Six Months in a Leaky Boat!

We've made it back to the dry dock for another voyage! In a few weeks we will be dipped into the St Johns river to begin our 5 month romp on Butterfly to Bahamas and Beyond!

Vessel Name: Butterfly
Vessel Make/Model: Columbia33
Hailing Port: Palatka FL
05 March 2012
29 January 2012
21 December 2011
21 December 2011
21 December 2011 | St Augustine, FL
01 December 2011 | San Mateo FL
01 May 2010
24 March 2010
18 March 2010
14 March 2010 | Ocean. Between WPB and Miami
18 February 2010 | Gibson's Boatyard
13 February 2010 | Gibson's Boatyard...still.
06 February 2010
04 February 2010
24 January 2010 | London Ontario
Recent Blog Posts
29 January 2012

Of Coconuts and Lobster

Most people have a highly romanticized view of sailing. "Oh how it would be lovely, to buy

28 December 2011

OH the days of the great lament!

Hope everyone had a nice christmas back home! We finally enjoyed our christmas dinner last

21 December 2011

Mods....

Inspite of my best efforts to keep electronics off the boat, we ended up with quite a few gadgets on board. As the saying goes, "If you can't fix it, it probably shouldn't be there". So the electronics on the boat are as follows:

21 December 2011

Inverters

There are currently only 2 surviving inverters on Butterfly and neither can run the wet vac;

21 December 2011 | St Augustine, FL

Heading South!!

After much toiling and also much waiting (for weather) we have at last made it the 60 mile stretch North up the St Johns river and are now heading south on the intracoastal waterway (hereinafter referred to as the ICW, or as the locals call it, "The INTERcoastal) "YAY!! We stopped in Green Cove Springs [...]

Still in Florida

18 March 2010
We have spent the last 4 nights in Cape Florida. From Noname Harbour to Dinner Cay (Across the cape, about 1-2h sale) and back. We are spending our nights anchored just outside Noname Harbour, as the anchorage there is way too costly considering how un-welcoming it's become for cruisers.
Today we're going into town. We are very low on beer and butter - now that our fridge is turned on, we can carry much more of each. Also, we are able to see 4 WIFI networks in the area but all are locked. We will sync our emails when we go into town.
If the weather is formidable we will attempt to cross tomorrow

THEN you can expect some very very pretty pictures!

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