Breakaway 2016/17

We are leaving Marathon,Fl. on the 16th. of May and plan on cruising to Georgetown in the southern Exumas.

12 May 2017
10 May 2017
04 May 2017 | Vogel State Park
30 April 2017 | Sweetwater,Tenn
29 April 2017 | Asheville,NC
28 April 2017 | Asheville,NC
27 April 2017 | Greensville,N.C.
25 April 2017 | Dover,N.C.
29 January 2017
21 January 2017
19 January 2017
18 January 2017
17 January 2017

Day 112 Tuesday

09 September 2014 | Lantana,Fl.
Capt. Vern
Well, I think that our last blog had us in Manatee Pocket with fuel tank problems.Well after much searching and looking,the fact of the matter is that there is a leak somewhere in the bottom of the port fuel tank. The only worst thing that could have happened on the boat is if one of the engines had completely broken down. There is no easy fix to this problem. Carver made the hull of the boat and placed the tanks,wires,engines,etc in it and then place the top of the boat on the hull and joined them together! There is no way to get this tank out even if the engine was removed. For the temp. fix, Rob and I got 35 feet of fuel line and a bunch of connectors and connected the port engine to the starboard tank.So now we are running both engines off the single 140 gallon starboard fuel tank. Seems to be working so far. The only other options that I can think of is to put a rubber bladder tank inside the aluminum tank. The other is to angle grind the tank out in pieces and replace it with two or three smaller tanks joined together. Either one of those will most likely result in a loss of fuel capacity. So the upcoming few months will be interesting to say the least. Oh, there is one last option. Sell the boat! But the problem with that is finding someone to buy a boat with a bad fuel tank,unless you almost give it away,so I guess we are stuck with one of the first two. Besides the fuel tank issue,we had a great visit in Stuart with Norman and his beautiful wife Barbara, and ugly Lobster Bob. We always enjoy our visits to Stuart. If we stay on schedule, we should arrive in Marathon on Saturday. That is when this cruise will officially end. Havent had time for pictures so that will have to be later.................
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Vessel Name: Breakaway
Vessel Make/Model: 34' Sea Ray Flybridge
Hailing Port: Okeechobee,Fl.
Crew: Vern,Rose&Salty
Breakaway's Photos - Main
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Created 29 April 2017
Pictures taken during our trip on the waterway going to Marathon,Fl.
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Created 17 January 2017
Pictures from our cruise to the Exumas May-July 2015
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Created 16 May 2015
Different photos we have taken on our trip down the St. Johns River
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Created 23 June 2014
Pictures of our trip to the Bahamas in June/July 2013
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Created 25 June 2013
The pictures here will be of different spots from now until we get back.
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Created 9 July 2011
The annual party held at fiddle cay just north of Green Turtle.900 people,free cheezeburgers and free brooze all day.
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Created 1 July 2011
Some pictures taken while in Hope Town
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Created 24 June 2011
Different pictures of our trip to the Abaco
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Created 21 June 2011
Different pictures taken while traveling around the area.
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Created 26 May 2010
These are pictures taken at different times and places here in Marathon.
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Created 21 May 2010
These are different pictures we have taken while here in Marathon
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Created 2 March 2010
These are some pictures taken after we arrived in Marathon.
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Created 18 October 2009
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Created 2 September 2009
Pictures taken on Nov.2008 trip to Marathon,Fl.
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Created 28 November 2008
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Different pictures taken on our trip to the Abaco.
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Created 24 April 2008
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Created 1 April 2008
A view from top of the mast on Chiqui in Boot Key Harbor
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Created 28 March 2008
These are pictures taken on our trip to the Bahamas.
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Created 22 March 2008
This is flight that Lenny from Dreamer and I took on a Bi-Plane 8 minute ride over Boot Key.
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Created 18 March 2008
These are pictures of our trip from Charleston to Marathon.
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Created 13 March 2008