After many miles and over 50 locks, we’ve closed the “Little Triangle” and are back in Waterford, NY. What a great cruise it has been. While we sat in Westport watching the rain fall and fall and fall, we decided it would be prudent to get through the Champlain Canal pretty quickly. With the local [Read More…]
Just a half day in the shed…..
My buddy Andrew will be here tomorrow to help me hang the rest of the forms. This morning I got the transom form up. It was too heavy for just one person to wrestle into position so I used my winch. It put a lot of stress on the vertical’s so I have to…
Aug. 18 – Delaware City, DE
Day 153 – Welcome to DelawareDelaware City MarinaIt was a little rough in the Chesapeake this morning, but luckily the wind was at our backs and the waves didn’t seem as bad…but it does make steering the boat more difficult. Once we got close to th…
The Bridge
Somesville is barely a town at the head of one of our favorite harbors, Somes Harbor. It is but a series of buildings stretched out along a busy road. It does have a nice little historical society museum beside what was once a mill spill way. Some time ago somebody decided to build a bridge. […]
Still Home Waiting
8/19/11 Friday Anyone who has ever spent time cruising knows that not all things go according to plan. So it is in our lives right now. Our reason for coming home was for Pam to have another mammogram done as well as an ultrasou…
3rd August 2011 – Sea Trials
Sea trials have been completed. More interior photos and a stopover in Brunei.
Nantucket
August 14, 2011Nantucket41°17.40N – 070°05WYears ago, when I tried to imagine Nantucket, I had visions of the Gorton’s Fisherman having traded his yellow oilslick and trawler shipwheel for a navy peacoat and classic sailboat tiller. I w…
Smith Point, VA – 8/18/11
As we cleared the docks at Colonial Beach this morning I was hailed on Ch 16 and when I answered they asked me to go to Ch 18. No response on Ch 18 so Ricki called the marina to see if they were trying to catch us and was told it probably was the water…
Docked in Donji Milanovac
Once we reached Donji Milanovac we are lucky and can tie up to the barge that serves as the town dock. often the cruise boats use this and we would not be able to tie up here but we were informed that there would be no cruise boats stopping today.Once …
