An uneventful day today traveling 40 miles and 6 locks to arrive at Hastings, Ontario. We departed at 8:45 AM to make the first lockage which starts around 9:00 AM. We tied up to the blue line and I walked up the hill to the lockmas…
25 June 1200 UTC Report
present position: 17deg 49.8′ N 167deg 49.9′ W COG 070deg True, SOG 5.4kts (Continued…)
Where has Spirit been?
Since the conclusion of the trek to Mt. Everest base camp in November 2012, Spirit has been cruising locally and having annual maintenance and upgrades performed.Over the holiday season we cruised with both Seeker and Wild Blue, stopping at Roche Harbo…
June 24 – Mystic, CT
Brewers Yacht YardWe spent the day at the Mystic Seaport; it was like stepping back in history 200 years. The Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929. It’s a living history museum consisting of a village, ships a…
25 June 0000 UTC Report
present position: 17deg 25.7′ N 168deg 50.1′ W COG 070deg True, SOG 5.4kts (Continued…)
Private Island?!?
We had the pleasure of visiting Delta Yacht Club this past weekend. This is a beautiful private island just off the San Joaquin River not too far from Stockton. They were having an Open House and membership drive. They fed us dinner and let us spend th…
Lock 6 to Campbellford Ontario
We departed the lock wall at 8:15 AM to arrive at the next lock by 9:15 when they open for business. We tied up on the blue line to the lockmaster knew we awaiting lockage. We walked Bryce in the adjacent park until the lock was ready. &n…
Construction: Week 26 – Progress Report
We’ve been back in Chicago for almost two weeks and have been working diligently to get our townhome back in order. Since leaving Chicago for on October 3, 2010 for the Great Loop, we’ve only used the townhome a total of four months (4/…
Change of Latitude in the Pacific Northwest: SailBlogs 2013-06-24 11:49:52
Icebergs in Tracy Arm (View Post…)
Up Tracy Arm and To Taku Harbor
We got up early to travel up Tracey Arm to see what we could see of this beautiful, glacier-carved valley filled with salt water to over 1,000 feet. As we were getting ready, we noticed a cruise ship on AIS coming to the bar. We headed out amid a num…
