We are anchored in Oyster Bay’s West Harbor, on Long Island (west coast), getting ready for Irene’s arrival Sunday.
We’ve chatted with our old cruising buddy Ralph Naranjo, who used to hang out here, to get the skinny. Ralph said West Bay and he was right. As you can see above, it is protected on all […]
The weather on Thursday, August 25 was a 180 degree change from the recent weather. We left before dawn to calm winds and flat seas in Clarence Strait. We decided to take as much advantage of it as possible by going as far as we could. We blew by Ket…
The weather on Thursday, August 25 was a 180 degree change from the recent weather. We left before dawn to calm winds and flat seas in Chatham Strait. We decided to take as much advantage of it as possible by going as far as we could. We blew by Ketc…
We had a great visit with Mike and Julie, this was their third attempt to get to the boat. The first was cancelled due to business, the second was cancelled due to illness and the third they made it and we had a great time. Mike was my COO a…
Date August 26, 2011 Day 59Departure Charlevoix Municipal Marina, MI 7:15 am Arrival Leland Municipal Marina, MI 11:30 am Miles …
Monday; Hoppies Marina, Kimmswick, MO, to Kaskaskia Lock tie up, Modoc, IL: Our friends from “Time Out” left early and were planning a very long day (112 miles) but we slept in some and only went 41.4 miles to the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam and …
Jonathan
Kate
Lindy
Maria’s 5th birthday party
Carolyn’s 5th birthday party
Clara
Waves were hitting the bottom of the pier decking
Glad our boat was on the ICW
Thanks to all of you who called to make sure we were okay. Hurrica…
After talking with the manager of the marina boatyard, we made the decision to leave the boat and check into a hotel. We're at the Marriott TownePlace Suites for the week-end and feel good about our decision. We spent the afternoon here and the…
12th August 2011
Another hour or so steam to L’ile Rousse where we spend a lazy Saturday, swimming from the boat and enjoying a leisurely lunch in a restaurant ashore, with a view straight out into the bay to where Mad Sunday awaits our return. …
We have completed our list of preparations except for cutting the power, which we will do in the morning. The boat will run on the house battery bank and the Trace inverter. We have shut off all non-essential appliances and electronics.We have added a …
