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#2013-13 Gaggling to Ketchikan
At 7AM Wednesday we left the Yacht Club closely followed by the Nordic Tugs 52 True North. Captain Jeff hadn’t yet exited Rupert via Venn Passage and wanted to follow us through the narrow, winding canal. We entered Chatham Sound by 8AM wit…
Stanley Dashew: 1916-2013 – Posted by Sarah
Two weeks ago, at the tender age of 96, my grandfather sailed off into the sunset and on to his next great adventure. One can only assume the sails were trimmed perfectly. Daddy’s Daddy–as my sister and I, along with most of our friends and family, called him–was a consummate adventurer. He learned to sail […]
FPB 97-1 Plated Up
FPB 97-1 is well along now, with the main framing and plating of the hull almost complete. We spend some of our weight budget on extra heavy topside and bottom plates because these gives higher factors of safety, and they produce very fair surfaces, as you can see here. Of course once these are full […]
May 14, 2013: Kemps Landing to Demopolis Yacht Basin, AL
Tuesday: To add to our problems of yesterday, Roy, Elvie, and Pam wake up to make coffee and their coffee pot didn’t work. Luckily, I had a coffee pot that worked and they had the electricity. After making coffee, Roy El left about 07:00 and we to…
May 14, 2013: Kemps Landing to Demopolis Yacht Basin, AL
Tuesday: To add to our problems of yesterday, Roy, Elvie, and Pam wake up to make coffee and their coffee pot didn’t work. Luckily, I had a coffee pot that worked and they had the electricity. After making coffee, Roy El left about 07:00 and we to…
Moving On
After spending a leisurely morning at the dock at Hariot Bay we untied the lines and took off for Von Donop Inlet. It was a little breezy but nothing uncomfortable. When we arrived at the inlet we were the only boat. It was so quiet that all you cou…
Homeward Bound
On Saturday we made our way back to the Caloosahatchie and pulled into Legacy Harbour for the last time this season. On our way back we passed one of the Coast Guard Buoy tenders working on one of the channel markers. Not a common sight on th…
Homeward Bound
On Saturday we made our way back to the Caloosahatchie and pulled into Legacy Harbour for the last time this season. On our way back we passed one of the Coast Guard Buoy tenders working on one of the channel markers. Not a common sight on th…
Boat cleaning – yuk!
Boat cleaning has been utmost on our mind. We have chosen to keep the boat right at the yard where we had it bottom painted. It just seemed to make more sense than trying to get it back to where we normally keep it and then turn back around and head right back up to […]
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