Dumb Joke of the Day, Plus a Video

Many of you seem to enjoy our dogs romping on the beach videos, so here’s another for you.This one is about nine minutes long, and I even brought my tripod so that the action doesn’t look too much like a fight scene…  have you noticed how bad th…

Final French Adventures

Our last stop in the Loire Valley was the David d’Angers gallery.  David was a famous sculptor with pieces in many prominent places around the world.  He was an amazing talent, and the gallery was small, but very interesting – located in a fo…

10/17/2012 – Wednesday – Lake Charles play day

The wind was blowing so we all decided not to dinghy over to the casino, but rather take a cab.  We had a great meal and everyone pigged out!  As we were finishing, someone said “Stardust is almost here”.  Stardust is a 73’ Hatte…

10/16/2012 – Tuesday – Taylor Outfall Canal to Lake Charles

YES!  At 6:45 AM, Teak finally peed on the boat pad!!!!!!  After holding it for 24 hours she is now an official boat dog!  We all pulled up our anchors and by 7:15 we were on our way to Lake Charles (the sailboats started out at 7:00).&n…

A CLASSIC COLD FRONT OVERTAKES ENVOY

At the time of posting we are back in Auckland, New Zealand- but the blog continues, and this post takes us up to 28/9/12.Heading further south from Paxos Island to mainland Preveza a large and classic black-skied cold front with loud thunder and bolts…

A CLASSIC COLD FRONT OVERTAKES ENVOY

At the time of posting we are back in Auckland, New Zealand- but the blog continues, and this post takes us up to 28/9/12.Heading further south from Paxos Island to mainland Preveza a large and classic black-skied cold front with loud thunder and bolts…

10/15/2012 – Monday – Clear Lake to Taylor Outfall Canal, mile 290

Last Trade and Awesome 1 left Portofino at 6:00 AM Monday and (just our luck) the wind was blowing strong from the north.  As we headed out the channel, I knew we were going to have a bad trip to Galveston.  We did!  Winds were blowing…

NY, MA, ME, Louisville, KY, NY, Evansville, IN

Hi again,

The Travels
of YOUNG AMERICA are looking a lot like the Travels of Linda and Fred.  Lately, YA appears to be doing a fair amount
of staying in port.  As we’ve said, we
fit cruising into our life, wherever that may …

October 27, 2012

Hi again,

The Travels
of YOUNG AMERICA are looking a lot like the Travels of Linda and Fred.  Lately, YA appears to be doing a fair amount
of staying in port.  As we’ve said, we
fit cruising into our life, wherever that may t…

10/14/2012 – Sunday – Goin’ East Trip

Two trawlers (Last Trade and Awesome 1) and four sailboats (Morning Star, Faith, Cambria & Agoode Ketch) decided to take a trip east.  All of the sailboats left a day early to anchor in Galveston so their trip to our first group stop would n…