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Bahamian Fun Facts (more answers)
3. Bitter Guana Cay, aka Iguana Island, is home to an endangered species of Bahamian Rock Iguanas. 4. The Queen's Staircase is a walkway...
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WELCOME TO AT EASE ON ADAGIO
Boating Adventures with Charles and Kay Mortimer
Join us on the Adagio as we travel The Great Loop - a 6,000-mile nautical journey around the eastern third of the United States.
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AT EASE ON ADAGIO
Charles and Kay Mortimer's Boating Adventures on The Great Loop
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Kay
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
Bahamian Fun Facts - Answers
Sidney Poitier Bridge connects Nassau with Paradise Island. 2. Mortimer Candy Company, our Bahamian cousins.
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Kay
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
Bahamas Fun Facts (answers in next post)
What bridge in Nassau is named after a recently deceased Bahamian-born Oscar winning actor? What family-owned business has been making...
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Kay
- Feb 23, 2022
- 1 min
We LOVE Your Comments!
We love reading your comments and appreciate your taking time to post them. However, sometimes the website only identifies you by a...
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Kay
- Feb 23, 2022
- 1 min
No Shame in Turning Back
Monday morning, February 21, Adagio and Perdido friends on MV Classea departed Nassau Harbor for Highborne Cay, the gateway to the...
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Kay
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
Finding the Lost City of Atlantis
According to Maritimemanual.com, the legend of the lost city of Atlantis is one of the most popular and interesting legends of the sea. ...
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Kay
- Feb 20, 2022
- 1 min
Rescuing the Propeller Shaft
After 3 days in Bimini with 30 mph winds howling around us, a weather window finally opened up from Bimini to Nassau via Chub Cay in the...
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Kay
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
Wetsuits, Anyone?
Bimini claims to have some of the world's greatest fishing, scuba diving, and snorkeling in the world, so we tried our luck at...
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Kay
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
A Hero's Gravesite
As Mississippians, one of the things we enjoy about travel is finding connections between people and places. Somehow, it makes the world...
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Kay
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Dramamine, Scopolamine, and the Straits of Florida
The weather window to cross from Miami to the Bahamas looked great today, so we set out on the 61-mile journey. Winds and waves were...
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Kay
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Viva Miami!
Miami surprised us with its beauty, and we enjoyed the contrast between the historic Art Deco architecture of South Beach and the modern...
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Kay
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Saying Goodbye to Friends
Sunday, February 6th: After a lovely anchorage in Biscayne Bay just south of Miami, we arrived in Miami for lunch before Mike and Ree...
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Kay
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Key West- Home of Authors and Presidents
Our stay in Key West included visits to Ernest Hemingway's home and President Harry Truman's Little White House. When he wasn't drinking...
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Kay
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome to the Florida Keys!
After a lovely holiday at home, we flew to Key West on January 26th and were joined a few days later by Ree Walden and Mike Bishop, our...
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Kay
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
Made it to Marathon!
Today is November 21st and Adagio has been underway for almost 5 weeks. Captain and Admiral are still speaking to each other and...
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Kay
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Towboat USA
Boating lore says that there are only three kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, those who haven't run aground, and those who...
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Kay
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Everglades City
Adagio stopped at Everglades City, population 421, where we experienced a slice of Old Florida at the venerable Rod and Gun Club. ...
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Kay
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Marco Island
Adagio cruised 15 miles south from Naples to Marco Island. Although the voyage was short, the easterly wind came straight across our...
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Kay
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
An Enduring Friendship
We decided to spend an extra day in Fort Myers to tour the winter homes of two giants of industry - Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. The...
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