Day 2 of our stay in Bora Bora consisted of shopping in Vaitape and then going to a motu for a beach break in the afternoon. This shore excursion returned to the ship just before departure giving us just time to get cleaned up before we hosted a …
Lizard Island and Moving North
We spent 2 days in the Lagoon at Lizard Island since we had north winds. The winds normally blow from the southeast, so this anchorage on the south of the island is rarely used. We arrived just ahead of the pack of about 20 boats that were coming aro…
Masonboro Island
Take your dingy and go, awesome, thanks Mike & Patti
Wrightsville Beach
We “check in” to the anchorage we so like in Whrightsville. Well, let me tell you, this is a must do stop. Mike and Patti from Salt & Light swing by in their Whaler, offer local advice and invite us to join them for dinner, wow, yes we are in! We go…
Thursday, October 20, 2011
We had breakfast at Outback Crab Shack before leaving this morning. Miss Margaret the owner is a delightful woman. We enjoyed the food and the conversation with her. It was cool and windy this morning. It was, however, sunny. We had a nice cruise…
Pushing on to Chattanooga
10/17/11 Monday After travelling with Tumbleweed the past few days Pam thought I was getting soft on our morning departure times. As we pulled out of the marina at 7:15am she quickly realized Capt Bly was still at the helm. It w…
Har, Dick, Janet, Andy, Horseneck Beach and the Bayside Restaurant and Randal
Today it was oil change day for the car. Randal didn’t change the oil, but he did replace the windshield wipers which is a good thing because they were really squeaky unless it was pouring. And though Randal could tune it out; …
Predicting Performance Under Power – Albemarle Prop Test
Predicting performance under power is relatively simple if you have a hull form that fits standard models (the definition of standard here covers a gamut of fishing trawlers to high speed destroyer hulls). In the olden days you would look up David Taylor model test data for something similar and then go to work with […]
Filter Bosses- Almost Done
Yeah, I know, it seems like this project is taking forever. But consider my day.First, I’m sleeping in later than normal now that I don’t work. I got up at 7:30 today. Then I have to take a shower (8 AM) and drink coffee and look at t…
Cruising down the California Coast
We are having a great cruise. The weather has cooperated for us, all but one night the wave decided to slap at the boat and made it difficult to sleep. We have seen several whales and numerous dolphins. The dolphins seem to glide through the water effo…
