Anne @ the helm as we depart Sunset Island
One of the line of commercial fishing boats that stand sentry around the Dry torutgas banks
Fort Ho!
Logger Head Key and Dry Tortugas Lighthouse (the tallest lighthouse in the FL Keys)
Jeff at the helm on approach to Garden Key
Straight arm shot #1 of our summer 2010 travels
July 1 dinner, backgammon, and chapange at anchor
welcome Ft Jefferson
Anne making an entrance
the archtecture and masonary work at Ft Jefferson is impressive
the fort's moat provides protection from storms
a view from the armory looking out
the primary armory
granite spiral stairs in the bastions
tourists
waterspout a few miles out and moving away
A lap around the moat
Was that a Flamingo I just saw fly by?
three stories above the moat.
Straight arm shot #2
hello Goliath Grouper
Nurse Shark
diving in Garden Key Anchorage with Goliath Grouper and Nurse sharks
straight arm shot # 3 sunset in the cockpit
Sunrise departure from Garden Key
good bye Fort Jefferson
Docked in Key West
catching some late afternoon breeze in Hawk Channel
Looe Key Reef - we are not alone!
sunset thru Bahia Honda bridge 2
Anne & Otto
on approach to Sombrero Reef
mooring ball over coral at Looe Key Reef
off the port side at Looe Key Reef
shower on Florida Bay 7/13/10
showers on Florida Bay 7/13/10
FL Bay Sunset 1
Florida Bay sunrise storms 7/14/10
after a morning squall in Florida Bay
BSA Sea Base by the light of a morning shower 7/10
SV Rainbow Connection & Capt. Kim Hess are outbound
at the helm making 6.5 knots in Hawk channel
Origami draws close as storms near in Hawk Channel
Straight arm shot 4
the genny is stowed and the main double reefed in expectation of 30knot winds
Off Vaca Key with 30 knots of wind
tough to reach those last two reef lines (a.k.a a messy double reef)
wind generator mast is lowered and stowed
Installing the new Airx wind generator!
sometimes it pays to read the directions
Anne driving Origami in Boot Key Harbor
the view from Origami
Anne testing the waters off Fat Deer Key
afternoon dip
escape from Boot Key Harbor!
Anne at the helm in FL Bay
Anne @ the helm in Biscayne Bay
Close Hauled in Biscayne Bay
toe rail goes swimming
Anne creating a list of all the birdges between Miami & Lake Worth
leaving Miami in our wake
Outward Bound at Lake Worth Inlet
Otto at work in the Atlantic Ocean
nice reaching in the Atlantic off Bulls Bay, SC
C'est la Vie's engine
Anne at helm before approching storm 2
anne at helm before the storm - good hair day
Anne at helm before the storm # 3
sailing before the storm - 7/29/2010 - Atlantic Ocean off Bulls Bay, SC
approching storm 1 - 7/29/2010 - Atlantic Ocean off Bulls Bay, SC
approaching strorm 2 - 7/29/2010 - Atlantic Ocean off Bulls Bay, SC
approaching storm 3 - 7/29/2020 - Atlantic Ocean off Bulls Bay, SC
sunrise in the Atlantic off Long Bay, SC/NC
sentinels standing guard in Wilmington, NC
Port of Wilimington, NC
Cat napping dog
tiller head off C'est la vie
Carlie helping out on bottom painting
Sunshine T minus 24 hours to launch
moring coffee in Beaufort
Take a deep breath!
Trish off the bow sprit @ Cape Lookout
Anne walks on water
Jeff off the bow sprit @ Cape Lookout
magic hands!
sea monsters
outbound in beuafort inlet
pink makes me laugh
morning showers at Cape Lookout, NC 8/2010
Army Corps dredge on approach to Ocracoke
MV Sunshine at the Park Docks in Silver Lake, Ocracoke, NC
storm chasing MV-Sunshine down the ICW
Cape Lookout Light at dawn
MV Sunshine at anchor in Cape Lookout bight
vee berth turned splicing station
chain splice at the business end of our new anchor rode
South River anchorage
stripped down and ready for Earl
anchor rode set up for Hurricane Earl
the morning after Earl
annoying wraps in the anchor rodes
taylor's creek sunset
