panels that I have to glass will be ready tomorrow morning and then the long table can come apart.These are the fwd cabin top and foredeck. Doing these now upside down on the long table will avoid having to do them later and working overhead. Glass lai…
Aug. 14 – Annapolis, MD
Day 149 – HistoryAnnapolis City DockWe woke to cloudy skies, but we only had a few light showers during the day, nothing heavy enough to keep us from seeing the sites. We visited the Naval Academy this morning. They have a nice visitor’s center with …
Chambly, Quebec to Westport, NY: 08/09/11 – 08/15/11
We’re in Westport, NY after a great cruise through Canadian waters. It’s hard to believe that it’s mid-August already (early fall on Lake Champlain!). Our second day in Chambly involved walking all over town looking for a hardware store. Sadly, we seemed to be walking in the wrong direction. French had nothing to do with [Read More…]
Homemade LED light fixture
Sunday was a very dreary and rainy day. New York City got an amazing 7.7″ of rain. Despite my best efforts to carefully seal the new foredeck hatch and two side deck port lights, they leaked like crazy. The plywood t…
Sunday Morning And The Sun Is Shining
It is a lazy Sunday morning in Maine and having finished our coffees, caught up with a bit of news online, and launched both dinghies for exploration and exercise later on, we thought we’d upload a few photos.
We’ve been back in Camden for a few days, taking care of chores, and getting ready for guests. […]
The Climb Over Niagara Falls
(Sunday Aug 14 – Dist: 27.6 mi; Locks: 8; TTT: 9:50 hrs)
We got up early, 5:30 AM (no vacation today), in order to meet Dino at 7 AM at the pleasure craft dock below Lock 1. Our hired gun was sitting on the dock wall, hair down to his shoulders,…
Cruising the Chesapeake
Well, Puffin is back in operation after our prolonged land-based stay in Vermont. We arrived to very hot weather here in the Chesapeake Bay and wondered why we left the somewhat cooler climes of Vermont. But, boat updates (new wifi antenna installati…
To the end of the Erie and Beyond
Tony M in Clyde
After Newark we continued on the Erie Canal until we came to the tiny town of Clyde. with a 2,300 person population. They too offer weary boaters a free dock with power and water so, of course, we took them up on it. Wh…
To the end of the Erie
Tony M in Clyde
After Newark we continued on the Erie Canal until we came to the tiny town of Clyde. with a 2,300 person population. They too offer weary boaters a free dock with power and water so, of course, we took them up on it. While…
August 14, 2009
WE’RE BaaaaaaaCK!
Man o Manashcevitz!!! We had such a good time in New York—it probably isn’t legal to enjoy ourselves so much, but we did!
The drive to New York was not unpleasant. To be able to say that when you circumvent Washingt…
