Our work flow on a new design goes through several phases the first of which we call the gestation period. There is a design target, often moving, and we try various combinations to see how the concept boat feels to us. With something totally different, like Beowulf, or Wind Horse, gestation can take years. At […]
Cruising Prince William Sound
Last week we gave a presentation on our
trip to Prince William Soundto
the Seattle Sail and Power Squadron.
They meet on the third floor of the Queen City
Yacht Club, with a wonderful view …
AGLCA Fall Rendezvous – Rogersville, AL
As “Loopers,” we were excited to be able to tow our boat from Lake Powell to Rogersville, Alabama for the AGLCA (America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association) 2011 Fall Rendezvous. Little did we know that, not only would we make new friends, we’d run into a few Loopers that we did the Loop with back in…
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AGLCA Fall Rendezvous – Rogersville, AL
As “Loopers,” we were excited to be able to tow our boat from Lake Powell to Rogersville, Alabama for the AGLCA (America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association) 2011 Fall Rendezvous. Little did we know that, not only would we make new friends, we’d run into a few Loopers that we did…
Fueling up
October 21th, 2011 Myrtle Beach Yacht ClubFuel! Fuel! Where should we refuel? This usually brings a smile to our sailor friends who hardly need any fuel (so they say) to cruise. Lugging jerrycans is out of the question fo…
Hull Efficiency And Dolphins
We were tied up at the Jarrett Bay boat yard complex yesterday, doing a bit of preliminary planning with Corey McMahon who will be handling our seven year itch list, when a couple of interesting photo ops passed by. There is a pod of dolphins hanging out off the docks and occasionally riding bow waves […]
8 months later
I started this once and it disappeared.I feel off the face of the earth and landed on the farm ( Farmville on Facebook)Brief history = We enjoyed Feb-may on Dickies Cay -AbacoLeft in a big hurry early June when my Mom, age 97 had a “bad spell”. We did …
8 months later
I started this once and it disappeared.I feel off the face of the earth and landed on the farm ( Farmville on Facebook)Brief history = We enjoyed Feb-may on Dickies Cay -AbacoLeft in a big hurry early June when my Mom, age 97 had a “bad spell”. We did …
Rough Seas
Oh, how quickly things change…in one day!! And unfortunately, not in a good way. I only posted this morning, and tonight we rounded the Dominican Republic and went south through the Mona Passage. Even going through it,and not just across it, was unpl…
Still at Joe Wheeler for AGLCA Rendezvous
Date October 22-25, 2011 Day 116-119Departure No Travel
