The HMS Beagle left the port of Slidell Louisiana near New Orleans on Monday March 21. After an over night stop in San Jacinto just east of Houston Texas (the latter being truly one of the ugliest cities known to humankind, at least as viewed from the endlessly-snaking I-10 through it), the Beagle pulled into…
On a sunny but cool day, the crew of the HMS Beagle set off to the port of New Orleans located beside the great Mississippi River about a half hour’s sail in the Captain’s yacht from the Beagle’s mooring in Slidell, Louisiana. Captain Fitzroy and Master Chaffers had travelled to this port quite some years…
The Beagle set sail from southern Florida on the Ides of March, making two stops – one in Ocala and one in Pensacola – before finding safe harbour in Louisiana on St Patrick’s Day, March 17th. The Beagle enjoyed fair weather on this leg of the voyage but put into port just as the forecasts…
The crew of the HMS Beagle recently enjoyed a lovely day in the Miami Beach area. Captain Fitzroy ordered the Captain’s Yacht to set sail for North Miami Beach in the morning, making landfall at a place know as Haulover Beach. On Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sunday’s the good burghers of Miami-Dade County have decreed…
The HMS Beagle is currently anchored at Goldcoaster Harbour, in south Florida, just at the head of the Florida Keys. There are quite a few other ships here as well, but many more of the moorings have been filled in and converted to permanent dwellings (or manufactured homes, as they are called here). Many of…
The HMS Beagle has a very efficient and compact galley (kitchen for you land lubbers). All the mod cons can be found here except for a dishwasher (of the mechanical variety). Captain Fitzroy has, with some zest, continued her interest in cooking and has so far produced many savoury and enjoyable meals for the…
Captain Fitzroy of the HMS Beagle had been in communication with an old school friend, Dr. Martina Feierabend, to the effect that she and her mother Inge would be staying for a week in central Florida near the Weeki Wachee River. Dr. Feierabend has a vacation home there and the Captain proposed to the Sailing…