You are looking at the business end of what will become an enormously strong bow structure on FPB 97-1. This is the centerline girder, or stem bar as it is commonly known. It is 40mm thick here, and when joined by the two 12mm topside plates will be a total of 64mm thick, or 2.5″. […]
Life in the Slow Lane 2012-10-30 07:36:00
“Ft. Lauderdale Beach”
Appears they weren’t exagerating…
Lower Manhattan after the blackout.Of course, there were some beautiful and sensational photos that turned out incredible, but photoshopped. This one went big viral….and this one was floating around out there, but it’s from one of the end of the worl…
Pic O’ the Day
Bellhaven, NC… Dowry Creek Marina. A beautiful sunrise. Red skies at morn are not so worrisome on the intercoastal, man are they red.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Hurricane Sandy
This hurricane is astounding. Pam and I turned on the Weather Channel yesterday and left it on all day. I’m mesmerized. We watched as news of the loss of HMS Bounty unfolded… what were they doing there? We watched as weather …
Family and Friends in McLean
Hi Y’all,
So this is the last of the emails about our adventure “up north.” We’re lucky we got back when we did and hope everyone we know in the path of Sandy is safe and sound. I have already heard from our Massa…
Oh Sandy
(Continued…)
October 27, 28, and 29, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012:We were woke up at 04:05 by the boat rafted to us; he turned on his generator so by 04:20 we got up. It was a mess trying to leave at 05:45. It was still dark and the wind was blowing and the two boats rafting left first, …
Heading South
Streams are controlled when they pour into the Tenn-Tom Canal Bay Springs Marina, Mississippi Leaving Grand Harbor on the Pickwick Lake in full sunshine means we are well on our way south. While the East coast is huddled down for hurricane Sandy, we blessedly are basking in bright blue skies and canal banks bathed with […]
Big Briar Creek
(Saturday Oct 27 – Dist: 42.1 mi; TTT: 5:15 hrs)
Our luck with regards to good travel weather has finally run out. A cold front from the west is being held up by Hurricane Sandy on the east coast and is producing strong north winds. It was OK to travel the river but Mobile Bay is “Rough”. We found a good anchorage here at Big Briar Creek, which is about 1 mile up the Tensaw River Cutoff from the Mobile River. We are only about 13 miles from the Bay but neither Seamoore nor us want to deal with the rough seas in the Bay. When we looked on Sunday, waves were 3 feet and going to 6 by noon. So we are staying put until Tuesday when we hope that the small craft warnings are lifted. As it is, Linda and I are anchoring in the strongest wind conditions that we ever had. Winds are 20 mph with higher gusts.
Not much going on. The girls are doing lots of reading and I am getting caught up on the blog off line and some small chores and repairs on the boat. I did succeed in getting my AM/FM radio on the helm working for the first time in a year.
Here are some photos to tide you by.
A new steel plant is being built by the Germans. It is huge, actually 2 plants, one for stainless steel and the other for “mild” steel. It has one of the largest private docks that I have seen. Many city harbors are not as well equipped as this one.
Big Briar Creek at near low tide. We are definitely in gator country although we have yet to see one.
The wind is still a’blowin. You can see how taut are anchor rode is.
