The end of Lady Jane

No, it’s not a prank.With Lady Jane now out of the water, and her hull properly cleaned off, it’s obvious the hull is severely corroded. The jetwash alone blew a few holes in the hull!It’s a fact that the hull is too far gone for me to be able to affor…

On our way to Budapest

 It has rained a lot and the river is full of “floatsome”  At times I would look out to the Danube from where we were docked and there would be large trees blocking the way in or out of the harbor. I had to push this tree away from in front o…

statues of Bratislava

 We will remember Bratislava for it’s life size bronze  statues. One of the statues is a worker crawling out of a man hole.The one on the left is the actual statue and the one on the right is an enterprising “street artist” who is copying the…

Bratislava Slovakia

Le rêve at rest in Bratislava at “Marina Dodo. We will not forget the people in Marina Dodo!!!Looking down the Danube from the castle grounds.

Round Pond, Maine, and the Cruising Paradigm

We are in lobstah territory, which means paying close attention to where we are heading and lots of dodging and weaving.

The lobstermen lay their traps everywhere, millions of  them.

Their boats have cages around their props, as do many of the yachts in Maine.

We are anchored at the entrance to Round Pond harbor (in Maine). The harbor […]

Position

Click to see our position today     http://fms.ws/5TH6g/17.77351S/177.18205E   We have not been very good about posting our location, partly due to technical difficulties.   We have been in various parts of Fiji si…

The New Kismet Starts to Take Shape

Light at the end of the tunnel!  As I write this blog, construction has begun on our Ranger Tug R27. Our transition from being live aboard boaters for five years to joining the trailerable trawler world has taken 1.5 years so we’re very anxious and excited to get back out on the water. As you […]

Ongoing Boat Projects

If we seem to have fallen down on our projects, it only appears that way. Since we arrived in Fort Myers Beach, the work on the boat has been constant. That doesn’t mean we have not had time to walk on the beach, go for a swim in the Gulf, or sample th…

The Big Apple

(Sunday July 24 – Dist: 6.7 mi; Avg Speed: 5.5 mph; TTT: 1:15 hrs)

Sunday morning we were able to secure a slip at the 79 TH Street Marina so we headed out into New York Harbor and travelled the short distance up river to 79 TH Street.

One can al…

Lock #12 Ranney Falls, Ontario to Hastings Village Marina, Ontario

Date            Sunday July 24, 2011 Day             26Depart         Lock #12 Ranney Falls, Ontarion 8:20 amArrive          Hastings Village Marina, Ontario  1:15 pm       Distance         19Cumulative   659 Mil…