Sunday, August 21, 2011

This past week we have been at Jeff and Susan’s house. We have gone out to dinner with our friends Charlie and Joan, spent a day with Mom and Dad Sagel, went out to dinner with Jeff, Susan, and Kate, had another couple of doctor appointments, went to C…

Ensenada to Palau May to July 2011

To recap the period since the last update: We completed our passage from Ensenada to Palau without any significant problems with the boat and with no particularly daunting winds or seas. We made three stops, at Honolu…

Ensenada to Palau May to July 2011

To recap the period since the last update: We completed our passage from Ensenada to Palau without any significant problems with the boat and with no particularly daunting winds or seas. We made three stops, at Honolu…

Getting Settled in Los Suenos and Boat Work

We have spent the last 5 days working on the boat as well as exploring the area. We took a trip into Jaco a couple of days ago and had lunch at a really nice beach restaurant that specializes in lobster. Every Wednesday they have an all-you-…

Glouster Point, VA – 8/20/11

We left Doziers Regatta Point this morning at 8:35 with wind out of the NE at 9 mph and expected a beam sea until we turned south then wind on the stern.

Looking back at Doziers Marina.

At 12:35 we entered the channel to York River Yacht Haven h…

Vacationing in Port Dover

Have I mentioned earlier that we like the beach here… or at least like watching the beach here?  It reminds me of my childhood when the family used to go frequently to Seacliffe Beach in Leamington.  Port Dover though has Ca…

August 17 – 18, 2011

Trenton, Ontario to Frankford, Ontario – We left Trenton late in the morning. We had 6 locks to go to today so we would have power to plug in the AC as it was very hot. Lock 6 is only 7 miles from Trenton but in the heat is seemed like an eternity. K…

Days 146-148 Oriental NC to Belhaven NC

We left Beaufort on Friday morning and timed it so we only had to wait about 15 minutes for the lift bridge to open.  We had a short but enjoyable cruise to Oriental, NC hoping to tie up to the free dock but there was already a boat there and not enou…

Aug. 20 – Philadelphia, PA

Day 155 – Welcome to PhiladelphiaPenn’s Landing Marina We had an uneventful trip to Philadelphia. The river was full of debris, trash and huge tree limbs, which washed into the river during the flooding they had earlier in the week. We spent the a…

WE GET A SEAWATER SHOWER IN BED, AND RETURN TO THE NORTHERN SPORADES

The morning of Doug & Sharon’s arrival we got a rude awakening. We were anchored off a village called Ay Yeoryios, and fishing boats up to about 20m work from there. About 0600 we hear a boat pass close by and then a deluge of water came through our …