Manteo City Free DockIt was nice to sleep in this morning and enjoy a day of exploring. We’re in Manteo, which is a charming little town that wraps around Shallowbag Bay on the eastern side of Roanoke Island, which is part of North Carolina’s Outer B…
Cruising Season of Renewal
It is the season of renewal, for those afloat and those afflicted with landed status. In the South Pacific there are two FPB 64s about to depart for points north and a third already heading west, with a fourth now in the Islands. The SetSail contingent in Arizona is stuck viewing from afar, and…thinking about […]
May 21, 2013, Pebble Isle Marina, Mile 96 on the Tennessee River
Tuesday: We were glad we got here when we did. Last night and today we have had several thunder storms. It was good to relax and sleep in this morning. It was also good to get our walk in between the rain storms. …
A Private Spot
Broughton Islands here we come. Along the way to the first anchorage we saw a whale about ¼ mile in front of us. We decided our first stop would be one of our favorites, Bootleg Cove. It is a tiny, one boat anchorage, that has an entrance of about …
May 21, 2013, Pebble Isle Marina, Mile 96 on the Tennessee River
Tuesday: We were glad we got here when we did. Last night and today we have had several thunder storms. It was good to relax and sleep in this morning. It was also good to get our walk in between the rain storms. …
sea mounts
present position: N 5deg 34.5′ E 148deg 02′ COG 087deg T, SOG 6.3kts (Continued…)
Weather or Not We Will Make It
After our encounter with the thunderstorm, the weather wasn’t done with us yet. During our last transit of both the west and east coasts of Florida, we had almost daily gale force conditions. We sure hope that won’t be the case this time. A rainy end t…
Wind Tides??…we can’t leave the marina…
Wind tides (Seiche – pronounced “saysh”) were new to me but today we had a lesson in them. We woke up this morning and readied the boat to go. Pendragon, our neighboring boat was doing the same. Both Mr. B and the captain of Pendragon (a hired captain not familiar with the channel here) decided […]
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FPB 64-3 On Passage New Zealand to Papeete: 2nd Post
Pete Rossin, enroute to Papeete on FPB 64-3 Iron Lady, gives a quick lesson in weather analysis using what you see rather than outside outside sources.“Thought I would delve in to the topic of weather a bit. We have all kinds of resources available to us – a professional router, weather fax, and grib files […]
700 nm from Pohnepei
present position: N 5deg 31′ E 146deg 52′ SOG 5.9, COG 087deg True (Continued…)
