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…
Elk Rapids 6-26-11
We traveled 24 miles from Traverse City to Elk Rapids on 6/20 and stepped back to small town Americana at its best. In our 7 days here, we’ve had 5 days of rain and NOAA which usually forecasts weather in technical terms ran out of descriptions and …
Elk Rapids 6-26-11
We traveled 24 miles from Traverse City to Elk Rapids on 6/20 and stepped back to small town Americana at its best. In our 7 days here, we’ve had 5 days of rain and NOAA which usually forecasts weather in technical terms ran out of descriptions and …
Northern Lake Michigan Traverse City 6-19-11
It is good to be back on the water again!!!!! After a week’s worth of inside boat projects at Northport Bay Boat Yard (we recommend them highly) and some reprovisioning and more projects at Northport, we headed off on 6/14 to explore Grand Traverse B…
Northern Lake Michigan Traverse City 6-19-11
It is good to be back on the water again!!!!! After a week’s worth of inside boat projects at Northport Bay Boat Yard (we recommend them highly) and some reprovisioning and more projects at Northport, we headed off on 6/14 to explore Grand Traverse B…
Friday, July 1, 2011
Look at that roof line! Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse in the gray, cloudy weather.I like the way this sailboat looked going through the drawbridge. These are just a couple of the children sailing around us at anchor. The pelicans crack me up how they…
