We Live On the Sea

Our family business is in the process of setting up a couple of Airbnb's in Gulfport and St Petersburg; which is one town over and of course Philaine (who is visiting from South Africa) was roped into working with us while she is staying with us.  It was easier for us...

When your best friend visits from South Africa, our first priority is to float away with her!  We hadn't seen our dear Philaine in almost two years since her husbands, and our best friend Stephen's passing.  She landed on on June 12th and we left the marina at lunch ti...

We will take this week to retrace our path back home to Tampa.  Leaving Key West was bitter sweet...yes we LOVE being there, but being forced to stay in one place for ten days when we had others to go to,  left us wishing we had more time out on the hook.  We left Satu...

We left the shores of Marathon at 8 am on the dot.  Traveled back under the 7 mile bridge and continued through crystal clear blue green waters to our anchorage for the day and night at

Johnston Key, instead of going straight to Key West.  Shaun fished, I painted, did s...

Happy Wife would be making her debut in the Keys today!  We were thrilled to come with our home this time around. We have visited almost every year since living in the States, but this would be a first for us. We left at 8 am sharp and excitedly took photos as we enter...

We woke to a windy but sunny morning.  We were a bit hesitant with the direction of the wind and choppy water so Shaun called Towboat USA to check the conditions. We were contemplating running the inside rather than go out into the open ocean.  He advised us to go the...

We made our way to Marco Island today having started the day checking our generator which had, gone out again in the night!. Shaun cleaned it out and checked the impeller but it still doesn't sound quite right.  We pulled up anchor and left our Darling Ding anchorage a...

We reached our anchorage at Tween Waters around 11.15 and settled in for the next few days thankful for the stunning weather and calm seas that we have been gifted with.

After a little research we decided to have lunch at The Green Flash which has a drive up dock.  They...

After a windy morning, we decided to leave St Pete a little later than we had originally planned. We made the two and half hour trip to anchor up the Manatee River in our favorite spot.  It was a gorgeous afternoon so we took the dinghy to Passage key and spent an hour...

It's Earth Day and so it feels fitting that we embark on our trip starting today but oh boy, it was not without a fare share of hiccups, joy, excitement and a few curse words!

We (and by that I mean mostly Shaun) have been preparing for this trip for weeks now, perhaps...