Now where were we? That’s right, I was leaving the boat to head off to Annapolis by car to have a small hernia repaired and then be back on my feet in no time. Well, it wasn’t so small and “no time” translated into six weeks of light duty. First things first. We turned the [Read More…]
“Jim” Lucas Theatre, Savannah
Well, the photo says it all. While walking around the historic downtown, we stumbled on this beautiful, restored old theatre called the Lucas. Here’s the story of the restoration and a few photos: In 1986 the owners obtained a demolition perm…
Savannah
We’ve passed Savannah on all previous trips, electing to stay on our course up, or down, the ICW. After spending a day there, I’m sorry we haven’t stopped previously. It is a short cab ride from our marina in Thunderbolt. About …
OUR RUN DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
This part of the cruise is quite a challenge. Open water, even on the Great Lakes, is comparatively easy to negotiate. There, the weather is the biggest factor. On the rivers, however, there are several additional factors that have to…
The boat renaming ceremony worked, but you can’t fix stupid
It was the dawn of a new day. There’s that dumb phrase again.We had done all we could do. We installed two sets of Filter Bosses, performed a boat renaming ceremony, and the weather forecast was good. The stars were all in align…
Now Accepting Pre-Orders for Book 2!
The Unexpected Circumnavigation: Unusual Boat, Unusual People Part 2 – Australia to Oman is currently being printed. The book will officially go on sale on Friday, November 11th. It will retail for $21.50 for the paper book and $9.95 for … Continue reading →
Good Day, Mate!
After my amazing night watch and the breath-taking breaking of the dawn across the seas to the east ahead…the remainder of our day was just as delightful! As I said, we’ve enjoyed conditions beyond our wildest hopes! (Actually, I did hope…
Monday, October 24, 2011
We spent the day doing chores. Norm and Sue are getting ready to go home. They are having their boat pulled tomorrow morning to have the bottom painted and some other minor work done. Then they are leaving here. What will we do without them? It wi…
Charmaine, Linda, Charlotte Island – Lake Sharbot, Ontario Canada
I spent about 2 hours last night writing the first version of this email and lost it all in one wrong key stroke! This is version 2, less spontaneous but certainly more thought out!
Ru
ps Linda and Charmaine: If I get my facts …
? RINA ????
In the blink of an eye Rina is revving up to likely turn into a hurricane. It’s too early for the models to predict what may happen. We plan to bust here Wednesday morning to go to Cape Marina for our haul out. We will work fast and furious so we ca…
