by Claudia and Jim | Dec 12, 2022 | Sailing
While not everyone considers Disney World a nice or relaxing vacation destination, we enjoy coming to Disney World and throw away our grown-up hats for a few days. Since we only had 3 days, we chose Epcot, Hollywood Studio and Animal Kingdom to spend our time. The...
by Claudia and Jim | Dec 9, 2022 | Sailing
While getting ready to leave for Disney in the early afternoon, we checked the NASA launch schedule and noticed the Space-X’s Falcon 9 is scheduled for a launch to deliver 40 satellites into the orbit at 5:30 PM today. We quickly rearranged our schedule to stay...
by Claudia and Jim | Dec 8, 2022 | Sailing
After spending 5 days on a mooring, we left St Augustine for a quick 20 mile trip south. Since we desperately needed to fill our freshwater tank, we stayed at a quiet Palm Coast marina and gave Fujiko a complete washing down. Next day we sailed 40 miles down to New...
by Claudia and Jim | Dec 1, 2022 | Sailing
If you think the Sunshine State is all about theme parks and frying on the beaches, you probably haven’t been to St. Augustine. Discovered in 1565, by Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, he named the city after St. Augustine, the patron saint of brewers. It...
by Claudia and Jim | Nov 27, 2022 | Sailing
Fernandina Beach, a city on Amelia Island, is on the coast of Northeast Florida as far north on the Atlantic Coast as you can get in the Sunshine State. It is the only United States location to have been under eight different flags – French, Spanish, English,...
