Cruising Guides
We use a variety of cruising books and guides aboard Seadee. The Cruising Trawler site has an Amazon store featuring all of the books we use and more. Cruising Trawler Book Store
Read MoreLong Range Wifi
We’ve all struggled with grabbing, and holding WiFi signals while cruising outside the States. While in the Abacos this year, Annie and I tried a new device called the Wirie. All I can say is – It works. We never found ourselves without a solid connection anywhere we anchored. Here’s more info:
The Wirie is a complete wireless solution for the boat and RV, that’s easy to use, easy to install, and most importantly, greatly increases your ability to access wireless networks from the comfort of your own boat or RV!
• Simply mount The Wirie, install the included software, and plug the USB cable into your computer.
• Practical Sailor reviewed and tested, offers highest performance on the market, greatest flexibility, upgradeable, marine grade. (See the Practical Sailor review for full details).
Norfolk
Bo-Bos. We coined the phrase while tied up to a “free” wall between the Great Bridge Lock and the bridge, which, by the way is called the Great Bridge bridge. Bo-bos. Boat hobos. There are times while cruising while you feel like the wanders of the rails, the mode of transport is different of course. Some days you make plans, Some days, the waterway makes plans for you.
Since our last post, we crossed the Albemarle Sound heading north. We had a forecast of winds from the SW. They turned out to be from the West and the crossing was rough. Two hours of being tossed around. It’s times like these when you wish you were in a much faster boat. We had planned on a night in Coinjock but, arrived by noon. Too soon to stop cruising. We decided to get past some of the many bridges south of the Norfolk area. Most of the bridges in this area are timed. They only open on the hour or half hour. It takes a bit of planning if you don’t want to sit around waiting for a bridge to open.
Thursday we arrived in Portsmouth and found our way to the Tidewater Marina. Nice place. Jim, Larry and I stayed here two years ago. First stop was the Commodore Theatre.
THE COMMODORE THEATRE is a luxuriously restored 1945 Art Deco style motion picture theatre presenting first run films with a fine dining restaurant within the main auditorium.
The DECISION, Where to anchor
Hey, we are cruising. We have our own Decision. While LeBron is picking Miami to bless with his presence, we are choosing an anchorage in Titusville.
Geoff and I are off to St. Augustine, another city in FL. The only dribbling we will do is – well another topic. Tomorrow we will take in a Daytona Cubs game.
Great Harbour Trawler Association
The GHTA is a vibrant group of Great Harbour trawler owners, future owners and folks that just really enjoy trawlers and the cruising lifestyle. The GHTA is stronger than ever with a great new slate of officers, lots of new members and an excellent Blog website. You don’t have to own a Great Harbour-or any boat at all-to join. Take a look at the GHTA Blog at www.ghtacruising.com. There are also links there to lots of owner’s blogs. See what great new trips our intrepid Great Harbour owners are taking and how they like (LOVE) their boats! Join them in “living the dream”.
Read MoreClewiston, Stuart and Home
Manatee Pocket was our anchoring spot, completing our circumnavigation of Southern Florida. We made it back to Merritt Island in one day, 11 hours on the water to return home. Dinner at El Tucan and sleep. Many thanks to Jim Lucas for joining me on this adventure. Lets do it again some time.
Marco, Naples, Ft. Myers and the lake
Marco Island signals the return to Florida as most see it. Condos on the beach, shopping malls, people. We took the inside route to Naples using the west coast ICW. It was a bit of a shock to see so much boat traffic after our days in the Everglades. We tied up at a marina right downtown. Walked to dinner with some of Jim’s friends and ran into another Great Harbour owner at the bar. Small world. We are a month into the trip at this point.
The Caloosahatchee River and Basin, in southwest Florida, stretch 70 miles westward from the western edge of Lake Okeechobee to San Carlos Bay. The Caloosahatchee River was originally a shallow, meandering river with headwaters in the proximity of Lake Hicpochee. In 1882, Hamilton Disston dug a canal linking Lake Okeechobee through Lake Hicpochee to the Caloosahatchee River. To accommodate navigation, flood control, and land reclamation needs, several drainage districts channeled the river further between 1905 and 1927. Many canals were constructed along its banks in support of the agricultural communities along the river.
Merritt Island Weather
