The main reason for the stop in Jacksonville was to meet this little girl; our new granddaughter, Maddie.She’s a sweetie for sure.And of course we can’t omit our little hippie grandson, Silas.Silas always seems to be enjoying himself… He’s quite the …
Flying Toward The Future
We’ve had one of those rare life altering moments, a point in time after which you know nothing will be the same. Having started messing with multi-hulls in the really olden days as we did, you might think the sight of a wing sailed cat crossing a finish line doing 20 knots upwind would get […]
Licata Part 2 Sunday morning walk with Linda
Asalama,
Ramadan began yesterday evening at sundown. •"Kul ‘am wa enta bi-khair!" ("May every year find you in good health!")
We are getting everything ship shape and it seems we’ll be aiming for Spain just…
Kourou, French Guiana
As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration. Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…
Kourou, French Guiana
As expected the waves disappeared as we entered the river to Kourou. We did some minor provisioning here but the lack of taxis and busses and the French language discouraged much exploration. Tom walked to an internet café/bar and met an English…
Fryingpan Island to Parry Sound
We departed at 9:00AM for the 16 mile, two hour run to the town of Parry Sound. Beautiful sunny day for our travels on Georgian Bay. A continuation of narrow channels so we had to be very careful navigating. So glad we hav…
Lightning Survey Results
CONSIDERATIONS for marine lightning protection (PART ONE)July 9, 2013Panama City, PanamaLightning over Isla Del Rey, Las Perlas, Panamafrom our anchorage at Espiritu SantoAllow me to vent a bit. Recently, I created a survey of cruisers’ e…
Lightning Survey Results
CONSIDERATIONS for marine lightning protection (PART ONE)July 9, 2013Panama City, PanamaLightning over Isla Del Rey, Las Perlas, Panamafrom our anchorage at Espiritu SantoAllow me to vent a bit. Recently, I created a survey of cruisers’ e…
July 8 – Back on the Boat
We had a wonderful week visiting with family and friends, but we are now back on the boat and ready to explore new cruising grounds. Our flights from Texas to Providence were painless…the easiest trip we’ve had in years. We left Austin at 5:25 P…
Today’s Pic
We’ve put this pic up before, but as we prepare for a short run from Jax to Brunswick it seemed appropriate to post this shot of our approach to the St Simons.Some weather’s brewing and the seas are picking up tomorrow. We may stay at St. Simons Island…
