The voyages of Sailing Vessel Delfin and her crew
Pterois volitans, commonly known as the red lionfish. It is a highly invasive species and scourge of reefs throughout the US and Caribbean. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation has declared it open season on them with pretty much no holds barred. At least one of the earliest, if not the…
Read More“Hey, Cindy, turn around. Do you see that building? That’s the Vehicle Assembly Building!” We were supposed to be there looking at what is now our boat, but it was hard to ignore the massive gray and white building across the river. Twelve miles away and it still loomed large…
Read MoreDear readers, I know we have largely been silent for just a few days short of five months. And for that, we are sorry; our intentions for this digital diary is to keep friends and family abreast of our travels and hopefully encourage anybody reading to take the scary leap…
Read MoreThe water is definitely one of our favorite things about Florida but there is so much to explore inland as well! The Enchanted Forest Sanctuary is one place that we have visited that I wouldn’t mind visiting a few more times before we leave the area. From their website: “Located…
Read MoreWe are just over two months into our floating adventure and it has been just that, an adventure! We are still docked at Kennedy Point Yacht Club in Titusville, FL. Our tentative plan is to leave here sometime in October and start heading south along the Florida coast. Exact date…
Read More3,670 days. We kept the dream alive in our minds for that long. We watched our children grow into fantastic young adults. Changed jobs, careers even. Got degrees. Said “Goodbye” to loved family, friends and dogs (who are family). We’ve laughed, cried, fought, made up, and planned our future. The…
Read MoreRead Agile Boat Buying: Part I here. After allowing ourselves a few hours to wallow in our misery, we woke up Friday morning and brushed ourselves off and got back to boat buying. Doug spent the morning going through boat listings, searching for Hunter models that would work for us…
Read MoreWell, this is not exactly what I thought I would be doing tonight: Sitting at a gate in the newly-remodeled Kansas City International Airport waiting for my flight to Tampa. This wasn’t even the plan as late as 3 PM this afternoon. Today’s plan was to keep refreshing email to…
Read More“To think that plants ate insects would go against the order of nature as willed by God.” — Carolus Linneaus This can’t be really about to happen; it wasn’t part of the plan or even on our radar a few hours ago. I don’t even know what even triggered thinking…
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