Just realized that I haven’t posted in almost three weeks. Been very busy with work. A trip to Seattle to visit one of the Baylink Ferries in the shipyard, a big dredging project at our main ferry terminal, and lots of other work related type stuff has…
Part 2 of Our New England Trip
First, an apology. Upon review of my last post, I realized that somehow the dates got mixed up. The actual Newport Boat Show dates were Thursday, September 15 – Sunday, September 18th. Sorry for any confusion. I probably should …
Summer Wind and Crew Heading South
Sunrise on the SoundThis morning Sept 21st at 6:30 in the morning we are happy to report that we cast off the lines and set the Summer Wind free . I had never seen the Captain so enthralled to be out on the water. He had a smile a mile wide and k…
Saturday, October 1, 2011
It’s October and it’s like someone found the switch to turn off the heat. What a difference a day makes. It was beautiful today. Sue and I had on long pants and sweaters at Happy Hour tonight. We cut Happy Hour short and the three of us went to Mi…
Southern Gulf Islands
It was a lovely trip; I’d like to say pictures will follow, but we’re doing a few KJ projects today and it’s more like that I will post pictures of that rather than the trip. We shall see; I may get a chance to add them.
New Caledonia
We arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia at 10 am on Saturday after a wonderful smooth 59 hr. passage from Luganville, Vanuatu. Even Ann thought it was smooth! Noumea calls itself the “Paris of the Pacific” and it certainly is VERY French.&…
Enjoying Green Turtle Bay Marina
Date October 1, 2011 Day 94Departure Arrival Green Turtle Bay, Grand Rivers, KY Miles Cumulative 2165.3We are thoroughly enjoying …
Sproing! Ah Sh*t!
There’s some jobs that I’ve enjoyed so much I decided, well, the boat decided, I had better do again!It went off like a shotgun! KaBoom! Scared the crap outta me. I was just getting ready to fill the last few holes before I sanded down the seams for ta…
Play the moments
Happy Birthday— Jimmy GSee ya tomorrow,Crew IstaboaNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Sept. 30 – Great Bridge, VA
Day 196 – Work DayAtlantic Yacht BasinStan spent the day in the engine room trying to figure out where the leak was in our port fuel tank. We’ve had a small leak for the last month or two and he wanted to fix it before we left the boat for the wint…
