S/V Aphrodite

It seems like ages since my last journal entry.  That is because we have been in Tunisia since Nov. 2007 and haven’t had much to report.  But, since we are preparing to disembark and get “on the road again”, that is all going to change.
We have had some wonderful times in Tunisia, mostly because of [...]

Brisa is the newest crew member of Aphrodite. She is a Portugese Water Dog (Cão d’Água) from Lagos, Portugal. We met her mother, Buba, when we were in Lagos and bought one of her puppies from our friend Rodrigo. She was born December 14th, 2007 and she arrived in Tunisia on Monday [...]

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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The Florida Keys
We are still in the Fl. Keys, getting some fiberglass repair work done on
the front end of the boat. It looks like it was hit and repaired before we
bought the boat. The repair appears to be more of a “patch it until you
find a real fiberglass man” because it started to [...]

2006 Contest
CW Announces BOTY 2006 Winners
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December 13, 2005

Newport, Rhode Island–Cruising World magazine has announced the best in boatbuilding for 2006 with its 12th annual Boat of the Year Awards. The results will be featured in Cruising World’s January 2006 issue.
Cruising World continued with the tradition started in 2005 by choosing two overall winners – one [...]