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…
Hotter ‘n
It’s so hot the dairy cows are only giving evaporated milk! ;-)It’s so hot I saw a funeral procession in the Dairy Queen drive through! ;-)It’s so hot I saw two fire hydrants fighting over a dog! ;-)It’s so hot my ice cream cone melted before anybody h…
Casino Town in Joisey
Farley State Marina, Atlantic City NJ
(Friday July 22 – Dist: 44.7 mi; Avg Speed: 16.4 mph; TTT: 2:45 hrs)
The wind finally shifted to the south west during the night so the fog was more of a heavy haze. We did not hurry to give the air a chan…
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
2009 Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 hull 60-102
806 hours on main engine, ~493 hours on each generator
One owner since new, full records available
Swim Step and entry gates
One benefit of the canoe stern is that it results in …
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
2009 Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 hull 60-102
806 hours on main engine, ~493 hours on each generator
One owner since new, full records available
Swim Step and entry gates
One benefit of the canoe stern is that it results in …
July 21 – Norfolk, VA
Day 125 – Record Heat & ArtWaterside MarinaWe have traveled the last nine days…so it was nice this morning to sleep late and relax. The weather forecast for today was for record breaking heat in this area, so we looked for something we could do…
