All Entries Tagged With: "Nat"
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 4 / Nassau
Two Years Before the Mast – Nassau, By: Nat Manning On Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Elise II arrived in Nassau around five o’clock in the morning. As the Skipper tided up the boat and secured all the equipment from the overnight passage, I (Gilligan) spent most of the day in the bunk sleeping, much to [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 3 / Bimini to Nassau
Two Years Before the Mast – Bimini to Nassau The intrepid crew of the mighty ship Elice II had arrived in Bimini on the 28th day of January, 2009. The last day of January was a sad day aboard Elice II as it was the Admirals last day with us. We rode the water taxi [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 2 / Bimini
Two Years Before the Mast – Bimini Bimini deserves it’s own article. Why? Because Bimini is a very special place. In essence, it really isn’t that much to look at. Most baseball players can stand in the water on one side of North Bimini and hit a ball into the water on the other side [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 1 / Tampa to Bimini
On the 20th day of January, in the year two thousand and nine the great ship Elice II set sail from the docks of Lands End Marina proudly and stately with the Skipper, the Admiral, and myself, (Nat Manning) as foredeck crew. The air was electric with the excitement of an adventure that would see [...]
The pirate scourge of Land’s End Marina
It was a beautiful summer day anchored in the Manatee River last summer. My pal Nat aboard his boat, the SNAP ONE a Morgan 50′, was anchored nearby. While setting up my boat for the next few days of resting at anchor, I sent my small pirate flag up the starboard spreader. It was a [...]
Two Years Before the Mast – The List
I told you not to read this, that it would be boring! What are you doing here? Just a few points of interest. Note the 3 pairs of underwear. Ellen embroidered them as “January, February, March” so that I would have a system. In light of that, we pause for a commercial break. For all [...]
The Real Larry
This has gone long enough. Larry playing the suave sophisticated author sitting in a leather chair in a study surrounded by shelves of books, maybe smoking a pipe. I could just tell you about the real Larry, but perhaps a story will better illustrate the Larry that I know. It starts in the middle of [...]
Marooned!
Much attention has been focused on survival as a castaway both in movies and reality shows lately. Having had a recent experience regarding this subject, I can tell you that movies and reality shows fail to convey the array of emotions that are very much an important part of the castaway experience. Folks sitting in [...]
Don’s Marine Salvage Yard and spare parts emporium
Hello. Since this is my first submission to Larry’s blog, I’ll introduce myself. My name is Nat and I used to have a life of adventure and excitement. Then I retired and the most exciting thing in my life now is eating enough fiber to keep my system functioning with some amount of regularity. I [...]
