Cruising Logs for S/V Freedom - a Gemini 105 - Jim and Deb Faughn

2016
April - Heading for our trip to the Bahamas. Plan was Bimini, Berry's, Nassau, Northern Exumas, Eleutheria, and then the Abacos. This is the first section.
May - Continuation of the trip
2014

 

July - Delivery of "Hey Mikey" with the owner, Mike. Barkley Lake to Panama City, FL - 840 miles

 

2013

 

Aug/Sept - Update at our house and addition of a walk along with enclosing the back porch

May/June - Gemini Trip to the Abacos (A few of the pictures aren't linked right any more. Sorry)

April - Planning for the trip to the Abacos

2012

 

June 2 - There were so many pictures I had to start a new page - Abacos

June 1 - Pictures from Mile Marker, Pisces, and a tour of Johnston Foundry - Abacos

May 15-29 - More of the Abaco's

May 1-15 - Returned from Green Turtle Bay in KY and off to the Abaco's in the Bahamas

April - Wrote additional material for the Power Point and taught a class at Green Turtle Bay

March - Scooter Maintenance, update about my Captain Class in Nashville

February - Finished up the outdrive, then tested the boat on a trip down to Naples and Goodland

January - Outdrive rebuild, Trip up the West Coast on a Gemini,

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
2011

December - no update - I was writing a new Power Point for my Captain Class and an administrative procedures book. Not much to report.

November - Finished up the delivery

October - Off on a delivery from Norfolk to Ft Myers - Invented, built, and used an emergency steering system for the Gemini

September - Writing a book, got Freedom back out on the water, and made a delivery

August - Sewing Hurricane Shutters, enjoying life, and a meeting with the Captain School I work with

July - Got the house to 99.9% complete plus the dock was finished.

June - no update - I thought our lives were getting too boring to update

May - Trim goes in the house, I get a motorcycle license, Permits closed out but house isn't totally done

April - Taught the Captain Class then off for a delivery that didn't work out

March and April - Rebuild the house and get ready for Captain Class at Green Turtle Bay

February - Teach the Captain Class and back to rebuilding the house

January - Rebuilding the house - Prep for my Captain Class in Alabama

2010


December - St Augustine to Ft Myers - Purchase and start gutting the chinese drywall house.

Nov 15-30 - Hilton Head to St. Augustine
Nov 1-14 - Hilton Head - Installing an engine

Oct 15-31 - Oriental, NC - Hilton Head
Oct 1-14 - Washington, DC to Oriental, NC

Sept 15-31
- Half way up the Potomac River to Washington, DC
Sept 1-14 - Soloman's MD to the Potomac River

Aug 15-31 - Port Washington on Long Island to Soloman's MD
Aug 1-14 - Mystic, CT, Newport, Block Island on to Port Washington on Long Island

July 15-31
- Cape May, NJ to Mystic, CT
July 1-14 -New Bern, NC to Cape May, NJ

June 15-30 - Driving around the Midwest
June 1-14 - New Bern then off on our trip through the Midwest

May 15-31 - St Augustine, FL to Beaufort, NC
May 1-14 - Marsh Harbour, Abaco's to St. Augustine, FL

April 15-31- Marsh Harbour, Abaco's. all over the Abaco's and back to Marsh Harbour
April 1-14 - Treasure Cay, Abaco's to Marsh Harbour, Abaco's

March 15-31
- Ft. Lauderdal, FL - Green Turtle Cay, Abaco's
March 1-14 - Lignumvitae Key, FL - Miami Beach, FL

February 15-28 - Key West - Key Largo, FL
February 1-14 - Key West

January 15-31 - Key West
January 1-14 - Key West

2009


December 14-31
- Ft. Myers, FL to Key West
December 1-14 - South of Clearwater - St. Petersburg to Ft. Myers, FL

November 15-30
- Homport Marina in Gulfport on to south of Clearwater
November 1 - 14 - on to Grand Harbor/Lu Lu's past Mobile in AL


October - Grand Rivers, KY - Leaving and on to Mermaid Marina - TN

September - Grand Rivers, KY

August - Grand Rivers, KY

July
- Grand Rivers, KY

June 15-30 - Grand Rivers, KY
June 1-14 - Grand Rivers, KY

May 15-31 - Grand Rivers, KY
May 1-14
- Grand Rivers, KY

April 15-31 -
Fairhope, AL - Grand Rivers, KY via the Tenn-Tom
April 1-14
- Fairhope, AL - Drove to Grand Rivers KY

March 15-31 -
Key West to Fairhope, AL
March 1-14
- Key West

February 15-28
- Key West
Feburary 1-14
- Key West

January 15-31
- Key West
January 1 - 14 -
Key West

2008


December 1-15 -
Ft. Myers Beach - Key West
December 1-14 -
Clearwater, FL - Ft. Myers Beach

November 15-30 - Panama City, FL - Clearwater, FL
November 1-14
- Biloxi, MS - Panama City, FL

October 15-31 - Kentucky Lake to Biloxi, MS
October 1-14 -
Grand Rivers, KY and Departing for the Gulf

Sept 15-30
- Grand Rivers, KY and Omaha, NE
Sept 1-14
- Grand Rivers, KY

Aug 15-31
- Grand Rivers, KY and St. Louis
Aug 1-14
- Grand Rivers, KY

July 15-31 -
Grand Rivers, Kentucky and Omaha, NE
July 1-14
- Pickwick Lake, MS - Grand Rivers, Kentucky (Kentucky Lake)

June 15-30
- Pensacola, Florida - Pickwick Lake in Mississippi
June 1-14
- Clearwater, Florida - Pensacola, Florida

May 15-31 - Key West Florida - Pensacola, Florida
May 1-14
- Key West Florida

Apr 24-30 - Key West Florida

Apr 15-23
- Key West Florida
Apr 1-14
- Key West Florida

Mar 15 - 31 - Marathon - Key West
Mar 1-14 Exumas, Bahamas - Marathon

Feb 15-28 - Exumas, Bahamas
Feb 1-14
- Little Farmers Cay - Georgetown, Bahamas

Jan 15-31 - Nassau, Bahamas - Little Farmers Cay
Jan 1-14 - Marathon, FL - Nassau, Bahamas

2007

Dec 15-31 - Marathon, FL
Dec 1-14
- Lake Worth (North Palm Beach) - Marathoon, FL

Nov 15-30 - St. Augustine, FL - Lake Worth (North Palm Beach)
Nov 1-14 - Beaufort, S.C - St. Augustine, FL

Oct 15-31 - Virginia Cut - South of the Rock Pile in South Carolina
Oct 1-14
- Annapolis, MD - Virginia Cut

Sept 15-30
- Washington, D.C. - Solomons, MD
Sept 1-14
- Reedville, VA - Washington, D.C.

Aug 15-31 - Omaha, NE - Norfolk, VA - Reedville, VA
Aug 1-14 - St. Louis, MO - Omaha, NE

July 15-31 - Omaha, NE - St. Louis, MO
July 1-14 - Crisfield, MD - Norfolk, VA

June 15-30
- Annapolis, MD - Solomons Island MD

June 1-14
- Beaufort, NC - Annapolis, MD

May 15-31 - Charleston, SC - Beaufort, NC
May 1-14 - Savannah GA - Charleston, SC

April 15-30 - Titusville, FL to St. Augustine
April 1-14 - Sturart, FL to Titusville, FL

March 15-31 Key West, Marathon to Stuart, FL
March 1-14 - Key West

February 15-28 - Key West
February 1-14 - Dry Tortugas and Key West

January 15-31 - Key West and Excursions, Florida
January 1-14 - Key West, Marathon & Key West, Florida

2006

December 15-31 - Key West
December 1-14 - Tampa Bay, Florida to Marco Island, Florida

November 15-30 - Pensacola, Florida to Tampa Bay, Florida
November 1-14 - Mobile Bay to Pensacola, Florida

October 15
- We leave on the adventure of our life time. Leaving Kentucky Lake and traveling the Tenn-Tom Waterway

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