Category Archives: Everglades Challenge 2017

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

The Mote Lab and Aquarium is awesome! They have marine life hospitals as well as research labs, all of which we couldn’t see but I’ve heard they are doing a lot for marine mammals and other sea life. I’ve also … Continue reading

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Loxahatchee to Englewood

Some pictures of scenes from our drive across south Florida. Peace River between Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte Heading to the Lemon Bay shoreline at Cape Haze Marina The Intracoastal Waterway at Cape Haze Marina Cape Haze marina. Site of … Continue reading

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More pics from the Southern Palm B and B 

From our lovely stay at Southern Palm in Loxahatchee a few days ago. Our 31 (which you can see through the palmettos if you look carefully) will stay there until Jim’s race is done. Then Jim and Paul will drive … Continue reading

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Westward Ho! 

Mini post: yesterday we stored the big boat at the B and B, picked up the little tri in Lake Worth and headed west to the Gulf Coast. We stayed in Englewood at the Sun Coast Inn which has huge … Continue reading

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A Lot of Sailors say “Never Start a Journey on a Friday”…

It’s Day 3 of our adventures and we’ve ended up in Thomasville, GA.  Down I-75 we had two really great days of driving, only got lost separated in Detroit, broke our mast support and lost one trailer tire! What day … Continue reading

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Follow Us! I mean, on a Map…

Counting down now…. We will be using a Spot Tracker to show folks where we are.  If you’d like to follow where we are and haven’t been given the link, please send a note in the Contact Us section and … Continue reading

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Reef early

Sewing bits and pieces onto Leftovers’ main sail by hand to make a second reef point or what I call looking like”a Jimmy Burrito!”

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Yum? 🍌🌯🍎🧀🍪

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One of the joys of prepping for a sailing adventure, whether it’s racing or cruising, is planning what to eat whilst onboard. When we are racing, Carleen defines one of her roles as “Snacktician”. It’s super important to keep one’s … Continue reading

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