I got these great pics below from Czech & Mate this week. Jerry and Debbie are fellow Oklahoma-water rats turned ocean sailors. They are from Drumright, OK, but we met them in Kemah where they bought their Hylas ‘44. Jerry had chartered a Hylas ’44 and, as he tells it, it was love at first […]
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Vinoy Renaissance Hotel Review
Goldilocks went to the Vinoy Renaissance Hotel to see if accommodations were suitable for recommending to Foxtrot visitors. She tried out Vinoy’s Big Chair. It was too big. She tried out Vinoy’s medium-sized chair. It was too soft. She tried out Vinoy’s little chair and it was just right. Goldilocks highly recommends Vinoy Renaissance Hotel. […]
Dilly Dally With Dali
“What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.” — Salvador Dali […]
Weekend Song and Dance
Dancer Lily has never really had a dance partner to match her eloquence and energy. Saturday, Randall, Jake, Lily and I went for lunch at the St. Petersburg downtown weekend festival before taking Jake to the airport. We split up in order to select from the tempting food vendors and met back up for sharing. […]
Clearwater Revisited
Well, my week here is coming to a close. It’s been a wonderful time cramped on the boat with my family. Surprisingly to my parents, I’ve missed everyone quite a bit and boat life in general too. I tried to explain that just because I don’t return phone calls it doesn’t mean I don’t care. […]
Rigger Jake
Randall and Jake took turns today going up to the mast to install the three new lower stays. Rigger Jake is not afraid to use a hammer to get an oversized t-head fitting in place. Well, he was a little afraid. He kept calling down, “I don’t think you are going to like the looks […]
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Lily could not wait to met Hazel at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. I could not wait to meet Harry Connick Jr. I had to explain to Lily on the way over that we were expecting a little too much. The human characters from the movie “Dolphin Tale” wouldn’t be there but we could see the […]
Beach Invitation
Randall, Jake and Lily went for a dinghy ride. There is a beach north of here which we’ve spotted from the top floor at St. Petersburg Pier so they are going to get a closer look. While they were gone, Lily had a visitor who left me with this cute note for Lily from both […]
Together Again
Well he hasn’t tried to talk Lily out of the V-berth, but Jake is definitely right at home on Foxtrot. He walked down the pier with us after arriving saying, “I do kinda miss boat life.” We wondered just how hard it would be for a six-foot+ sailor to get around in Foxtrot. So far, […]
Race Weekend
What’s it like to live close enough to the St. Petersburg IndyCar race to be hit by flying tire tread? Our neighbor, Lee, yelled it best. He was dropping Lily off after taking her and his own daughter, Emily, to see the action. “What’s it like” Randall yelled although he was within arm’s reach of […]