Prideaux Haven to Dent Island

We spent 2 nights at anchor in Eveleigh Anchorage in Prideaux Haven, under mostly sunny skies and light winds.  After launching the tender we all went for several nature rides, one at extreme low tide and one in the evening at high tide.  Sat…

An Exciting Day

This was the most interesting and exciting day of travel so far. We started out the day planning to go back to Shearwater. We had been at anchor in Discovery Cove for three nights and it was time for a change. The weather report on the VHF radio was…

Bay of Bengal and North Indian Ocean Crossing

The passage started out fine.  The seas in the North Malacca strait were glassy with less than 5 knots of wind.  We trolled a lure, did homeschool for the first two days and all was well.  It was so calm that we did not have the stabili…

#10 Pretty Eucott Bay

The Wild Blue had stopped by Eucott Bay on the return Alaska cruise last August, and it reminded us a bit of Yosemite.  After our ranting and raving, the Seeker crew was eager to visit the Bay. It’s a short 3-hour tour from Bella Coola to Eucott…

#10 Pretty Eucott Bay

The Wild Blue had stopped by Eucott Bay on the return Alaska cruise last August, and it reminded us a bit of Yosemite.  After our ranting and raving, the Seeker crew was eager to visit the Bay. It’s a short 3-hour tour from Bella Coola to Eucott…

Finishing stairs and dinette platform

Another good weekend. Beautiful weather in Vallejo… hatches open, sun shining in, and finishing more of the carpentry rough-in. Finished the stairs, which was made a little more tricky because the last step had to be built to be removable (to access …

One last email from Girne

Last morning with Heidi and Kalle..for now.
Actually I should have added this photo to the previous email…we ended our long day of travel with some of Kalle wine.

Sitting around telling tales of our travels washed down with wine.

Bright and early t…

Visit to St. Hilarion Castle in North Cyprus

  So yesterday we took the bus to Tel Aviv and then walked the promenade to Jaffa to visit the old and new parts of the city.  Today we went into Herzliya for "made in Israel" Naot sandals for Randal and me.  Linda and Charmaine …

Maritime kitchen party set for Toronto waterfront in June

A Maritime kitchen party of gargantuan proportions is set for the Toronto waterfront this June. The showcase of Maritime food and entertainment is set for June 21-24 at HTO Park on the downtown waterfront. “It’s a terrific venue and it’s going … Continue reading

FPB 64 Update May 7, 2012

Time being in exceedingly short supply at present, we are going to post a batch of photos of FPB 64-5 through 7, without the usual commentary. The assumption is that you’d rather see the photos than wait for the schedule to free up. We’ll start with FPB 64-5, the launch date of which draws ever […]