They Also Serve
. . . who just hang at the dock and wait for someone to show up. It’s before dawn on a Saturday morning on a long holiday weekend. Superb weather must have weekend warriors really psyched for a couple grand days on the water. Fishermen, both commercial and pleasure, are already out. But not these […]
Celebrating CANADA
Yesterday I celebrated Canada’s birthday with my sister and brother and their families, in the town we all grew up in. It was nostalgic visiting “the point” where we spent hundreds of summer hours swimming, boating, barbequeing when our family was gr…
Belmont Bay Harbor, Woodbridge VA
(Monday June 27 – Dist: 29.4 mi: Avg Speed: 6.2 mph; TTT: 3:35 hrs)
These are some of the views from our back deck. Belmont Bay Harbor is a beautiful marina on the Occoquan River. Woodbridge is within biking distance but the best part is t…
Anchorage – 7/1/11
We left Beaufort, SC this morning at 11:20 thinking we would run about half way to Charleston or 30 to 35 miles and anchor out for the night. We ended up going 44 miles which doesn’t sound like a big difference until you use 8 to 9 miles per hour. Afte…
Fishing Time Pictures 1
Mount Edgecumbe on a rare clear dayOur anchorage in Kalinin BayA pod of orca interrupted our fishingBut the orca are spectacular!Retrieving the crab pots in Saook BayEagles feeding on the beach in Ell CoveOne of the purse seiners joining us in Ell Cov…
Fishing
June 21, 2011We left Sitka at 0930 and decided to go up the outside of Kruzof Island, so we headed directly out Sitka Sound and joined the many charter boats fishing about 3 miles west of Cape Edgecumbe. By 3 PM we had lost 4 Coho salmon, but kept 3 …
Buying Trawler Insurance
Buying trawler insurance can be daunting. My recommendation is: shop – shop and compare! There’s no better explanation for finding the right carrier than that statement. Of course having an insurance company owner as a business partner helps a little. I started my search with BoatUS.
Houghtaling Island, New Baltimore, NY….sign me up!
The trip up the Hudson River was interesting, as usual! We have seen so many lighthouses with many in total disrepair. As we left Norrie State Park, a pontoon boat was leaving at the same time. Local volunteers have done significant work to fix up the …
Glen Cove, NY to Tarrytown, NY
Day 3 Depart Glen Cove, NY 8:45 amArrive Tarrytown, NY 3:00 pmDistance 51 MilesCumulative 155.1 MilesNOTE: to view larger pictures, simply click o…
