

A South African on Board
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 time the next day. It was the first time that she had seen Happy Wife in person or sailed along with us so this was exciting for us all. We had a fabulous time doing short trips around Tampa Bay so that she could


Happy Wife Heads Home
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 Saturday morning and made our way back to Johnston Key. It is one of our favorites now because of the stunning clear aquamarine water and white sands. As soon as we anchored, we dropped the dinghy and went to swim