Sicily:Siracusa check-in and lovely afternoon

4:06 pm or whatever time it is as things keep changing as we journey east.
Buongiorno,
    We are 700 miles from Turkey and 2,300 miles from London.  That’s not how the crow flies, it’s how we planned our stops along the way.&#1…

Updated 2013 Toronto Summer Calendar of Events and Festivals

I have just update the calendar of events for this summer. More festivals, more free concerts and lots of exciting stuff to do this summer in Toronto. Enjoy Toronto this summer! For reservations please see our calendar. Like this article? … Conti…

June 11 – Branford, CT

Branford Yacht ClubWeather seems to be biggest factory in determining where and when we move this year. We had planned on visiting a few more places on Long Island before we moved across the sound to Connecticut, but we could see today would be the bes…

Today’s Pic

We’re very relieved; the vet called yesterday and the removed growth from Radar’s head was just a barnacle. So, after all that…  the worst he suffered was a really bad haircut. Thanks for all the well wishes. Cheers,IstaboaNordhavn Exumas A…

Still making progress

Pulled the rest of the peelply off from Saturday’s workin’s.The results are better than the other side I did myself. There’s only a few minor bubbles to fix.Still had a bit of a problem with the poxy trying to bleed out. This time it set before it got …

Last Lap

Last bit in Majuro: Tuesday night get-together with the local cruisers; nice group of folks, many of whom came here for a few days and stayed for a few years. We thought we had fueling arranged for today, Wednesday, but it just didn’t happen. We did…

#2013-21 New Crew Arrives Sitka

On Monday the sun came out in Sitka and so did a new Wild Blue crew.  For 10 days or so we will cruise with some SLO (San Luis Obispo) Townies.  After dinner out, we get up early Tuesday and headed to St Larzaria Island and Vitskari Rocks, ak…

Elvis is death

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The Swan Family

We were hoping to find space at the dock at Wallace Island. We have never been there and it is an enticing spot. It is a Provincial Park with lots of hiking trails on the island. But there was no space at the dock so, disappointed, we headed on. We…

April 28, Abaco, here we come

Eleuthera was a blast as we toured the town together and stocked up on supplies etc. We all spent a couple of days there. Crossing to Abaco from North Eleuthera was a bit bumpy but the 4-6′ swell was 10-12 seconds and on the beam with, at times, a…