Hey Spring Fling Boaters,
Come to Pleasure Island Rendezvous.
You only have 4 more days to register for the Spring Fling spectacular. This is our way of getting everyone out on the water to begin this year’s boating season. Dust off the cobwebs and get out there and test your boat with a group...
Registration is open for the Texas Mariners Cruising Associations annual event. This year the event will coincide with the Pleasure Island Marina in Port Arthur Texas grand opening. The dates to remember are May 16 - 18. Go to Spring Fling for additional information and registration.
I have a lightly used Dan Levin "Heart of the Islands" pendant with a diamond placed in Friday Harbor for sale. I know a lot of you guys are from up there and May have visited the store in Friday Harbor. We purchased the pendant when we were there in 2009. My wife has since past and I would...
Have you ever said anything that when the words came out you wished you could reach out into the air, grab the words, and stuff them back into your mouth? It has happened a couple of times in my life to date. The last time it happened was Friday, June 13, 2003. Don’t you find it amazing that I...
I raised a 12 year old boy on a 34' sailboat. We the new wife came around we move on to a Bluewater 40 pilothouse trawler. We kept the sailboat to go boating in and just lived on the trawler. It worked great for us. We had to kick the young son off the boat at 19
I want to say that I have no interest in owning an Island Pilot. I own a 7 knot Pilrgim 40 and am perfectly satisfied. I had actually never heard of one until a neighbor of mine expressed interest in one. It is marketed as a…… are you ready for this…..a “Crossover Trawler”. I looked at it...
I am in the middle of a galley rebuild and would prefer to have ¾” quartz (Silestone) counter tops installed. The contractor mentioned that most boaters prefer a lighter product. I cannot see where it would make much difference to me. I am thinking I am already heavy and the weight difference...
Here is a copy of our charter on a catamaran sailboat 2012
05/12/12 Sunsail Shorebase, Wickman's Cay II, Road Town, Totrola
05/13/12 Road Town, Tortola
Snorkel the the "Indians"
Snorkel the Treasure Caves
Mooring ball - "The Bight"...