More from Nagara Village

Sewa with the kids
As I said, we spent several days with the people of Nagara Village. One of the village men, Sewa, was a dive master at a nearby resort who had some time off and offered to guide our dive trips. Along with a couple from another boat…

Corsica

8th August
Our time on Elba is finished and, with a degree of reluctance, we head to the island of Capraia.  However upon reaching Capraia we change our minds, and our course, and head straight for Corsica.  So we bid Arrivederci to Italy (fo…

Day 139 – Georgetown, SC to Myrtle Beach

We left Charleston, SC on Wednesday morning heading for Georgetown and it was a rather long day.  We thought we had a muffler problem and ended up staying over 2 nights and fortunately everything ended up OK.  Georgetown is a really cute city with a …

Round and round we go

If you recall my previous blog, I mentioned removing the center window on Drift Away and bringing it to a Norwalk Repair Place that does things like repairing hatches and port lights.   They called today to tell me that they can’t do the job….

August 10 and 11, 2011; Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday, Tall Timbers Marina, Havana, IL to Riverdock Restaurant, Hardin, IL:  We got an early  start and traveled with “Married With Her”-Jim and Cathy.  We were up at 05:00 and left by 05:45.  There was a little chill in th…

Juneau – August 12

You’d think that I could budget my time better over three days and actually get a proper blog entry describing our trip from Sitka to Juneau with our friends Sharon & Craig Rowley, but I didn’t. I’ll try to work on it while underway during th…

Aug. 11 – Galesville, MD

Day 146 – Cooler WeatherSouth Creek – AnchorageWe woke up to cooler weather this morning and it felt sooo good. I had my coffee on the flybridge and enjoyed the view. The Chesapeake was a little rough as we traveled to an anchorage near Galesville, but…

Oyster Bay, NY

August 9, 2011Oyster Bay, NYLong Island Sound4Why do you think this is called Oyster Bay?  Really?  Well, yes, oysters do abound here and for the last 3 days we’ve been harvesting them right off the beach.  Quite a feast for us, not …

Bustard Island Anchorage-Tie Island to Sportsman’s Inn-Killarney

Date               August 11, 2011Day                44Departure     Bustard Island Anchorage-Tie Island  10:15 am  Arrival           Sportman’s Inn-Killarney Georgian Bay Miles              …

Still at Bustard Island Anchorage-Tie Island

Date               August 10, 2011Day                43Departure     No travel today  Arrival           Miles                0Cumulative   947.6No travel today due to high wind advisory on Ge…