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Vessel Name: Satagraco
Vessel Make/Model: Hunter 460
Hailing Port: Fairplay, Colorado
Crew: Paul & Karen Harris
14 December 2017 | Green Turtle Cay
30 November 2017 | Port Charlotte, FL
21 June 2016 | Port Charlotte, FL
20 May 2016 | Port Charlotte, FL
09 May 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
23 April 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
16 April 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
04 April 2016 | Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas
29 March 2016 | Marsh Harbor
19 March 2016 | Great Guana Cay
19 March 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
03 March 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
25 February 2016 | Key Biscayne, Florida
21 February 2016 | Marathon, FL
08 November 2015 | Port Charlotte, FL
08 November 2015
27 October 2015 | St. Augustine, FL
21 October 2015 | Charleston, SC
11 October 2015 | Chesapeake, VA
01 October 2015 | Deltaville, VA
Recent Blog Posts
14 December 2017 | Green Turtle Cay

Green Turtle Cay

After a 12/3 departure in the wee hours of the morning we dodged crab pots along the west coast of Florida and sailed on. After a couple overnight stops we made a 26 hour run from Marathon to West End. With a nice breeze and help from the Gulf Stream we ran 8-9 knots all night. Our smoothest and fastest crossing yet. Sadly had to sit in West End a few days but then we moved on and arrived in Green Turtle Cay. 9 days-we were happy. Andrew, the ever great dockmaster greeted us. The weather has been cool but we are enjoying it. Improvements around the area included a PAVED road all the way to town WOW. Family will join us for the holiday and then we will do some more exploring ourselves. We look forward to this winter sailing season.

30 November 2017 | Port Charlotte, FL

Heading out

After a summer sitting behind the house and surviving hurricane Irma, the boat is ready to go. I don't think she has ever been this clean. You could almost eat out the lockers. Because she was beyond naked for the hurricane, we pretty much started from scratch. We actually have our spare bedroom [...]

21 June 2016 | Port Charlotte, FL

Done for this season

Well Satagraco and her crew got to the house and her dock. Thanks to tropical storm Colin there was plenty of water in the canal system. We had an uneventful overnight sail from Marco Island. Leaving in the evening and sailing overnight probably gave us a little cooler temperature.

20 May 2016 | Port Charlotte, FL

ALMOST THERE

We left Green Turtle Cay (sadly) and spent a couple of days crossing the banks and anchoring in a couple more cays. We wanted to enjoy all the beautiful water while we could. We positioned ourselves in West End and had a lovely crossing of the gulf on 5/13. We had to motor across which after [...]

09 May 2016 | Green Turtle Cay

HERITAGE FESTIVAL

Well we waited a little longer and enjoyed the Green Turtle Cay Heritage Festival. The event covered 3 days but we decided to go yesterday (Saturday). We were told it was the Big day. After riding our bicycles into town we joined the festivities. We found some lunch--grouper burgers and watched [...]

23 April 2016 | Green Turtle Cay

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

During one of our recent dingy trips to different beaches and coves we found a bottle with a message in it. How often does that happen? On a little spit of land not far from the end of Green Turtle Cay the Atlantic sits on one side and Gillium Bay is on the other. All kinds of items come ashore [...]

Time Flies

16 April 2016 | Green Turtle Cay
Karen
Yikes I am further behind than I realized. Time has been flying by.
We spent several days in Man-O-War. A much quieter place than Hopetown but certainly as nice and as quaint. We were able to walk all around town. Ok that did not take that long. No visit there would be complete without a stop at the boat building shop. The Albury Brothers certainly do a big business. Only two models were made there. Some of the others are built in the US. Hmmmm
The beaches there are also lovely. We found sea glass there but had to put a little more work into it. We were able to meet up with Now or Never who had a mooring ball in the south (eastern) harbor. It was fun to see all again.
When the Whale had good passage weather again we headed through and returned to Green Turtle Cay. For us it is still one of the top spots here in the Abacos. We ventured into the local pickle ball gathering. The scoring took a little thinking but most of the other rules were easy to pick up on. It is a cross between tennis, ping pong and paddle ball. The court may be small but your sure seem to get good exercise out of it. Friday after playing we were pretty much done for the day.
After spending several days visiting No Name Cay to feed and water the pigs (all 15 of them), Gilliam Bay (checking on sand dollars) we found a beach/pennisula area filled with treasures. Sea glass aplenty, shells and of course washed up finds. After locating a pair of mismatched flip flops Paul was able to find a hard hat, sea buoys, lines, etc. By the time the 4 of us were ready to come back in the dingy we were looking like a refugee boat. A few of the finds were kept but the rest we decided we really did not need or that they were not as cool as originally thought. One sea bean was found by Sandy and that had to be the best find of the day.
Rainy and very windy today so it is nice to have a day inside. Since it is cooler today cookies were in order. We have not had homemade cookies since we left the house. While we have found great bread here I cannot say the other baked goods have been anything to write home over. Cookies it is.
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