August 13, 2011Block Island41°11.52N – 071°34.89WBLOCK ISLAND! What Coastal Navigation student does not know “Block Island?” For months we studied navigation with the charts of Buzzard Bay and Block Island, calculating curren…
Colonial Beach, VA – 8/17/11
At 8:55 this morning Scoperta & Quest said their goodbyes to Barb & Skip (Moor $tuff) who are staying a few more days in DC then heading to NY, and headed out. Quest has traveled with them most of the time since early last November and we will…
Oddly Shaped Boat Mattresses
ODDLY SHAPED BOAT MATTRESSES· They’re not particularly comfortable. Or pretty. I’m not saying you should let humans sleep on them if they’re looking for a good night’s sleep.
But just maybe:
your dog needs a luxe, vinyl covered mattress set
your ki…
Serbia and Romania
About 5 hours after we left Belgrade we came to where Romania’s boarder was on our port side. Serbia was still on our starboard side and will be for one more day. The picture above is one of the first Romanian villages and is close to Banatska …
#14 Penn Bay, Klemtu, Rescue Bay, Wigham Bay, Beales Bay and Shearwater
Sunday, August 14, 2011: Penn Bay, Meyers Narrows, Klemtu, Jackson Passage, Jackson Narrows to Rescue Bay.We left pretty Penn Bay at 9AM to insure we arrived at Meyers Narrows at high slack tide. The narrows is only 4 foot deep at low water. &nbs…
Trip to Los Suenos
The trip from Papagayo to Los Suenos was an interesting trip. Our plans were to do the first 80 miles of the trip on Monday and then do the other 60 miles or so on Tuesday. We left Papagayo before 6 am with the help of the marina manager, Da…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 15:20:00
Day 351Blind River, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 11, 2011 Whalesback rock in Whalesback Channel Blind River Marina with Dream Catcher on the far rightLibrary in English, Bibliotheque in FrenchThe winds were calm for most of the run …
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 15:20:00
Day 351Blind River, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 11, 2011 Whalesback rock in Whalesback Channel Blind River Marina with Dream Catcher on the far rightLibrary in English, Bibliotheque in FrenchThe winds were calm for most of the run …
Harrisville – familiar territory.
Harrisville Marina of Refuge is surrounded by a man made breakwater. As with most Michigan Marinas, the docks are well constructed and maintained. The young people (mostly college students) who work at our state marinas are friendly and we we…
Oops
Puffin had been docked at a marina in Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern shore while Sara and Wayne visited us for several days. Yesterday they departed for points north and we also prepared to depart for an anchorage down the Chester River. (Cont…
