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Luna Goes to Hollywood
We finally go sailing again! After about a month hiatus, we take our Catalina 22 sailboat, affectionately named Luna over to South Lake in Hollywood, FL and hoist the main sail in light winds, shut the motor off and just sail! See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get notified…
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Pirates on the New River
We didn’t know what the plan was for this weekend. That’s usually how we do it. If you plan it then you get disappointed when it doesn’t go your way. We just point in a direction and see what we can find. your out in the water with your love, a cooler full of booze,…
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Exploring Matlacha
We head over to Fort Myers Beach and Matlacha, FL and do some exploring. http://www.leomalovegrove.com/ See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get notified about our next adventure! What we use: Handheld Smartphone Gimbal – https://amzn.to/2M00kzH Shure MV88 iOS Digital Stereo Condenser Microphone – https://amzn.to/2KEPNo1 Collapsible Folding Outdoor Utility Wagon – https://amzn.to/2OiBSX0…
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Trouble at Sea
We went sailing for the first time and came across some trouble. The forecast called for a beautiful day and 1 foot seas but a system came out of nowhere. See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get notified about our next adventure! What we use: Handheld Smartphone Gimbal – https://amzn.to/2M00kzH…
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Attempting to go Sailing
We had every intention to go sailing. The sails were in the cabin ready to go but it was to perfect of an evening so we drank some beers and made some new friends instead. See you on our next adventure! Follow and Subscribe so you get notified about our next adventure! What we use:…
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Helicopter Ride over Disney, Universal, Volcano Bay, Sea World and More!
I have never been on a helicopter before and with the new Toy Story Land opened and Galaxy’s Edge (Star Wars Land) being under construction, a helicopter tour was a conversation Rob and I kept having. This year we decided that instead of big expensive gifts we would get experiences for each other. Christmas was…
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Weekend in Lake Placid, Florida
The weekend before the 4th of July we joined my cousin, her husband and a group of people that go to Lake Placid, Florida every year. They stay at the Lakeside Cottages that is right on Lake Clay and play on their jet-skis all weekend long. This year we finally accepted their invitation. Even…
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Luna Has A Leak
In between some more more rainy days we finally found the time to clean up Luna and see what we have to do next. That’s when we discovered that she has a leak at the bow. No worries though, we are taking her to Matt’s again to finish up a few things on her…
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Making a Temporary Dinette Table for Luna
We are finally getting back in to normal since our wedding and honeymoon. Now we can get back to boat projects on our Catalina 22 Sailboat. When we got our sailboat it was completely gutted no wiring, no cushions, and no dinette table. So far we got the wiring and the cushions. Now we need…
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Racing Stars & Stripes in Mexico – America’s Cup Sailing Yacht
Oasis of the Seas, May 2018, Day 6 12 METRE CHALLENGE AMERICA’S CUP RACING EXPERIENCE We are not on our Catalina 22 sailboat this time. We have upgraded for this trip! Our second time in Cozumel Mexico was amazing! We raced a retired 1987 America’s Cup racing yachts. I can’t begin to explain how…
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Welcome to Labadee, Haiti
Day 3 of our 7 day Royal Caribbean cruise on the Oasis of the Seas. Our first port of call was Labadee Haiti, Royal Caribbean’s private island. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect after the several weeks we had full of rain in South Florida. Our first stop was at the local Artisan Market where…
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Embarkation Day – Oasis of the Seas
In order to save a couple bucks and still get a balcony we opted for the Guaranty Stateroom. With Royal Caribbean this means you pay a lower price for a stateroom but you don’t get to choose which one, just the category. In our case we chose the ocean view balcony stateroom, but he had…
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Honeymoon on the Oasis of the Seas
Let the vacation begin – Memorial Day Weekend We drove up to Cape Canaveral the night before our honeymoon cruise on the Oasis of the Seas to make some new friends from the Facebook roll call group for this sailing. Sub-tropical storm Alberto was on our tail the whole drive up but that didn’t ruin…
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The Sailboat Prep Continues
Its been raining like crazy down here. I don’t think it has stopped for weeks so we made the best of our Sunday. While we were at Ross and Marshall’s shopping for our cruise next week we happened to stroll by a huge bin of outdoor pillows. They were really cheap too! So naturally we…
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Launching Our Sailboat For The 1st Time
Here is our almost beautiful 1983 Catalina 22 sailboat. We didn’t want to waste a perfectly good Sunday so we picked up the boat from Matt’s and left the mast there. We decided to put her in for a few hours just to putt around the intracoastal. The funny looks from people who knew it…
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