Southern Crosses

State of Florida treasure hunter letter to the Governor

LETTER WRITTEN TO GOVERNOR CRIST ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 02, 2008:
By: Mike Blanchard
Good morning Governor Crist. I know that you are a very busy man with many important issues to oversee so I will try to maintain brevity in this letter.
My name is Mike Blanchard and I currently reside in Vero Beach, Florida. I am 41 [...]

Cedar Key visited

Take any expectations you may have and place them over to the side for the time being. I’ll take you on the road trip and let you decide…
First of all, when you hear the work ‘Key’ you immediately place a tropical paradise scene in your head. Visions of swaying palm trees, beautiful beaches, serene settings [...]

Cedar Key, Florida

For the next week or so I’ll be digging around Cedar Key, Florida. The location is rich in history, with a diverse background. For this trip we drove the land yacht. Sailing sometimes just takes too darn long, especially if your on any kind of a time schedule. So, while I’m here on some family [...]

Florida treasure hunters in jeopardy… Rule 1A-31

Mel Fisher Museum Responds To Florida State Rule 1A-31
“SEASPC has hired Port Orange administrative attorney Mary D. Hansen to challenge the Division’s rule at the hearing.”
(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 14, 2008 ) St. Augustine, FL – Florida’s sunken treasure hunters will square off in full force against the Florida Division of Historical Resources, the Shipwreck Exploration [...]

Long Key State Park

Every now and then the sailing weather will simply not cooperate. The waves are to high, there is no wind, too much wind, or time is not on my side. Hey, a sailboat only goes about 6 miles an hour. I’ve never understood why anyone would race one of the slowest forms of transportation on [...]

After Action Report Pirate Party

 
I have to express my apologies and concede that though a fair weaver of stories, I’m a poor action reporter.  I was right on scene on the afternoon/night of the 21st and now it’s the 28th and I still haven’t submitted an article outlining the events of that ill-famed night.  I’ve just apologized, but I [...]

Almost got away from the dock, repairs

Well, it was a nice project, and things actually worked out for me, which in itself is a bit unusual. I only have about $50.00 worth of spare parts from stuff I purchased that I didn’t actually need, and I did get all the water out of the system.
Once I got into the project, I [...]

Can’t seem to get away from the dock this week

This is my ‘almost’ getting things done month. I almost got the bilge pumps working. I almost got the jib back up. I almost got the dink fixed and the hole patched, I almost sold lots of books, I almost…
So we finally got all the little bad things done. Everything that was keeping me at [...]

A moment on the beach…

I was watching the news this morning and started to get depressed. The economy is falling apart, they want my tax dollars so they can hand them over to people who already have millions in off shore accounts, one stupid campaign ad after the next… Enough already!
There is not much to this story, nothing really [...]

Talk Like a Pirate

This is an important world wide service announcement from the coast!  Tomorrow, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  This is not something you want to forget or ignore.

As a past observer of this important event, I am astutely aware of it’s importance and propriety in today’s world.  I’m not making this up, [...]