Key West Family Activities: Island Adventure With the Dominy and Rogers Family

Key West Family Activites-Island Adventure-Namaste Sailing

Key West isn’t known for being a family town, and Key West family activities are in short supply.  There are lots of fun things for adults to do:  drink, dance, drink, listen to music, drink, eat, and drink.  Some of these are kid friendly, but not many are very much fun for kids and families.  [...]

Key West Snorkeling- The Privilege of Sharing a Peak Experience

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventure-Patch Reef-Namate Sailing

Every once in a while, on our Key West snorkeling adventures, we get the opportunity to present a life changing experience to one of our guests.  It’s always exciting, heart-warming, and just plain fun.  When Kristi, an old friend, arranged this snorkel trip, her biggest concern was setting everything up so that her mom, Patricia [...]

Key West Snorkeling-Tip #5

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventures-Patch Reef-Namaste Sailing

Key West Snorkeling Tip #5: Ask about bad weather destinations Well, the wind is west-southwest and blowing 17 to 22 knots. Where do we go? The cattle boats don’t mind putting their snorkelers out on the reef. Never-mind the seas are 2-4′ with breaking waves. The tourist are bobbing, coughing water like harpooned whales, and [...]

Key West Sailing Adventures-Boat Face

Key West Snorkeling ans Sailing Adventures-Namaste Sailing

Boat Face-(adj.) A facial expression most commonly associated with the joy of sailing. Often seen on young adults, children, and old sea dogs. In this edition of Key West Sailing Adventures we will learn about the “Boat Face” Now flash back 47 years to 1964 where another young sailor had just taken the hem for the first time. [...]

Key West Snorkeling Tip #3

Key West Snorkeling Tip #3: If you are a beginner be honest to your hosts Well it was bound to happen after seven years and four guest books of filled with positive and encouraging comments we got a blow by our Wednesday guests. The Tripadvisor comment read “we were disappointed because we did not see big fish” [...]

Key West Snorkeling-Another Beautiful Day!

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventure-Reef Creatures-Lionfish

What a great Key West Snorkeling trip. A nice family from middle Tennessee joined us for really nice reef adventure to the gardens patch reef. Trish did her eco presentation and in no time at all we were all enjoying another beautiful day snorkeling a beautiful reef. In case you were wondering Trish’s eco-tours rock. This is [...]

Boy Scout High Adventure-Ultimate Eco-excursion

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventures-Overnight Excursions-Boy Scouts

A couple of weeks ago we had one of the most positive and exciting eco-adventure to date. The charter with Boy Scout troop 119 out of Virgina City, Iowa turned out to be a benchmark for a ultimate Boy  Scout High Adventure. So in our tradition of chronicling great events, it is only fitting to include [...]

Key West Snorkeling Tip #2

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventure-Patch Reef-Weather Hold

Just imagine this: It’s July 4th – Independence Day and we’re booked solid. We’ve got another wonderful Key West snorkeling trip on the books, plus ten people booked for the Fireworks Cruise. Yoo-hoo! Jeff and I wake up anticipating a great day of sailing and snorkeling and a wonderful night of sailing and partying on the [...]

Captain’s Blog-Key West Snorkeling Insights

Key West Snorkeling and Sailing Adventures-Reef Creatures-Plume Coral

Key West Snorkeling Tip #1: Read the Captains Blog for Namaste Sailing :> July 2nd What a great day for some beautiful Key West Snorkeling! Took our good friends Julie, Joe, Patrick, and Joe out to Sand Key. Sat out a squall and them watched as Joe and Trish swam like reef squids for about [...]

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