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Boating Music We Love

Click on the album covers to find out more about Scott’s music.   “They say this is cruisin’, travelin’ the world by sea.” Scott Perkins lives the life he expresses in his music, exploring the world aboard the 32-ft DownEast sailboat Chip Ahoy. His 6,000-mile trip around America’s Great Loop boat trip inspired this collection…

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Boating Music We Love

Click on the album covers to find out more about Scott’s music.   “They say this is cruisin’, travelin’ the world by sea” … Scott Perkins lives the life he expresses in his music, exploring the world aboard the 32-foot DownEast sailboat Chip Ahoy. His 6,000-mile trip around America’s Great…

Tybee Island, Georgia in Pictures

A few blogs ago, Dave asked for advice on blog topics.  We got many great suggestions, including a suggestion to visit Tybee Island from the folks aboard Summer Wind.  So today, we did exactly that, along with Bill and Patty who are also…

dem bones

For Christmas our sons Billy and Johnny joined together and gave us a day of bonefishing in the Abacos . This was a totally new experience for us, never having fished for the elusive and hard to catch bonefish.Our Captain and guide for the day was Capt…

The Yildiz family

   Tuesday morning we had coffee in Sipahi with another Yildiz family. As usual we didn’t know that would happen, but we are finding how much we enjoy the experiences. Randal and I had joined Sharman and Sophie for a walk along the coast an…

Russell

Well, I had some nice pictures of Russell and somehow managed to delete them, so I will just have to tell the story without. Sorry. First, I have some pictures enroute from Miniwhangata to Opunga Bay in the Bay of … Continue reading →

USCG Documentation

Received our USCG paperwork. We are now an officially documented vessel. I’m sure its just a matter of time now till the tax, regulatory, and insurance folks find us. You might notice that the name of the boat is not Koloa. I’ll leave that story for Su…

Nobody Knows

     The first three days of the “blow” was very close to the last Saturday’s predictions, although the winds did let up a little on Wednesday.   Yes, the weather forecasters were right and a blind pig will sooner or later…

Moving The Starting Battery

Our starting battery sits in a nice fiberglass box that is mounted in the front of the engine. The distance to our house bank is about a foot and makes for short cables and easy access to use jumper cables in case the starting battery goes dead. But th…