FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2011

We pulled out of Egg Harbor with hopes of making it to Sturgeon Bay. Although the wind and wave forecast made us think we would probably be turning around and heading back into Egg Harbor.All in all it wasn’t a bad trip and we made it to Sturgeon Bay…

The Big, Bad Lakes

The next phase of our journey had been much anticipated, but not without a fair amount of trepidation. It would involve cruising through the open waters of the Great Lakes, including Lakes Huron and Michigan, for the next three and a half weeks. Durin…

The first part of Stitch & Glue

is the stitching! In this case it’s not thread we’re using it’s heavy duty plastic wire ties.Once I got around the entire hull stitching the panels together and getting them all lined up correctly I’ll begin the second part of the procedure, the gluing…

Living in La Paz

We’re still on our boat but we’ve settled into Marina de La Paz and plan on staying here for awhile, which means at the present we have no plans to leave. We’re no good at making plans let alone following them so we didn’t sign any long term le…

Just a Short Hop Up The River!

Date             September 3 to September 5, 2011Day               67 to 69Departure     Grand Haven Municipal Marina, MI  10:40 amArrival          Grand Isle Marina, MI   11:05 amMiles             …

White Lake, MI to Grand Haven, MI

Date             September 1 to September 2, 2011Day                65 to 66Departure     White Lake Municipal Marina, MI 8:35 amArrival         Grand Haven Municipal Marina, MI  1:05 pmMiles          

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-05 08:13:00

Days 366-368        West Basin MarinaSt. Joseph, MIFriday, August 26 – Sunday, August 28, 2011  Approaching St. Joseph beach West Basin Marina West Basin Marina officeDocked at West Basin fuel dock&n…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-05 08:13:00

Days 366-368        West Basin MarinaSt. Joseph, MIFriday, August 26 – Sunday, August 28, 2011  Approaching St. Joseph beach West Basin Marina West Basin Marina officeDocked at West Basin fuel dock&n…

M/V Nellie Crockett

     This is M/V Nellie Crockett of Georgetown, MD.  In the above photo she is shown underway during an evening cruise on the East Langford Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore.  Built in 1926 (som…

Sept. 4 – Queenstown, MD

Day 170 – Exploring & ShoppingQueenstown Creek – AnchorageWe left our anchorage in good time this morning and made our way across the Chester River to Queenstown Creek. It was very busy today…boats everywhere. Today’s anchorage is very pretty, …