Working two jobs has got me behind on my photo editing, and this harbor walk shoot is one that I’ve been slacking on. I’m trying to build a stock photography library that’s selling on the various agency websites, with a goal of 10 – 20 photos added every week...
Decided to do an early morning dinghy adventure yesterday to test out the viability of taking my dinghy all the way to the job on Stock Island. The wind had finally calmed down after blowing on/off for almost 2 weeks and I had a full can of gas ( my little 2.5 gallon gas can will get me...
I’ve been living on a mooring ball in Key West for almost half a year now. One of the challenges of living on a sailboat out on a mooring ball is the humid salt air. I did a really good job of sealing up the portlights last year so during a recent heavy rain, not much water got into...
Finally have a new computer so I can work on my photography edits that have been piling up. About 4 or 5 weeks ago, we had a little wind storm going on. I had taken my electronics to shore so I could work on my computer but had gotten complacent and didn’t put everything into ziploc...
Had a day off work in the middle of this week so I ventured down to Old Town to wander around and people watch the tourists. Being a boat bum, pirate treasure always attracts my attention. So I stopped in the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum to check out their displays (entry fee is just $15)...
It’s funny, all the books and forums discuss all the macro issues to live on a sailboat. Rarely are mentioned are all the little microaggressions, which if you don’t resolve can make the experience very frustrating. So, here’s a bunch of little lessons learned while...
Took a little trip around Stock Island on WikiWiki (the dinghy) to see the islands from a water perspective and also to see what it is like to travel a long distance on a little dinghy. The trip took 3 hours to make total and burned up 3 tanks of gas (the internal tank on this little...
I’ve been living in Key West for a month now, here are some of my reflections on how things work down here in the Florida Keys. Before I moved here, I had little idea of what it really meant to live in the Keys, though the fantasy was one I enjoyed 🙂 What’s Key West Like...
Got an early start this morning and did a little exploring around Key West doing some photography. This town reminds me a lot of Venice, CA with a lot of World War II era houses, weird people, and a feeling of community. Hope you enjoy the pictures of Key West.
Key West Photography Gallery
The final leg of my trip from Jacksonville to Key West is the Marathon to Key West Harbor leg. The plan was for this to be a simple daysail trip down the keys with current and wind going for me. As with all things I do there is a “let’s make things go the hard...
It was time to move on. The next leg of the journey was to head from Rodriguez to Marathon, a few miles further down the Keys. Straight line the trip was just under 50 miles but the day I chose to leave was light winds so it would be another slow sail. In studying and reading about this...
At the end of my trip from Jacksonville, FL I was pretty worn out and looking for a place to rest and regroup. I had been on the water non-stop for a week and was feeling all 48 years. I stopped and anchored near Rodriguez Key just off Key Largo. Rodriguez Key Anchorage As I was...
I decided it would be nice to have a wireless remote control for the windlass, so I could raise and lower the anchor from anywhere on the boat. This is really helpful now that my motor is down and I need to be in the cockpit to handle the lines as I sail off the anchor. A quick search on...
My time in Jacksonville, FL was over, and it was time to sail from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys. While I was only partially done with the refit the job I had moved to Jacksonville for was complete and it was time to move on, the project I was hired for was ending. Time to take my boat...