This is some video that was taken on our way from Fort Myers Beach to the Dry Tortugas from June 27-29, 2014 on 40′ DeFever Passagemaker, Blue Turtle.
Florida Keys
Since last week was spent on the dock at Marathon Marina, we decided we want to anchor out and dive for the weekend. Randy did some searching for anchorages and found one at Bahia Honda which is close enough to Looe Key for us dive. So, Friday afternoon we left the dock and headed toward …
On Saturday morning, July 5th, we left Key West and headed for Looe Key. Looe Key is a National Marine Sanctuary located 5 nautical miles off of Big Pine Key. The last time I was here was back in the 1990’s with my parents. At the time I was only snorkeling while they dove the …
After our awesome adventure in the Dry Tortugas, we were ready to head into civilization. Well, not really, but it was time to head on to Key West where we would stay in a marina for a couple days over the 4th of July holiday. We left early again knowing it would take us about …
On our third day, we awoke early at our Jewfish Basin anchorage with our boat listing to port. We’ve had our boat list before, but since Randy replaced our cracked water tank, it solved the problem. In the past, our listing issues had to do with missing a water tank or taking on fuel. Randy …
After a restful night at our Isle of Capri anchor age, it was time to head further south toward the Florida Keys. Since we cut our 1st day trip short because of the storm, we had 80 miles to cruise to get to Jewfish Basin in the Keys. We typically cruise around 6 knots, sometimes …
Sorry there haven’t been any updates on our Keys trip on the blog. I’ve been posting to Facebook when I can and as some of you might know, I’m without my MacBook Pro. My Mac decided to quit on me halfway to Jewfish Basin on the 2nd day of our trip. For those of you …
As a few folks might already know, we have been planning a trip to the Keys this summer. While we’ve been out plenty of times for extended weekends, this will be our first major trip on Blue Turtle. Our plan (weather permitting, of course) is to head to the Dry Tortugas first, then on to …
A couple weeks ago, good friends Tim and Joan headed off to the Florida Keys and arrived in Marathon. They invited us to come down a week after arrival to stay on their 40′ Beneteau sailboat, Head Over Keels, for the weekend. Randy, Corey, Sophie and I headed to Sombrero Marina in Marathon where they’re …
This post is categorized as “Cruising”, and while we weren’t aboard the Blue Turtle for this trip, we were indeed on a ship. It’s been about 3 years since Randy, Corey and I last went to the Keys to dive and snorkel aboard my parent’s boat, Island Time. We were hoping to make it to …
I’m a little behind on my posting because I’ve been insanely busy with work (which is a great thing!), so I’m actually posting photos from last weekend. Last Saturday, Randy, Corey and I decided to explore a little by dinghy. Randy took a look at the charts and saw that we aren’t that far from Big …