump Pass Fairwinds 10 miles an hour 10 to 12 she’s nice that’s the two sitting North we are now headed generally North along the shore about a mile out and get some may argue Lester says were exactly 1 mile offshore listen to Melissa

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hot off the grill on a cold day!

It was soooo cold but fortunately there is a propane stove in the boat that warms the cabin as well as the food. A little hot sauce didn’t hurt!
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View from the Hatch

It was cold but I wanted to get a picture. I poked my phone out from the warm cabin and this is all I got 🙂
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Gale Warning

OMG I checked the NOAA weather forecast and yeech – a gale warning!  Anchor pro is a great app. It keeps track of the boats position while at anchor and sounds the alarm if the boat goes outside of the set area. it keeps a history of what the boat’s been doing so you can see if you’re dragging anchor. so far so good I have three anchors out! the aberrations are from when I use the dinghy to run the anchors out side to side. I had the phone with me in the dinghy so it tracked me and the inflatable

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7jan2021 Overnight in Fort Lauderdale

Sunset Behind Sailboat

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

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7jan2021 Miami to Fort Lauderdale

Crooked Course

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.

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7jan2021 Anchor Log

I use an app called Anchor Pro for an anchor alarm. It keeps track of the boats movement and will sound an alarm if I go outside of the circle. This is from overnight off key Biscayne. The aberrations are from phone calls… unfortunately the alarm will sound at times when on a call. BUT worth it – the app is free and reliable and definitely helps me sleep better while at anchor.

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6jan2021 Track to Key Biscayne

Screen Shot

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.

Part of Half Moon Wreck
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6jan2021 Fort Lauderdale to Miami

 
 
Half Moon Wreck

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.

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