S/V Aphrodite

After an enjoyable return visit to Key West, we were off again, heading towards Ft. Lauderdale. The near shore waters are littered with crab pots, so sailing this area is like weaving our way through a mine field. There are so many of them that there were times when all 3 of us had to [...]

We had been in Key West with our daughter Keri experiencing great weather so we decided to sail to the Dry Tortugas.  The first night we stopped at the Marquesas about 25 Nm from Key West and experienced a great sunset with a green flash.  The next day was a 40 Nm spinnaker run to the [...]

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Aphrodite is homeward bound!
We departed the Bahamas this morning and will sail directly to Baltimore, about 750 miles. The winds were predicted to be 15-20 knots coming from the ESE. I know that we are likely to run into storms along the way because the East coast has lots of cloud cover in the satellite [...]