Surf & Turf Retirement Adventures

Tag: Yacht

  • Travel Day #42 stats

    Travel Day #42 stats

    On December 4th, 2023, Scott, Rita, and their dog Jazzy traveled from the USA to the Bahamas. They planned on staying at Bimini Big Game Club Marina, but settled for Bimini Blue Water Marina due to high costs at the former. They completed customs and immigration procedures online, and are now certified to stay in…

  • Travel Day Dec. 3, 23 (Fort Lauderdale to Bimini, Bahamas) Travel Day #42

    Scott has informed that the Nebo device won’t work immediately in the Bahamas for tracking their location, so they’ve bought a Spot device for satellite tracking every 2.5 minutes. Limited posts are expected due to restricted WiFi availability, but satellite text messaging is possible. Their initial plan involves a 59.5 miles journey with weather forecasts…

  • Travel Day # 41 stats

    Travel Day # 41 stats

    Scott and his companion set out early, reaching Fort Lauderdale, a global hotspot for yachting. Despite some challenges including five bridge openings, extreme heat, and a malfunctioning AC, they made it to their destination slightly behind schedule. Notably, the task of navigating their vessel through the marina full of mega yachts ensured an adventurous day.

  • Travel day Dec 3, 23 (West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale) Travel day #41

    Scott here. West Palm Beach has been a wonderful. We could spend more time here as well. But, we need to move. Hopefully we can take off before 7:30 am. Don’t know how the bridges are and we have a lot of them we need to have opened. I would like to get to our…

  • Travel Day #40 stats

    Travel Day #40 stats

    Scott and Rita have docked their 42′ boat at North City Dock, West Palm Beach, facing initial difficulties due to the distance between the support posts and wind speed. After meeting friends and collecting supplies, they relocated due to night docking restrictions. Anchor placement proved challenging, with them settling at the fourth site. They plan…

  • Travel Day Nov. 30, 23 (Jupiter to West Palm Beach) Travel Day #40

    Scott here! It has taken 40 travel days to get to West Palm Beach. Sounds like a lot but we have gone way to fast and missed a lot to get there that quickly. We will need to do this again to see everything we missed! Right Rita?!? We might try to cross over to…

  • Travel day Nov 29, 23 (Stuart to Jupiter) Travel day #39

    Scott here…. Hopefully we can try this again, we need to leave Sturt eventually! We have received our Pet Permit from the Bahamas, just need a USA vet to sign off on her and we will be good to cross the Gulf Stream and finally be in the Bahamas. Although, vet the appointment isn’t until…

  • Travel day # 38 stats

    Travel day # 38 stats

    Scott here. Today didn’t go as planned! That should not surprise anyone! 😂 Day started out good. Rita woke up early did her thing and a couple loads laundry. Of course, one load of towels needed another round in the dryer. We took off about 45 minutes later than expected. Start at: 8:30 am ACTUAL…

  • Travel Day Nov. 28, 23 (Stuart ->Stuart–>Jupiter) Travel Day # 38

    On November 28, 2023, Scott and his team started their 38th day of travel, embarking on a two-part journey from Stuart at Safe Harbor Harborage Yacht to Jupiter, via Stuart City docks. After an incident involving a broken freshwater regulator and vacu-flush toilet, help was called in to fix the issues and parts set for…

  • Travel Day #37 stats

    OK, we didn’t travel far for Travel Day #37, November 23, 2023. We only travel due to a failure of our water pump. We needed to go to a marina to have running fresh water. Plan v ACTUALWe had no plan, so this is just the actual numbers! LOL!!Left: 10:10 amArrived: 10:50 amTotal Miles: 1.7Total…