Day 120 – Beautiful DayTown Creek MarinaWhen we anchor for the night we have all our windows and blinds open, so it’s hard to sleep in once the sun comes up. We decided to take advantage of the situation and leave early since Saturdays are not a good…
July 13 -14, 2011
Getting out of the Marina we had to Dodge these Kids Learning how to Kayak – Watched a Couple of them TipCoast Guard Jet Boat Installing BuoysHomemade Wooden BoatBusy Canal Wall at St. Anne de Bellevue – Looks Quiet Here but they Kept Coming and Going …
The Morning After
All that is left for most windjammer guests to do is to enjoy the morning and pack. Logic would dictate that the parade be on Saturday until one realizes many windjammer cruises turn over on Saturday. So it’s a quiet lovely final morning for the crews and those up early. And early it is. This […]
Starting to get really
philosophical now!”Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes, Greek Mathematician, 287 – 212 BC “Give me enough clamps and ratchet straps which to place on it, and I shall stop the world f…
Sassafras
July 15, 2011Sassafras RiverI should have gotten a clue when I was 5 years old and almost drowned when my swimming instructor tossed me in the middle of the river. Downstream from the tanneries, gulping acrid water contaminated with tanning aci…
N. Myrtle Beach, SC – 7/16/11
Finally after a week of waiting, we need to get ready to move. Returned the rental car, mailed a couple boxes home, paid the marina bill and filled up with fuel (117 gallons @ $3.75).We pulled away from the fuel dock at 10:45 and headed for N. Myrtle b…
Current Events – East River Cruising
So far this season tidal currents have had minimal impact on our planning. But from the entrance to New York harbor and north this changes. The channel that starts off Sandy Hook, New Jersey can give you three+ knots of help, or hindrance. Picking the best times used to entail laborious calculations. But now we […]
Trent Severn Hastings, On – on the wall again…Oh yes, we were on the wall again!
The weather has been phenomenal in Ontario. To date, the sun has shined most days and the temperature has been moderate. As we continue northward, we can only hope for more of this fine weather.As you can see, Buddy is having a great time on the Great …
