Bill and Sue Henry, owners of FPB 64-2 Sarah Sarah, are the first to make use of the threaded inserts on the house sides for kayak storage. If you look carefully at this lovely photo, sent in by Brian Rickard (as are the others), you will see one of the kayaks stored just above the […]
Murphy’s Creek (BFE), FL – 6/2/11
This morning we left the Ortega Yacht Club at 9 a.m. and headed up the St. Johns River (actually south since it flows north).First order of business was to call the Ortega River bridge for an opening which was ready for us as we approached. Ortega Yach…
Trouble in Miami on M/V Close Knit
Posting this to create some awareness for other cruisers and M/V Close Knit. See the attached video that they filmed while anchored in Sunset Lake, Miami, Florida. Visit their blog to let them know about your experiences and show them some support.
Delaware City Marina, Delaware City, Delaware
We hesitated about whether to move on today; the forecast was for higher winds than we like, but we were travelling for the most part in protected waters. We did leave Sassafras Harbour Marina, with the proviso that if it got rough, we would pull in so…
Thursday, June 2, 2011
This is from a couple of weeks ago. I just thought it was cool. They have the prettiest flowers hereSue, John, and I walked for an hour this morning. John and I tried to attend a Kiwanis meeting, but were unable to get a hold of someone from the local…
Thermal Management at Anchor
Thermal Management (as in staying comfortable in the tropics at anchor) is a real important part of the FPB concept. Since leaving New Zealand, we have only been tied along side (without power) for just 2 nights and that was … Continue reading &#…
Nooks and Crannies
Tangier Island’s uniqueness is going to be hard to beat but we’ll try. We ventured up the Potomac River to St. Mary’s River where we anchored in Horseshoe Bend across from St. Mary’s College. What a perfect anchorage-beautiful scenery, soli…
Up the NJ shore to Atlantic City and onto Sandy Hook NJ
Great day on the ocean its been 5 months since we had a day of ocean travel, and it couldn’t of been much better, here’s to hoping for the same tomorrow. Today we traveled 40 miles, tomorrow is 72 miles to Sandy Hook NJ. While we wer…
The THREAD lives
Another Canadian has made a stance against Fred Karlton. You will recall our earlier post on Bullying, well it continues since another Canadian had a bad experience Memorial Day weekend (Continued…)
THE LONG WINTER
We recently spent time with some of our south of the Mason Dixon Line Looper friends. When we told them what we did over New Years, well, they thought it sounded crazy. I guess when I think about it, it is a bit crazy.With the Oddysea tucked in for the…
