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I came home to this formal looking document sitting on the counter. In case you needed to know the relative shade/key features of the local parks…Erin has you covered. P.S. I’m sure I can a soft copy for those of

2 months and 4 days after we left our marina in Palm Beach Gardens we are finally home. Before the flight we had one last Bahamian meal – cracked conch and Kalik. We boarded the 9 seater plane and left Staniel Cay airport right on

Tonight marks the first night we will no longer stay on the boat and it’s quite a surreal feeling.  We have the delivery captain coming in the morning to take the boat back to Florida and we’re staying two nights on the

Today we checked out the second snorkeling location that we found on our scouting adventure last week. This spot didn’t have as much coral, sponges or sea fans…. but it had a ton of fish. Most of the fish are pretty small, and

To all our loyal readers… we’re sorry we’ve been MIA the last couple days. We’ve been busy laying on the beach, so we haven’t had much to post. Over the last couple days we also finalized a new plan for

One of us FINALLY convinced the other it was time to call a mechanic. He came out yesterday. tested the alternator and found an issue with it. He took it to an alternator repair shop and brought it back this afternoon… installed it… and

S/V Database is our home on the water.  She is a Westsail 32′ built in 1974 with a factory finished interior and a cutter rig.  Our sail inventory consists of a jib, stays’l, two light air drifter type sails and a main

Our home in Nassau is the Nassau Yacht Haven. Today we walked down to the cruise ships. There were 5 ships in the port, so there were tons of people. Its definitely weird being in Nassau and not being on a cruise ship. We

We are planning to leave Bimini this morning around 10 AM and head to Nassau. There are 4 other sailboats here who have the same plan, so we’re all going together. The trip from Bimini to Nassau is about 110 nautical miles, so

Just a quick update – three other sailboats pulled in next to us in the past 24 hours and one of them asked a local for some conch and when he arrived to deliver it – he realized they didn’t know how to prepare or

After living on the boat for almost a month we’ve found quite a few differences from every day life at home. Hitting your head happens daily. I’m surprised one of us hasn’t split our head open, or got a concussion. Splinters,

We’re here! After not much sleep last night we got up at 11:30 PM, finished some last minute preparations and then were on our way. We left Miami at 12:56 AM and checked in at the Bimini Big Game Club at

While we’re in Miami we spent an afternoon at the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium. We saw a Planetarium show, walked through the wildlife center and did just about all of the hands-on exhibits ( pictures in the album ). Braden also installed pressure

The common rule of thumb is that you don’t set out in a slow(er) boat crossing the gulf stream when there is any wind with a northern component. Translated for us:  our boat will take a minimum of 10 hours to get

Last night we stumbled upon more big margaritas… and they were 2 for 1.

Its now looking… and smelling… like Christmas on the boat.

Its a great day when you have lunch at Bagel Bagel. Its one of our favorite places in Tallahassee… and they’ve opened quite a few locations throughout the state. Tonight we watched the sunset from the Water Taxi, then had dinner on Las

Have you hugged your dreams today?

For months Braden has wanted to shave his head for our trip… so Thursday night was the night. I could not stop laughing while I was doing it, so Braden had to take over for a while. Before Business in the front… party in

Its a good thing we don’t eat at the dining room table because right now it looks like this… Eventually all this stuff needs to make it to the boat.

We spent our first couple days of vacation in Texas visiting family. Below are some pictures from the trip… Check out the rest in the Texas album.

Posted by Erin on July 9, 2010 Our wedding photographer posted some pictures on her website!  I haven’t gotten the rest of them yet, but I’ll be sure to post the link when I do.  🙂