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July 12, 2022 Troop 5 Wake Forest NC

The gang from Troop 5 was lucky to get good weather for 3 days and did a great job in the water getting SCUBA certified!

July 6, 2022 BSA Staff Certs

July 6, 2022 – Keeley, Louis, and Sean got certified by instructors KL and Spencer at Pillars dive site, diving from BSA Burglar! See link below for a Google photo album 🙂

New certified SCUBA divers! Here’s a link to more photos!

June 2022 Boot Key Harbor

Reggae at sunset at Book Key Harbor – good vibes!

Troop 70-University Park TX

June 19-21 brought nice diving conditions and Troop 70 from University Park in Texas. The gang did great!

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BSA Burglar dove Alligator Reef and Rocky Top dive spots. Farther below is a comment box, please drop me a note! It was great to have you aboard… Captain Ernie

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Thank you Ginger for the cool rainbow picture!

delray beach

near Boynton

it was COLD, food was HOT

hot off the grill on a cold day!

It was soooo cold but fortunately there is a propane stove in the boat that warms the cabin as well as the food. A little hot sauce didn’t hurt!

View from the Hatch

It was cold but I wanted to get a picture. I poked my phone out from the warm cabin and this is all I got 🙂

Gale Warning

OMG I checked the NOAA weather forecast and yeech – a gale warning! Anchor pro is a great app. It keeps track of the boats position while at anchor and sounds the alarm if the boat goes outside of the set area. it keeps a history of what the boat’s been doing so you can see if you’re dragging anchor. so far so good I have three anchors out! the aberrations are from when I use the dinghy to run the anchors out side to side. I had the phone with me in the dinghy so it tracked me and the inflatable

7jan2021 Overnight in Fort Lauderdale

After sailing from Key Biscayne to Fort Lauderdale, I took the dinghy over to George English Park where I had my bicycle locked up. I rode to the store for a few things. I’ll spend the night here in Sunrise Bay this evening… and go back to my dock at Oakland Terrace in morning.

The Newport 27 at Anchor

7jan2021 Miami to Fort Lauderdale

Even though the wind was directly from the south initially I had to jibe a few times so I couldn’t run parallel to shore to make the best time. Eventually the wind switched and I was able to travel almost straight north toward Fort Lauderdale without changing course.

7jan2021 Leaving Miami Heading to Fort Lauderdale

Atlantic Ocean Sunrise — Sun rising over the Atlantic on January 7th leaving key Biscayne heading for Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

7jan2021 Anchor Log

I use an app called Anchor Pro for an anchor alarm. It keeps track of the boats movement and will sound an alarm if I go outside of the circle. This is from overnight off key Biscayne. The aberrations are from phone calls… unfortunately the alarm will sound at times when on a call. BUT worth it – the app is free and reliable and definitely helps me sleep better while at anchor.

6jan2021 Track to Key Biscayne

Wednesday – using a navigation app on my phone (Navionics) this is a screen shot. The yellow line is my track to the wreck of the Half Moon. I also use an iPad for navigation. I snorkeled on the wreck in about 10′ of water with great visibility 🙂 Anchored nearby, I used the dinghy to get to it.