http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli Copyright 2009 SailBlogs.com Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:37:01 -0500 720 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:37:01 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90649 We took our friends, Don & Mary of Solace, and their two granddaughters out for a day aboard Kokopelli. On the way out to the anchorage, Don and Alan were navigating and we "experienced shoaling". This is the first time we ran aground with Kokopelli!!! It was an experience to remember and we had to dinghy back to Don & Mary's marina to get their son's big power boat with 300HP outboards to pull Kokopelli back into deeper water. Whew! (Continued...) Sun, 31 May 2009 14:37:01 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90649 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90647 We left Cat Cay at 6:45 a.m. and managed to avoid the squalls near Miami, arriving at 14:15. We checked in with customs and immigration via phone before continuing further south to our anchorage in Key Largo. Thu, 28 May 2009 14:28:58 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90647 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90646 We continued across the Bahama Banks on an 80NM day to stage at Cat Cay for a Gulf Stream crossing. We enjoyed a last evening with our friends Denny & Diane of JusDreaming with conch fritters and tropical fruit smoothies for sundown. Our last snorkeling in Bahamian waters took place earlier that afternoon on a gorgeous reef on the west side of Cat Cay near the drop off to the deep waters of the Gulf Stream and Florida Straits. Wed, 27 May 2009 14:28:14 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svkokopelli?xjMsgID=90646