Author Archives: happytogether

Boating is what we want to do and the Caribbean is where we want to be. Who doesn’t! This was our attitude for years and that is why we chartered a couple of times per season with and without the … Continued

Today is the day This was the famous line that Mel Fisher said every morning when his treasure salvors would leave the harbor in Key West searching for the Atocha (eventually it was, and he picked up $400 million worth … Continued

Hi everyone, It turns out that although we have many subscribers on our blog/website only 400 or so were getting our emails when we posted an update. You may be one of them. We have identified the problem and are … Continued

A post without a video…. Lennie and I were on the boat in January and February for two 9-day trips and we really enjoyed having the boat back in the Caribbean. We had been in cold water for 2 years … Continued

Welling up It’s hard to write this post. I have been thinking about it for a long time. We knew that we were going to take a break from our channel for awhile but as the months got closer to … Continued

My girl likes to party all the time During the run-up to our passage to the Caribbean we still had a lot on our plate. After dodging storms and shaking the boat down in the Bahamas during the summer we … Continued

Not a bump When the trade winds slowed, they went flat calm. Calm? Yes Calm. Now for the second half of our voyage we fished, cooked, exercised and worked on our computers. We even stopped and did a mid-ocean swim … Continued

Here we go again Planning a passage to the Caribbean is a dream come true. Even better the second time around. You see Lennie and I had this dream in 2015 and we bought a Catamaran and headed for the … Continued

John Mellencamp Lennie and I have crossed the Gulfstream 70 times as of this writing. Think about that. It’s a lot. We have had all kinds of experiences out there. Storms, rescues, (them not us), calms, unsavory characters, break downs, … Continued

No chance When we planned the christening, I was thinking about how I would film it. I couldn’t do it myself since I would be socializing with family and friends and hiring a camera man seemed way over the top … Continued