Well, it’s back to normal, whatever that is. We had a great time on the cruise with our children and children-in-law. We ate some wonderful food, shopped in Nassau. gambled in the casino, saw some shows, sang karaoke, watched the Bengal’s lose to Pit…
Landfall: Anguilla!
We cruised to Anguilla after we cleared out of Sint Maarten — we had good weather, and thought we’d explore a new island! We had a very easy passage from St. Maarten — Anguilla is only 6 miles away — but we had to go a bit farther than that, aroun…
Iron Lady – My Wife’s Perspective
After some 5000 cruising miles since delivery in March of 2011, I have some pretty specific thoughts on how Iron Lady is working out. Some were surprises to me. At the top of the list was that I felt safe … Continue reading →
A Small Town That Moves
We left Summit North Marina on the C&D Canal yesterday. I’ve often said that we don’t have a boat, we have an apartment that floats. As liveaboards, we have a lot of shi…. uh… stuff that can fly around unless we secure it, and secur…
Ready to Go
Well its been a long hard month, but finally ready to leave Jim’s at South Gulf Cove. Had to wait for parts fix this and that. but everything seems fine now. Will post new pictures on next post.Well off to Marathon
Countdown!!
OK, so this has not been much of a cruising blog since May. Not what we planned, in fact nothing this summer had much to do with planning, and after the first three weeks of May slid by, we just gave up on planning and determined that we’d simply go …
ON DOWN/UP THE TENNESSEE RIVER
The Cumberland River is now behind us, save and except for a small piece we shall take to the Barkley Canal which will then take us to the Tennessee River. Some may say we arrived in the Ohio River Valley a little late in the year. We, on t…
ON DOWN/UP THE TENNESSEE RIVER
The Cumberland River is now behind us, save and except for a small piece we shall take to the Barkley Canal which will then take us to the Tennessee River. Some may say we arrived in the Ohio River Valley a little late in the year. We, on t…
Occupy Sesame Street
Ha!…. Occupy Sesame StreetNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Aluminum Hulls, Zincs, and Corrosion Control
Over the last 30 years we’ve been involved in many aluminum and fiberglass yacht construction projects. Our experience has been that properly built, aluminum holds a substatial edge overall in maintenance issues. “But what about corrosion, and the horror stories that are rumored?” you might be thinking. To anwser that we offer the photos above and […]
