Passage progress

It’s 4 pm on Wednesday and we have 165 nm to go to Vanuatu.   Expect arrival around noon on Thursday.   Passage has been good with sunny sky and mild to moderate wind and seas, mostly on the beam.   12kt – 16kt wind…

Goodbye to the Delta

I don't think I blogged about our trip to Stockton for fuel weekend before last. That was our last hurrah on the Delta. We got to the boat maybe thirty minutes ago for our last night on the Delta, at least for this year. We leave in the morning for…

#37 Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, SC, – Tallahassee, FL, – Pensacola, FL, – Daphne, AL, – New Orleans, LA, – Longview, TX, – Shreveport, LA, – Atlanta, GA, – Charlotte, NC, – Wild Dunes, SC. August 2011

       View from atop the Isle of Palms Connector of ICW and Atlantic Ocean

The first part of our month was life as usual for us as boat work continued.  Mid-month we took one of Enterprise’s cars and put 3000 m…

Pentwater, MI to White Lake, MI

Date             August 30, 2011           Day                63Departure     Snug Harbor Marina, MI  8:05 amArrival          White Lake Municipal Marina, MI 12:30 amMiles                3…

Manistee, MI to Pentwater, MI

Date             August 29, 2011           Day                62Departure     Manistee Municipal Marina, MI  7:40 amArrival          Snug Harbor Marina, Pentwater, MI  12:00 amMiles         

Hurricane preparation advice

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TUESDAY AUGUST 30TH, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM!!!!!Today we traveled from Fish Creek further up the Door county peninsula to Washington Island. Washington Island has one of the oldest Icelandic and Scandinavian settlements in Wisconsin. Before then, it was inhabited by the …

Irene Post-Script

August 30, 2011

Cape May, August, 30, 2011
Cape May, NJCoast Guard StationIs it possible that Hurricane Irene was upon us only 48 hours ago?  We left New York City this morning and had the loveliest ride south, along the New Jersey coast.  A…

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

A “Spanish” soldier
Castillo de San Marcos courtyard
John crossing the moat.
Hoave you ever seen a pair of shoes like this?
The four of us went to St. Augustine this morning to tour the Castillo de San Marcos. John and I had been here 33 years ago whe…

August 30, 2011

We got word today that Skinny Dippin’ is safe!  She weathered Hurricane Irene in our favorite boatyard in Oriental NC, Sailcraft.  They are a trusted business and we are very loyal customers.  We ended up putting her closer to the storm,…