Altair's Cruz Nuz

cruising, vb, kroozing, working on your boat in exotic locations around the Caribbean....Dudley and Becca

25 October 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
25 September 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
28 July 2011 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club!
27 July 2011 | Key Biscayne, Florida
27 July 2011 | Stiltsville and Miami just across the Bay.
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream...
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream, Here we come!
26 July 2011 | Sweet and Very Special Bahamas...Goodbye...for now!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay's floral gifts!
26 July 2011 | The surf at Honeymoon Harbor!
26 July 2011 | Our last island wonderland...before the Concrete Jungle....
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay...Practicing walking on land...
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...very cool!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...We like it!
25 July 2011 | A very Busy Honeymoon Harbor!
25 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor, Lee side of Gun Cay
25 July 2011 | Bimini, Our Beloved Bahamas!
24 July 2011 | Bimini, Big Game Club Marina!

Traveling by Car...not boat!

30 July 2010 | Ocala, Florida
Becca
I know this sounds strange, but it feels surreal being back home, in a house, driving a car to the market, picking up the phone when it rings! It's pretty darn fabulous really, just strange.

We are now going to get in a car for 6 hours and that's strange! No waves under us undulating and slapping at our hull...no wind having it's way with us where we need to adjust to it...and surely not nearly the stress of thousands of cars you must trust to stay in their lanes and have some courtesy 'of the road'. This is all lip service, because we are in Miami after all, where it seems everybody is out for themselves and down right scary! Ok, so we've been away from reality for 3 years and maybe, just maybe that's the scenario.

We have so much to do, so many family members and friends to assure we love them still, even more because of the amount of time! We have no idea where to begin with the mess in our home with the flood, clearly from upstairs, State Farm canceling us in December and contractors...UGH!

I think what I'll do is give a recap for each month since we aren't sailing! We usually do get invited to sail with our friends from the Coconut Grove Sailing Club where Dudley is a life member, we'll just have to wait and see!







Dudley and Bec
S/V Altair
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Vessel Name: Altair
Vessel Make/Model: Tartan 34'
Hailing Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club
Crew: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
About: Dudley has owned this Tartan sloop and has been cruising on her since 1986. Becky joined the good sloop back in 2000 when we first started cruising together and he has been 'training' me ever since! I couldn't be happier! I've been sailing all my life, but cruising is a whole different fish!
Extra: This is the most extended cruise we've braved on this wonderful, old boat of ours which is planned to be about 2 years! We left Miami in late February of 2008 and want to get below the hurricane belt by the end of July! Ok, so it's July, 2011...we're close, but not home yet!

S/V ALTAIR

Who: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club