Our Story In a Nutshell

In 2003 , we began our labor of love and started to restore our CSY 44 sailboat,which we named Freedom. After 5 1/2 years of pure sweat, (Florida in July in a t-vac suit and full mask)some tears, endless reading and lots of leaps of faith, restoration was completed in January 2009. The rest of the story is unraveling as we learn to become the sailors we have always read about. Their inspiration has always lead us to new places...the real reson we started this adventure to begin with. We left from St. Petersburg, Florida in January 2009, sailed to Longboat key, then Useppa, St. James City, Cape Coral, Marathon, Rodriguez Key, Miami, then onto the Bahamas. In the Bahamas we sailed to Norman's Key, Shroud, Hawksbill, Warderick Wells, Black Point, Staniel Key, Spanish wells, Eleuthera, Little Harbor, Marsh harbor and then over to Beaufort North Carolina...up the ICW to Norfolk and finally we ended up in the Chesapeake Bay.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Let's Try Another One



Since the first blog worked, here is another update. To bring everyone up to the present...We are in Hopetown, in the Abacos on Elbow Cay. It is one of my favorite places...a wonderful lighthouse is the icon for this island. I will just blog a couple of pics from different places we have been to wet your appetite...We have traveled with some of the most wonderful people on Blue Blaze, Seafox, Off The Hook, Majiks, Viking Dreams and certainly last but not least Cloud Messenger. All these people have made our cruise really great! A few pics...The first pic is John in Middle Bight, Andros..they have tons of starfish...orange, red...yellow...Then Greene's Conch Bar..also Middle Bight..a great tiki hut that served only conch salad(fresh) and libations...it only opened one year ago when Jimmy Buffet came to visit on his boat for bonfishing season..Middle Bight is the Bonefishing Capital of the World, really. Finaaly the last pic is the mooring firld at the Land and Sea Park in Wardetick Wells in the Exumas....
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Finally A Vew Posting


What can i say, I am not a computer guru and have not been able to down load a pic for 2 1/2 months...Anyways our cruise has been great...We went as far as the Juemntos, which were pretty magical. Definitely the best snorkeling, fishing etc...We almost got tired of eating too much lobster...This is a place that has no stores...and very few people...I will try to send  a few pics for today's blog and see what happens...
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Bimini,Bahamas

Happy New Year!



We have been in Bimini for 2 weeks now...much longer than anticipated but we have really enjoyed ourselves. Bimini is usually a place you cross over to from the States and then move on but the weather was awesome and we decided to stay longer. We snorkeled, saw sting rays jump out of the water, fished, caught lobsters, meet some great locals and enjoyed a fun New Year party....I have included some pics for you..one of Stuarts Conch Stand...a great little shack where they make only Conch Salad and serves beers..but they have satellite tv and the door to the head tells you to (using their words)...piss is okay but leave number 2 at home...the toilet literally evacuates into the water below...a pic from New Years..great fireworks and a gorgeous sunset...HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are leaving today for Andros Island...
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