The organization that I’ve worked for for the last 31 years celebrates it’s 50th Anniversary today.http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/50th_AnniversaryI designed the logo!
01/25/2012 TAKING THE BUS TO PUERTO PLATA
01/25/2012 OCEAN WORLD MARINA, DRhttp://www.oceanworldmarina.com/WEDNESDAY0 NMDOCKED AT OCEAN WORLD MARINA NEAR PUERTO PLATA $1.26/FT/DAY FOR <7DAYS, .45/KWA, .20/GAL SUNRISE AT PUERTO PLATA: 7:20 AMSUNSET AT PUERTO PLATA: 6:31 PM Last night’s dow…
Day 309 – Back in Gloucester Point!
Today is Thursday, January 26th and we arrived back to our temporary home on the boat on Monday night. We actually left here three weeks ago on January 5th heading back to Bethesda to help Sherrie load up a truck and prepare for the drive to San Anto…
Wrightsville To Holden Beach
Holden Beach, North Carolina… I think that’s where we are. Anyway, the name of the marina is Holden Beach Marina.Yesterday was a fairly short day. Skipper Bob showed no marinas between here and mile marker 345, a distance of 23 mile…
More from Glover Bight
1/20/12 Friday The weather has been fantastic this week with temps in the upper 70’s and clear, sunny skies and calm winds. All you need when hanging on the hook. Just to make it a bit better we have been seeing more dolphins in…
Getting To The Point of It All
Most of the folks we know in the marine “business” (an oxymoron for sure) play the game for love, or because they simply have no choice, they are pulled to it. The hours are long, the outcome often uncertain, and the risks higher than many economic endeavors. The intellectual and emotional recompense – the catnip […]
The Perfect Day and a little catch-up
Today, January 25, 2012 would have to be described as “The Perfect Day”. The day started with us, Rick, Betsy, and Beamer, leaving Harbour Village Marina and going south to Southport, NC. The weather was great, the boat ran flawlessly, there was no wat…
Improving On Perfection -The Next FPB
For years we’ve been wrestling with a way to improve on the FPB 83, Wind Horse. We’ve done smaller, as in the FPB 64: a very efficient, attractively priced, well-mannered yacht. And we’ve worked up a larger version in the guise of the FPB 115, about which we can get excited. But to improve on […]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
John’s Uncle Paul and his cousin David came on their motorcycles to visit us today. We walked into town and had dinner at Christo’s. After dinner, we walked back to the marina and then drove to their hotel. We played Farkle in the breakfast room of…
Inside Villa Manzara
Heidi and Kalle have named their home Villa Manzara, which in Turkish means view, landscape or panorama: and they certainly have beautiful views. There is so much that is so very interesting about Heidi and Kalle so I hope that you visit h…
