Life Aboard a 40' DeFever Trawler
Friday - Saturday, June 2-3, 2017 Once we got our generator fixed, we were ready for the Dry Tortugas. We had been watching the weather and it was forecasted to be a bit on the lumpy side (15-20mph winds and 3' to 5' seas) for our departure so we decided to head to the Marquesa Keys to anchor … [Read more...] about Marquesa to the Dry Tortugas: Weather watching and meeting up with Sukha
The morning we left for Jewfish Basin, Randy discovered a fuel leak in our generator. He troubleshooted the issue for a couple of hours before we left and discovered it was due to an injector line that might have had a hairline crack in it. Since it wasn't leaking too bad, we decided to head on to … [Read more...] about Jewfish Basin and an early arrival to Key West
Since we are meeting our friends in the Dry Tortugas later this week, we decided to use the Memorial Day holiday to our advantage and head south to anchor out in the Keys prior to that. Our first stop along the way was to anchor at Cape Roman near Marco Island. We didn't get to Cape Romano until … [Read more...] about Headed south: Marco Island to the Content Keys
The last couple of weeks have been busy on Blue Turtle. We've been gearing up for our annual trip down to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. This year will make our 4th year heading south to our favorite cruising destination. We've been working diligently to get Blue Turtle ready and stocked up … [Read more...] about Provisioning for the Dry Tortugas
Last week we had my sister, Tracy, and nephews, Jack & Ryan, aboard for spring break. Since the kids were all out of school for a full week, our original plan was to head to the Keys and anchor out near Key West to do some spear fishing and kayaking and then head into Key West for the weekend … [Read more...] about Spring Break cruising “stay-cation”
This past weekend, Blue Turtle and crew + Corey's cousin, Nicole, headed to New Pass to anchor for the weekend. Also accompanying us on our cruise was Ned and Beth aboard their boat, All Bright at Sea. Ned and Beth had never anchored there and wanted to tag along to check it out. Needless to say I … [Read more...] about Weekend at New Pass with All Bright at Sea
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure for more info. **UPDATED** We've updated this post to include our 2019 presentation (below). We've added a lot more information and images to this year's presentation as opposed to the previous versions. You can download the updated … [Read more...] about Cruising to the Dry Tortugas (TrawlerFest Seminar)
As we announced back in January, we were invited to give a seminar at TrawlerFest in Stuart, FL on "Cruising to the Dry Tortugas". Two weeks ago, we gave the same seminar at the Yachts Miami Beach show as part of Passagemaker Magazine's CruiserPort free educational boat seminars. While the Miami … [Read more...] about Blue Turtle crew at TrawlerFest – Stuart, FL 2017
We’ve received several comments and questions about what our thoughts are on a single engine trawler vs. twin engines. Many folks have questions about the maintenance and operational costs as well as safety and redundancy. This topic of single vs. twin is always highly debated and there are good … [Read more...] about Single engine vs. twin engine trawler, maintenance, fuel consumption, costs and other considerations
This weekend we visited Miami to give our very first seminar as part of PassageMaker Magazine's CruiserPort at the Yachts Miami Beach show. CruiserPort offers free boat education seminars and Randy, Corey and I were invited to speak about our experience cruising to the Dry Tortugas. Before our … [Read more...] about First presentation is in the books at Yachts Miami Beach!
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