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About Carleen&Jim

Sailing (and other) adventures of Carleen and Jim often featuring us sailing or racing our trailerable trimarans.

It’s a big drive for this Big Rig!

Normally when we drive to Florida, it takes about 24 hours to get to South central Florida. However with this big load we are hauling over the Appalachian mountain range, we are taking things a bit easily.We decided to take … Continue reading

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On our way!!

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It works!!

When we rescued our F31 Trimaran in the Bahamas, it had a small Watermaker installed. We never powered it up during that adventure so we never knew if it worked. Jim did a little work on it this winter and … Continue reading

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Prepping for The Bahamas and Prescient Rodents!

Planning for a cruise usually begins months (or even years) in advance. This winter, we are planning to spend a couple of months cruising The Bahamas with our 31′ trimaran Thunderstruck. Our winter is a great time to dream about … Continue reading

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We’re Back!!

It’s been a while since we’ve posted to our blog. Life got busy and here we are… We will catch you up with our adventures on the water over the past two years though if you follow us on Instagram … Continue reading

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More of the Beautiful Bahamas

From Eleuthera to Chub Cay….here are a few more pics from this lovely part of the World.

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Now for The Rest of the Story Part 4:  “Bimini or Bust”

Wow …. it’s already over a year since our Bahamian rescue mission!! I must sincerely apologize if you have been waiting for Part 4 of the Rest of our Adventure. So much has happened in the interim since I last … Continue reading

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It’s been a long time….

Hi there! It seems like forever since I (Carleen) was in Florida blogging about our adventures.  Since then, there’s been a lot of water under the bridge as it were…most of it good. I had a really great time in … Continue reading

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Manatee!

Two days ago the fam went to Gasparilla Island State Park near the village of Boca Grande.  There are some rocks near an old pier where the snorkeling is pretty good.  We saw crabs, small fish and some interesting shells. … Continue reading

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Now for the Rest of the Story Part 3: “Paying for Water” or “I think your tap needs a washer”

We loved our almost 2 days at SW Allan Cay in the northern Exuma island chain.  The shallow, mostly sandy anchorage was small but protected and lovely with interesting low-lying rock formations, a tiny sand beach, palm trees, quiet neighbours … Continue reading

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