We’re in a different part of the Mediterranean, Karpaz Gate Marina. The nearest town is Yenierenkoy. Not sure what to call North Cyprus though Cyprus is an independent country. There is a "green line" that d…
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Lady Jane is now sold, for scrap. The deal was done yesterday.On the plus side, the combination of the sheer size of her and the current high price of scrap steel means I do at least walk away with some cash, less that I’d have liked but not a complete…
A letter to our trawler, Living Light
This week, Thursday actually, will be our 12 month anniversary from when we purchased our Monk 36. I have learned a lot, she has taught us a lot, and she has made me a profoundly better boater. On top of that, she has been a true blessing to our fami…
A letter to our trawler, Living Light
This week, Thursday actually, will be our 12 month anniversary from when we purchased our Monk 36. I have learned a lot, she has taught us a lot, and she has made me a profoundly better boater. On top of that, she has been a true blessing to our fami…
Delta Photos
making bacon! Tiki J and Ada Helen leaving Willow Berm to anchor out at Threeriver Reach while we head to Oxbow for one nightThe Mokelumne swing bridge (Hwy 12) opening for Steve and us as we head up the Mokelumne to Georgiana Slough to Oxbow Marina.&n…
UBNT Directional WiFi Antenna
In our never ending quest for Internet connectivity we continue to add tools. This is a UBNT high gain directional antenna. It is mounted on our old FollowMeTV single axis tracker. Keith Smith from Towndock.net in Oriental, NC first introduced us to this unit.
As long as it is pointed in roughly the right direction it […]
July 30 and 31, 2011; Saturday and Sunday
Saturday, Port Washington, WI, to Kenosha, WI, Southport Marina: We had about an 8 hour day and we got going by 07:30. This was another beautiful day with Lake Michigan almost as smooth as glass. We really could not have asked fo…
On rout to Belgrade
I thought this was an interesting picture. There must be a lot of vegetables growing in this area as we saw people with a tumbler full of carrots backing into the Danube and tumbling them to wash the dirt off the carrots. Just some pretty a…
The "Blue Danube"
There is a song about the “beautiful Blue Danube” Well we experienced the Danube to be more “Brown” than “Blue” I am sure with all the rain we had in the last week it added to the water being more brown with all the run off.However I think this p…
July 8, 2011 Friday before leaving for Canada
4th of July is over and we are preparing for our big adventure across Lake Michigan and into the North Channel of Canada. We wanted to cross either Saturday, Sunday or Monday (depending on weather). We decided to fuel up and pump out today so that we could avoid weekend traffic at the dock. After […]
