The waterway from Moore Haven to Fort Myers is wide and deep with little in the way of obstacles or challenges. One recent comment on this trip was whether or not we felt bored or lacked any excitement traveling along the many canals that interconnect …
Clean as a Baby's Bum
Yup that’s our boat bottom. Diver Mike did a dandy job of making CK clean and slick for our departure next week. With the barnacles off our rudder and prop we should increase out knots which we may need as next week the forecast is for high winds, li…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-05-29 11:14:00
Days 269-270 Spring Cove MarinaSolomons Island, MD Saturday, May 21 through Sunday, May 22, 2011 Point No Point Lighthouse Calvert Marine Museum Prehistoric shark skeleton at the marine museum Osprey Fo…
Remembering Joplin, Missouri
Last year, we took a road trip across America in our diesel VW Jetta. The twist to our trip was that we drove from San Diego to Maine on one load of fuel (on the way back we stopped at gas stations). The theme was Americana; our goal was to never stay at or eat […]
Life’s2Short 2011-05-29 07:58:00
Hanging at the Demopolis Yacht BasinOn Monday, May 16th, Todd had “Life’s2Short” hauled out of the water after lunch to try to determine why water was leaking into the bilge. We hit a waterlogged tree a few hours south of Demopolis Friday m…
May 25 – 26, 2011
Rhododendron in BloomI Like Lobster but in Ice Cream – Did Not Try ItOur for a Lobster DinnerMen’s Fishing Trip – They Come in a Bus full of Their Coolers-Bags of Striped BassHadley Harbour to Falmouth, Massachusetts – Woke up to a beautiful sunny warm…
May 23 – 24, 2011
Nice Summer HomeBoat House with Family Summer Home in the BackgroundPrivate Ferry Bringing Workers Over to the IslandsPlymouth, Massachusetts to Hadley Harbour – It was still raining with fog and winds but decided we had to head south for better weathe…
Slow and steady will
win this race. Not being actually as smart as I thought I was I tried to glue and tape both sides of some panel seams at once. The result was a massive failure.Voids in the splices are unacceptable. They’ll eventually lead to a failure of the panel or …
Sara and Paul Visit in Fiji
Paul and Sara Yungner with Ann and EricGood friends from home, Sara and Paul Yungner, got a taste of Fiji when they came to stay with us in May and we attempted to expose them to the various subcultures that is Fiji.Fiji is comprised of 322 islands, of…
A day for remembering – Day 239 – Beaufort, NC
Saturday, we awoke to a forecast with a 20% chance of showers, which seemed closer to 90% when we left for our morning walk with Kodi.Dark clouds to the east of Guided DiscoveryUndaunted, we proceeded to walk through town (our theory being we could cam…
