Where Ya Going? – South!
April 27, 2012
Hopeful to explore the Exumas, but realizing “all cruising plans are written in water”, we leave Clearwater ahead of an approaching cold front. Sarasota’s Bird Key Yacht Club is our first port. …
Where Ya Going? – South!
The Whaler is Fixed!
Yesterday was a great day. The Whaler was fixed and Pam and I took it out for a shake down cruise. I motored at a leisurely pace until I got outside the no wake zone, and then I opened it up. The 40 HP Evinrude put the 13 foot Whaler …
April 25 – Solomons, MD
Long Day on the WaterMill Creek – AnchorageWe were up at the crack of dawn and were on our way by 6:30…breakfast was served on the flybridge after we got underway. We knew we were going to have a long day…in fact it was our second longest day sin…
Year 2 Day 31 – Portsmouth, VA
Today is Thursday, April 26th and the Cummins mechanic is currently in the engine room finishing up attaching everything. If all goes well, the engine will be started up later today and they'll take the boat out for a trial run. Fingers are cr…
120 Volt AC System
This will be a pretty short post as it is a pretty straight forward system. For boats that are utilizing US small appliances, there is a separate Victron inverter in the basement that converts 24 Volt DC power from the … Continue reading →
More friends from Cyprus
I am jumping ahead and skipping around our adventures. I have lots to write about our visit with Heidi and Kalle so that will take time. This email is about two very interesting men we met, one a Cypriot and one a Brit now living in …
The FL-GA-SC ICW: 5th Time’s the Charm?
This trip is our fifth journey on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway (AICW or ICW for short), and that reality affects our experience in more ways and differently than we might have anticipated. First, we have favorite places we looked forward to visiting and without exception have enjoyed these again: Cocoa Village, New Smyrna Beach and […]
Not Again
Well Jim and his Father Rae arrived at Docksides yesterday afternoon. Esperanza finally has a good weather window to leave for Port Charlotte Tomorrow Wed. Morning.But Marathon will not let me leave. This morning the generator failed, so down in the ho…
It’s All a Matter of Perspective
Pam and I ran some errands yesterday, one of which included stopping by Home Depot to get a robe hook to match the towel rack for our head rebuild. As we passed by a row of outdoor storage sheds, a 16 x 16 two story had its doors open.  …
April 24 – Bloxoms, VA
Finally on the MoveSalt Ponds – AnchorageWe finally untied the lines and pulled away from the dock.It felt a little sad and exciting at the same time. Just as we were pulling away from the dock a large barge came into site…we stopped for a pump out a…
