by Bo | Apr 27, 2013 | Logbook, Posts
Thursday we got an earlier start in case anything went wrong & we had to turn back. 0629 cast off under a beautiful full moon. Gorgeous sunrise as we entered Tampa Bay about 30 minutes later. We were making great time, averaging 7.8 knots all through Tampa Bay.... by Bo | Apr 27, 2013 | Boat Work, Logbook, Posts
We originally thought that the keel fuel tank was the only one that was leaking, but late Tuesday afternoon we determined that the starboard tank also had a pinhole leak. The leak was so small we were still planning on leaving for Clearwater Wednesday. We’d just... 
by Bo | Apr 24, 2013 | Boat Work, Logbook, Posts
Sunday, in our preparations for the daysail to Clearwater, we noticed a little more diesel in the bilge than we’d like to see. Any diesel in the bilge is more than you’d like to see. After taking a good look at it, we decided that instead of pushing on to... 
by Bo | Apr 19, 2013 | Logbook, Posts
The time has finally come to sail my sailboat L’Attitude north to bring it home. Since October, I’ve been splitting time in Orange Beach Alabama, my home for the last 2 years & Sarasota Florida, the location of the boat I bought back in the fall. My... 
by Bo | Apr 18, 2013 | Logbook, Posts
As you likely know, when I was a junior in college, I took a semester off to sail around Florida. One thing I’ve never really talked about is that for those 6 months, I was technically enrolled in 2 college courses. They were “independent study” type courses, and I... by Bo | Mar 26, 2013 | Logbook, Posts
I spent most of last week back in Sarasota getting a few things squared away with the boat. Snead finished working on it while I was there on Thursday and put it back in the water after lunch. But not before I had a chance to walk around it and check out the new... 