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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. Â
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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.
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Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
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...
Kay
Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Bahamian Fun Facts - Answers
Sidney Poitier Bridge connects Nassau with Paradise Island. 2. Mortimer Candy Company, our Bahamian cousins.
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Feb 28, 20221 min read
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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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Feb 28, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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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. ...
Kay
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 5, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Feb 5, 20221 min read
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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...
Kay
Nov 21, 20211 min read
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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...
Kay
Nov 20, 20211 min read
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Everglades City
Adagio stopped at Everglades City, population 421, where we experienced a slice of Old Florida at the venerable Rod and Gun Club. ...
Kay
Nov 18, 20211 min read
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Marco Island
Adagio cruised 15 miles south from Naples to Marco Island. Although the voyage was short, the easterly wind came straight across our...
Kay
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Naples
From Fort Myers, we cruised in open water about 45 miles south to Naples, often called Florida's Paradise Coast. The city is clean and...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read
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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...
Kay
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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