Back in the USA

Stuart is home again… Lots of different weather and few foul-ups, but tired after the 2 day run.More later.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

All About Choices

Chesapeake Bay is all about choices: which river to follow, which creek off that river, which cove off that creek. We chose to stay on the Chester River after our daughter and spouse departed from Chestertown, and chose to try a new creek- Langford Cr…

M/V Lowe Key

This is M/V Lowe Key of Cambridge, MD.  She is a 1986 Kadey Krogen, hull #93.  Shown here anchored on Dun Cove, Harris Creek on the Choptank River.

A lil’ slow getting started

but I ended up spending 7 hrs in the shed today. After checking my levels and diagonals on the strongback numerous times I got to setting up the verticals that’ll support the forms.Not being very patient I just had to throw Frame E up to see how it loo…

Reef Grief

I thought long and hard about doing this post. As you might gather, we struck a reef and nobody likes to admit they screwed up. Anyway, I figured that if we sere going to do this blog right, it should … Continue reading →

Things that most big boys find interesting

On the return trip from the Smithsonian museum we couldn’t pass up a side trip to the NRA National Firearms Museum, which was located close to the highway. With about 15 galleries and over 2700 firearms the sight was a bit overwhelming for me. But fo…

From a collector's point of view, this was a great place

Here is Benno bending over a table display of firearms curiosa. I thought the intricate carvings on those two ivory tusks were fantastic.  (Continued…)

The Boat Table

In our workout room we have a large folding table. I can’t remember why we put it there but over the years it has turned into “the boat table.” Whenever we purchase something for the boat or run across something in the house we want to bring to the boa…

Czech, Please !!

So, the Bourgeois Bohemians finally make it to Bohemia.Faced with the same quandary as last summer, namely where to park ourselves while our dear Pax sits in rain, lightning storms and crushing heat, we decided on Europe once again.Starting with a few …

Aug. 17 – Fairlee Creek, MD

Day 152 – Another Beautiful DayFairlee Creek – AnchorageWe spent the morning in our quiet anchorage. Stan changed the oil and filters and I worked on the blog and did a little bookkeeping. We headed up the bay past the Shady Point Shoal Lighthouse. W…