Captain’s Log July 18 to July 28, 2011
Visit to Ta Shing Shipyard and Taiwan
July 18: We left Detroit Metro Airport around 17:30 on a flight to San Francisco where we had planned a 24 hour layover on our way to Taiwan. We wanted to spend time …
Taiwan and the New Boat
Taiwan and the New Boat
Captain’s Log July 18 to July 28, 2011
Visit to Ta Shing Shipyard and Taiwan
July 18: We left Detroit Metro Airport around 17:30 on a flight to San Francisco where we had planned a 24 hour layover on our way to Taiwan. We wanted to spend time …
SATURDAY JULY 30TH, 2011
Our final day of travel on this leg. A short 26 miles from Charlevoix to Northport, where we will leave the boat for 3 weeks while we go home. The sun was shining and Lake Michigan was calm.Much to our delight, we discovered that our Looping friends Er…
We are in the Georgian Bay!
How do you follow up on something as unusual and exciting as the Big Chute? Well….Holy Cow we are now in the Georgian Bay! After traversing the Big Chute (lock 44) we traveled a ways to the smallest of the locks on th…
WOW the Big Chute Marine Railway- July 31st
This is yet another milestone of our journey, we have read about the Big Chute in blogs and seen many photos however, to see it in person is an another thing entirely. We docked at the Big Chute Marina to take in the working aspect…
Yoink!
Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:15:00
Accomplishment is the word for the month of July. The three of us survived the incredibly hot weather with temps in the hundreds and new heat index records. Should we mention the air conditioner issues that we experienced during some of those days — p…
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:13:00
Palmetto Moon with the dark green bimini and enclosure or how she looked for the last five years.
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:11:00
On Tuesday, July19, the hardtop frame was delivered to the parking lot. It looked enormous, and we wondered if Palmetto Moon had grown to 60′. OK, just wishful thinking.
Palmetto Moon 2011-07-31 12:10:00
On Wednesday, July 20 we moved out of the shed at Dozier’s Regatta Point Marina into the main basin so the hardtop frame could be installed. Actually we moved back into the shed as soon as we could to get out of the sweltering heat since we did not hav…
