• Tortuga

    Posted on June 30th, 2011

    Written by Jacob

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    Bringing Tortuga Home to Jacksonville

    Here is our third and final leg of our trip to bring our newly refurbished trawler from the Zimmerman Yard in Virginia down to Jacksonville, Florida. If you haven’t yet done so, begin with: Bringing Tortuga home to Jacksonville – Part One. Part one covers the first two legs of our trip to Jacksonville. In […]

  • Tortuga

    Posted on October 1st, 2001

    Written by Jacob

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    Bringing Tortuga Home to Jacksonville

    Here is our story of the first leg of our trip to bring our newly refurbished [Alaskan] trawler from the Zimmerman Yard in Virginia down to Jacksonville, Florida. We had planned on a single 7-day adventure. Who’s idea was that? Read on for the lessons learned for new trawler owners on the realities of heading south on the ICW.