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Thermostat Testing
Our starboard engine has been running a touch cooler than the port, so we pulled the thermostats to check them. Heating them up in a pan of water showed them starting to open at 160 degrees F and fully open by 175. This seems normal, but we replaced them with spares anyway. Engine temps are […]
A Day on Jekyll Island in Photos
We spend a lot of time on Jekyll Island, as you know, primarily on the beach with our dogs. We took them both Saturday and Sunday mornings, but on Sunday went back to play tourist. There are many things to see on Jekyll, and we’d only seen …
Visit with Julia on Cape Cod
Martha and Jessica’s house
Brookline, MA USA
Hi All,
We arrived at Martha and Jessica’s yesterday. Martha (and I helped!) made a really good noodle and veggie dinner. It required about all of her pots and bowls, but …
Departure Day From Kathmandu
Durbar Square in front of old palaceTemples in Durbar SquareMonk in Durbar SquareMonkey Temple from Durbar SquareButchers CartLooking up at Monkey Temple with rest of trekking groupMonkey TemplePrayer Wheels at Monkey TempleMonkey TempleBoudhanath Stup…
Midway Marina, MS
(Monday Oct 15 – Dist: 56.3 mi; Locks: 3; LWT: 1:10 hrs;
TTT: 8:50 hrs)
It was a beautiful day to be on the water; 78 degrees and a gentle breeze. I even had my shirt off all afternoon. The scener…
Getting Ready to Cruise
Well after nearly 5 months away from Sylken Sea we spent the last week on board while on the hard at Wayfarers Cove in NC. The yard is nearly done with the bottom job, we worked on anchors, engine, genny impellers, changed Racors, polished stainless an…
Oct. 14 – Charleston, SC
The Harborage at Ashley MarinaJust a short post today and a few pictures. We spent the day relaxing and enjoying Charleston. It is one of our all time favorite stops…lots of history, beautiful scenery and incredible places to eat. We went t…
On Your Mark ……
On Friday my sister in law took me for a grocery run to our new Farm Boy. I was focused on all the high end veggies and fruit. In my excitement for the good stuff I failed to take stock of the staples. So this morning I talked with Al about how he f…
Martin River Regatta
The long weekend in Sept. was rhe Martins River Regatta. I was great racing again. With co-skippers Donald the pink pussy cats took first place in ceol-cat-rata.A great meal and party to follow.Great to spend time old and new friends.
