Back to Kentucky Lakes and Tennessee River

After trailering our Kismet south 680 miles, we launched her at Green Turtle Marina in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, a place we’ve had the pleasure of visiting twice before while on both of our Great Loop trips. We felt a little sheepish driving in to launch our boat at the marina…

Back to Kentucky Lakes and Tennessee River

After trailering our Kismet south 680 miles, we launched her at Green Turtle Marina in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, a place we’ve had the pleasure of visiting twice before while on both of our Great Loop trips. We felt a little sheepish driving in to launch our boat at the marina after only a two=day drive…

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The Blue Hole

                After two days of intense diving activity we were dived out; it was time to move on. We cruised over to Oyster Island and anchored in a stunning bay next to another … Continue reading

Stowaway Surprise!

The little guy is looking through my wheelhouse window, longing to get out. How did he get here and how long has he been onboard?    The boat has been closed up all day and yet as we got back onboard, there he was in the wheelhouse. Got the camera, got his pictures, opened up all the windows … Continue reading »

Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend

Last year at this time the temp was 24° C and we had the air on – this year is more normal for Ontario; -2° last night and the high today was 11° C This was the view across the bay this morning as the sun was rising:  

Here We Go Again

We are back at Deltaville with a mission of figuring out why out port drive train starts vibrating like mad at 1770rpms. Obviously vibrating at lower rpms, but I get ‘waves’ in my coolant overflow tank at 1770! (Continued…)

Cruising, Living Aboard, Blogging, and Photography

Many  of you who read this blog have plans or dreams of your own of one day leaving your job, living aboard, cruising when the mood suits you.  It’s something I dreamed about for many, many years.  Now that I’m actually doing it, I’m her…

SweetPea heading south without me?

SweetPea left Westport MA on Friday Oct 5th, aboard is Capt Jim and the crew which includes Charlene and Terry Wiley who came aboard to help get SweetPea to Myrtle Beach.  We found Terry and Charlene via the AGLCA or did they find us?  T…

SweetPea heading south without me?

SweetPea left Westport MA on Friday Oct 5th, aboard is Capt Jim and the crew which includes Charlene and Terry Wiley who came aboard to help get SweetPea to Myrtle Beach.  We found Terry and Charlene via the AGLCA or did they find us?  T…

Oct. 7 – Hobuckin, NC

Mayo Seafood DockSecond day of our car/boat trek south. This part of North Carolina is very remote. When you’re on a boat you feel like you a million miles from civilization, but you figure there must be towns and people somewhere. By car …