Tony M in peaceful Palmyra Palmyra, the Queen of the Erie Canal (why queen I don’t have a clue), has a welcoming dock with complimentary power and water in a man-made basin. This town of about 8,000 had an abundance of tour buses that …
Historic Palmyra and Newark, NY, not NJ
Tony M in peaceful Palmyra Palmyra, the Queen of the Erie Canal (why queen I don’t have a clue), has a welcoming dock with complimentary power and water in a man-made basin. This town of about 8,000 had an abundance of tour buses that …
Waiting is the worst part
Almost noon and no call from Ray and Carlos. Oh well, not like they’re the first fender kickers to never call back.Puttered around in the shed this morning before it heated up. I sanded all the taped seams and wiped them down in prep for the fiberglass…
Delta Week Begins!
We are up on the boat at Delta Bay Marina in Isleton, ready to start our 9 day adventure! I realized last night I had forgotten to do one thing I had told my boss I’d do before I left (hopefully that is all I forgot) so I brought the laptop out on the …
July 20, 2011
The Karen Anne Going through the Lift Bridge – When Down it is Only has a 10 Foot ClearanceThis Modern House Sure Does Not Fit in with the Rest of the Houses in the AreaWere Coming Through – They Sure Scattered FastAlong the Bike Path there is Uprooted…
Interview with Tucker Rolle
Our buddy Tuck is on YouTube… Alpheus Tucker RolleBut this is not the first time… many have come to Compass to film Tuck’s beautiful island.Just this summer alone there have been numerous crews on-island doing shows and shooting photographs f…
Friendship Sloops
Race days for Friendship Sloops. A raging regatta this is not. The only egos on the loose are those of boys who, as always, feel the need to generate their own excitement in this case with pirate songs and water balloon barrages during the pre-start maneuvering. By all outward appearances we have a race. There […]
July 22 – Norfolk, VA
Day 126 – Trying to Stay CoolWaterside MarinaWe went to the Nauticus museum this morning…the place is a little miss leading, we thought we had to pay for that ticket to be able to see the Hampton Road Naval Museum and the battleship Wisconsin. …
THURSDAY JULY 21ST, 2011
Before heading out this morning we went for a bike ride with Dave and Linda Tuls. They know the area well and took us on a scenic route for the out of shape. It is a lovely area and we could see why they keep coming back here. I survived the bike ride …
Morehead City, NC – 7/22/11
Shortly after 8 a.m. this morning while I was on the helm getting electronics up for our trip today, I heard a noise over toward the marina building and this is what I saw.Most marinas have a place where you can put your boat to be lifted out for dry s…
