After arrival at our initial anchorage in Marathon on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14, the crews of Casstaway and EWWE2 dinghied into Boot Key Harbor to register at the Marathon City Marina and put our boats on the waiting list for mooring balls. Since Casstaway was here almost exactly two years ago, we are in the marina’s system and our check-in is relatively painless. But Eric and...

Wednesday, February 3, was a cold and windy sail back to the Marquesas Keys, with 4-to-6-foot following seas. Just another lovely day of playing dodge-pot. Thursday, February 4 was a gorgeous day in the Marquesas. Todd made water and we basically rested-up and relaxed after yesterday’s sail. A delicious dinner of beef and broccoli was served on EWWE2. Casstaway. Photo by the EWWE2 Crew...

After a week of prep and more provisioning, we left Marathon Marina at 10:15am on Tuesday, January 19. A slight stick in the mud at low tide but an otherwise uneventful send off. Much appreciation to Captain Matt Dowd for bringing Casstaway in after her stay on the hard. And thank-you to our boat neighbor Nancy for loaning us her car for shopping and giving us a hand with lines as we headed out....

We absolutely loved our month in Indiana and Missouri celebrating the holidays (Covid-style - meaning smaller celebrations and some via Zoom) and spending time with the grands. Although we’re always torn between two lovers (Casstaway and our landlubbing family and friends), it was oh so nice to escape the snow and cold of the Midwest to return last week to our floating piece of paradise....

(Note: You’ll read a lot about food in these posts. Yes, we love to eat! But I can’t always remember what we love to eat. So, I’m also using this blog as a food journal for provisioning. Pretty ingenious, right?!) 11/14 Saturday – We left DeSoto Pointe and had a nice day motor-sailing for about five hours, making good time to the Crow’s Nest Marina in Venice. Admiral Tanya did an...