When we left Annapolis on July 5th, we were hopeful that our engine issues were behind us. After spending 6 long, unplanned weeks (plus a lot of money) in Annapolis, we were looking forward to our summer cruising plans. My sister and her friend were planning to fly to Boston and meet us somewhere where …
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After we left Cumberland Island at the end of January, we stopped and anchored in Fernandina Beach for the night. The next morning we cruised 53 nautical miles to the St. Augustine mooring field. We were assigned a ball on the north side of the Bridge of Lions near the fort. While we loved the …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure for more info. If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you might have noticed that we’ve been in the Smokey Mountains for the last couple of weeks. The company Randy works for is located in Knoxville, TN, and since he was needed there for a couple of …
This past year has been a difficult one and the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the day-to-day routine for many of us. With the vaccine finally making its appearance this month, here’s to hoping 2021 will somehow eventually get back to “normal”. This blog has gone dark since my last post in May about our 8 year …
A few weeks ago I posted on our Facebook page that we had picked an inopportune time to pull the doors off Blue Turtle and have brand new ones made. We were in the middle of a cold front with 25-27mph winds and our replacement doors were thin pink foam insulation from Home Depot — I called …
When we first purchased Blue Turtle, the canvas and isinglass were very worn, the glass was cloudy and had several large cracks and rips in it. We knew we would need to replace it, so in May of 2013 we spent a week at Cape Coral Yacht Club to have it all replaced. We really …
We’ve received many inquiries from our blog about choosing the right liveaboard boat. Folks have many questions ranging from style of boat, length of boat and horsepower to interior layout and aesthetics. I decided to post our experience with choosing Blue Turtle and what we initially looked for versus what we might have done differently today. First though, I want to …