We spent the night at the free dock between the Great Bridge bridge and the Great Bridge lock. It wasn’t so great because they don’t have electric and it was 102 degrees when we arrived. Thank God we have a generator. I think they think this is a “grea…
September Song 2011-07-28 09:47:00
These floating hotels house the workers while they are working on ships.Have you ever seen so many cranes in one place?OH sh….. Don’t look now, but those two young boys have a big machine gun. The ships are guarded 24 hours a day while in harbor. Ama…
September Song 2011-07-28 09:47:00
More young boys with big guns.Whatever floats your boat! The dry docks that float these ships are enormous. The city of Norfolk.
September Song 2011-07-28 09:45:00
Monsters of the sea. Finally through Portsmouth and into the Chesapeake to our first at one of our favorite stops, York River Yacht Haven. Tied to the dock in 100 degree heat. In this heat, the best thing to do is hit the pool with a cold one.
September Song 2011-07-28 09:45:00
Dolphin playing at the bow as we go through Portsmouth.I don’t think they want you close. This ship looks stealth.
September Song 2011-07-28 09:44:00
Nothing like breakfast on the fly bridge while under way on a beautiful day. Life just doesn’t get any better than this!We anchored on Cockrell Creek, off the Great Wicomico. After we set the anchor, I threw in a couple of lines. After about two …
September Song 2011-07-28 09:43:00
You know you’re in the Chesapeake when you start to see waterman boats. It’s not a lighthouse. I guess they just call them a light. They are scattered throughout the Chesapeake. In the old days someone lived here and kept the light lit.
FPB 115 Mid Deck Layouts
We’ve got a new batch of drawings for the FPB 115 to share. The commentary will be short (for now), but we will come back in detail next week. At the end of this blog is a link where you can download larger size versions of all the drawings.
The FPB 115 has structure and systems […]
CUTENESS
Now that we are in AC, my knitting mojo has kicked in to higher gear. I’ve been working on a scarf from wool my sister in law brought me back from New Zealand last fall. I needed to do a quick project to break up the project and I found these little…
All the way to Memphis
Whirlwind style… Woke early Monday morning thinking about taking Istaboa over to Lauderdale for a little maintenance and to resupply before heading back to the islands. The internet had a glitch so I walked to the office to unglitch that. Discussed f…
