S/V Sea Me Knot in Pensacola

200 mi from Gustav

2008-09-01T13:42:00.000-07:00

The attached video is just a few shots from around Pensacola Bay. Not a huge amount of rain thus far, but very windy along the waterways. Three Mile Bridge is more windy at the top and it's advisable to hold on to the steering wheel with both hands. If you look closely at the video of the Sea-Me-Knot, you can tell that she is leaning to the starboard side. The most interesting sight today

The Cone of Destruction

2008-08-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

Well the weatherman may explain that the path of any given hurricane is projected in a cone of uncertainty, but then again that's the weatherman. Hurricane preparedness has been in the forefront of our minds for the last two weeks. With Gustav reaching Cat. 4 status we spent all day in the hot sun securing the Sea-Me-Knot. We now have a boat with no sails, no bimini, and plethora of lines

Boaters Blues

2008-08-11T12:16:00.001-07:00

This weekend was spent just hanging around the dock and talking with our neighbors. We also went to the boaters party on Saturday night. This years theme was The Boaters Blues because the cost of fuel, insurance and dockage has all gone thru the roof. It was fun to get to know some of our marina neighbors that we haven't met yet. We made it an early night and went back to Sea-Me-Knot. I have

New boat slip neighbors

2008-08-03T19:40:00.001-07:00

Posted by Mike: 08/04/08We have new slip neighbors, (I hope they're not pirates) I met the captain and like me he only works two or three days a week so were going to try to get in a little weekday sailing together. We had a slow weekend, we had no out of town visitors so Saturday, Shari did home maintenance (She watches way too much HGTV) and I did boat maintenance (hid at the marina) until it

Those who say you can't take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip...

2008-07-31T18:28:00.000-07:00

Posted by: Shari 7/26/2008The weather may not have been great for sailing this past week, but it was a great week for seeing our friends on vacation from TN. Thursday night we enjoyed dinner at Grazie's on Restaurant Row in Destin, FL. It's a little Italian place just around the corner from the Front Porch. There we had dinner with Pearl, Rick, Zack & Isaac. The food was great, and Isaac

Honey, Don't Forget The Camera

2008-07-23T20:50:00.001-07:00

Posted by Shari 7/23/08I suspect that you may be wondering why we have a picture of our lunch on this post. We like to eat just as much as we like to sail. Only while sailing we like to pretend we're health conscious and enjoy delights like that in the picture above. Speaking of pictures--famous last words "Honey, don't forget the camera" is what I called out to Mike as I stood on shore and

Naval Air Museum 07/15/08

2008-07-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

Posted by Mike 07/23/08On July 15th my sister Robbie and her family came to see us and we decided to visit the National Museum of Naval Aviation. We had called ahead and reserved time in the F-14 Top Gun Air Combat Simulators. These four simulators, are the real deal. They were used to train more than 1,000 F-14 pilots during the 30 year length of service of the Tomcat. The ride costs $25 for one

Mystic Seaport 08

2008-07-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

Well I'm inching my way closer to getting this blog updated. I visited Mystic Seaport during the second week of June. If you like seafaring history then this is the place to be. For me other events led me here three years ago, but this is the place that started my interest in sailing and it was nice to visit again. While there, I sailed on Argia (a reproduction of a 19th Century coastal

Memorial Weekend 08

2008-07-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

We spent Memorial weekend sailing in Pensacola Bay and out to Santa Rosa Island. It was our first time to just get out on the bay and have some fun.Memorial weekend pictures

On the River 2008

2008-07-14T15:01:00.000-07:00

We left Grand Rivers Ky at the end of March for the 10 day trip to Mobile Al . Along the way we shot about 2000 pictures so here's a link to about 200 of them. On the RiverPeople always ask what was it like traveling on the the river and the best way I can describe it is it's alot like sailing in general, peaceful tranquility with moments of complete terror.

We Made It

2008-07-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

To all our family and friends that have followed our sailing blog and wonder why we haven't updated the site in a long time, lets just say we have been very, very busy. In the last year we have pulled up our anchor and moved our family to the Gulf Coast, lived on the beach for six months, (sometimes life gets tough), bought a house just moments from Santa Rosa Sound, prepared and motored the Sea