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Area Destinations

Track Lola To The Keys!

April 6, 2009
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Ross and Kay, along with their two children, have embarked on their epic voyage to the Florida Keys aboard Lola, their 25′ Oday. You can experience the journey LIVE! They have taken the PyratSail SPOT locator with them and it is transmitting position updates…

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SunSpree Bingo

March 30, 2009

Wow – I’ve been working a lot lately on my “day job” projects and have fallen behind. PyratSail was forced to take a backseet to a little bill-paying, but I’m catching up. Brace yourself for a few rapid-fire posts. Beginning with – The Holiday Inn SunSpree.

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Sail To Longboat Key

February 4, 2009

From the mouth of the immortal Captain Ron: “If it’s going to happpen…” Well it happened for sure, and it happened out there. This past weekend was fun mixed with low volatage and dirty motor oil.

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From Sun to Storms, Dave Gets It All – Egmont Key

June 10, 2008

This Sunday’s sail was a short adventure that gave the crew a taste of almost every kind of sailing Tampa Bay has to offer. It also happened to be our first excursion on the new Morgan 32, so it was kind of a shakedown, or shakeup trip. Along for the ride was The Admiral, CannonBall, Dave, my good [...]

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Sail To Anna Maria Island

May 9, 2008

Bars, beaches and love bugs were just a few of the experiences the crew and I managed to endure on a three day trip to Anna Maria Island last week. The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce says that the island “was once a best kept secret…” but it seems like a quiet place, just a little on the touristy side. The waters surrounding A.M. are a beautiful shade of green-blue that can inspire a sailor…

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Sailing Dunedin/St. Joseph Sound

February 26, 2008

Sailing in the intracoastal waterway from Dunedin North to Tarpon Springs and the Anclote River can be challenging and fun . I spent my first 12 years in Florida living in this beautiful area that has lots of activities, beaches, spoil islands, restaurants, etc. From what I can tell on Google Earth, St. Joseph Sound seems to be [...]

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