We’ve had the dubious honor of being asked to leave our shared internet server. Turns out we were “hogging” something like 95% of the bandwidth. As a result, we now have a dedicated server, which Google Analytics tells us has cut the download times in half for SetSail visitors. So, we thought we’d try a […]
Robaxacet Time!
Managed to get two layers of tape on the keel/hull seams then my back seized up!Popped a few Robax’s and gonna lay down.Sorry, no pics today.
May 4 – Hillsmere Shores, MD
Work DayHarness Creek – AnchorageThe day started out like it has for the last week…rainy, foggy and hazy. Today it just kept getting worse all morning, good morning for cleaning house (boat). We checked our weather apps and could see we were going …
More Dismal Swamp Travel
Date May 4, 2012 Day 311Departure Dismal Swamp Canal Visitor Center, NC 8:55 amArrival Elizabeth's Dock, Dismal Swamp, Deep Creek, …
Dismal Swamp – Not so Dismal!!
Date May 3, 2012 Day 310Departure Pelican Marina, Elizabeth City, NC 7:05 amArrival Dismal Swamp Canal Visitor Center, NC 12:25 am…
#7 Across the Strait, Through the Sound, Around the Cape
Lagoon Cove is so hospitable. Usually the cruisers meet at Lagoon’s boat house on the pier for fresh BC prawns, snacks, beverages and sometimes dinner. Since the Lagoon folks were just arriving, we enjoyed dining with the Seeker crew. Thursday’s …
A Black and White Day
Naw. Sometimes color is better.Doing touristy stuff today. Taking the T-bird to the Scottish games. More tomorrow.
#6 Up Johnstone Strait, Then through the Blow Hole
We were up early again in Gorge Harbor on Wednesday, May 2nd. We aren’t normally early risers but it’s either that or challenge Mother Nature’s swifter currents, bigger waves and stronger winds. Slack current at Beasley Passag…
Dinner at the Aphrodite Restaurant in Lapta and Dances with Cemal
Spent the day at the marina where there were sail boat races being held. Lots of folks were curious about DoraMac and Seahorse Marine could probably open up shop here and get several orders! We did a morning walk and then I did some boat cl…
Wicked FPB 97 – Finalizing the Exterior Proportions
There are numerous structural considerations impacting what can and cannot be done with the exterior shape of a design like the FPB 97. The structural requirements of the window mullions, for example, have an enormous impact on the interior and exterior appearance. So too, the connection of the mullions to the roof structure above and […]
