6 April, 2019 When we were researching the Tarpon Basin anchorage in Key Largo, I came across several years-old news articles describing issues between the local Monroe County government and the live-aboard cruising community...
Read More18 October, 2018 “A diesel loves oil like a sailor loves rum” Captain Ron Getting off the dock at Killkenny was no small trick; our first attempt leaving bow first resulted in the wind just pushing us back against the...
Read More17 October, 2018 “I’ve never seen such sailors. Not in all my born days, I ain’t. Naturals! My God, everyone of you, naturals…” Captain Ron Day 2 passes much...
Read More16 October, 2018 “If anything’s gonna happen, its gonna happen out there” Captain Ron Cindy turns the key to start Just One Dance’s port engine and…nothing. Shite!! The starboard engine started sluggishly before catching, but we...
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It was Saturday afternoon two weeks ago and Cindy and I had headed to the PetSmart in Huntsville...
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Provisioning is one of our major undertakings before starting on our journey to the Caribbean....
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Its April here in the Bahamas and the weather is surprisingly cool. A cold front passed through a...
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We hang out at Nassau for a week, stocking up on a few last minute items and visiting some...
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We have officially survived our first, and hopefully last, hurricane. His name was Matthew and he...
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November 6, 2016 After spending the summer at the dock at St Simons Island, dodging not one, not...
Read MoreWell, it’s been a while again since I posted about our goings-on aboard JOD. That’s largely because, well, not that much has been going on. We’ve been at St Simons Island, GA for a couple of months now, docked at Morningstar...
Read MoreJune 6, 2016 Cindy, Missy and I are hunkered down safe and dry in JOD’s salon. Outside the wind howls eerily through a hundred rigging lines and the rain comes down in sheets as the leading edge of Tropical Storm Colin lashes...
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