On Christmas Day, the barometer fell nearly 20mb in 24 hours and Environment Canada
was predicting big weather: Storm warning in effect for West Coast Vancouver
Island South. Wind west 25 t…
Christmas Cruise 2011: After the storm
R.I.P…. Cheetah
I loved watching this guy on Tarzan. My favorite was, “Tarzan goes to New York”, when Cheetah uses the telephone. Cheetah the chimpanzee, who acted in classic Tarzan movies in the early 1930s, died of kidney failure Saturday at Suncoast Pri…
2011 Favorite Photos
Between checking off projects on Wind Horse, working on new designs, the holidays, and a myriad of other details, the camera bag has not seen a lot of action the past six weeks. But we can only go so long without a visual fix, and the past few days has seen us dreaming, with the […]
2011 Favorite Photos
Our favorite photos from 2011.
plane crash
Well Tony and his wife Lelah came to visit from Moncton yesterday, We had lunch and a couple of beers, It was great to see them on Boxing day. Where as Tony is a pilot and his wife is taking lesson they decided to go over to the airport and take a flig…
12/26/2011 BOXING DAY
12/26/2011 BIG MAJORS ANCHORAGE TO BLACK POINT TO ANCHORAGE OFF GREAT GUANA AND FARMERS CAYMONDAY19 NMANCHORED JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN GREAT GUANA CAY NEAR LITTLE FARMERS CAY SUNRISE IN THE EXUMAS: 6:46 AM SUNSET IN THE EXUMAS: 5:25 PM While the Quest di…
The Querrey’s QUEST 2011-12-27 04:43:00
12/25/2011 CHRISTMAS DAY AT BIG MAJORS ANCHORAGESUNDAY 0 NMANCHORED AT BIG MAJORS ANCHORAGE NEAR STANIEL CAY SUNRISE IN THE EXUMAS: 6:47 AM SUNSET IN THE EXUMAS: 5:25 PM Somehow Santa managed to find Quest nestled among the other vessels and left us bu…
Weather Window
For my landlubber friends, a weather window is what cruisers wait for before making a passage. We look for weather that is good for our vessels. For Drift Away, it is our 15-3 rule. Winds no more than 15 MPH and waves 3 feet or less.&…
S/V Chiquita
This is S/V Chiquita. Usually a blog entry of this type would fall under the label “Boats of Interest”. However, this entry could also fall under another category – “Persons of Interest”. No, don’t get the wro…
2011 endings and some new words in Turkish
I went to my Turkish lessons today though apparently they had been canceled for Christmas! Somehow I missed that when it was discussed at last week’s lesson. Denise came to the restaurant, saw me there and very kindly gave me a lesson…
