6/19/2011 LITTLE FALLS TO UTICA MARINA

SUNDAY                          HOPE ALL YOU FATHERS HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!TOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 18 NM DOCKED AT: &nbsp…

Some more Castles

Castles on this section of the Rhine (Koblenz to Bingen) are plenty full.Sometime you see two or more from one vantage point.

Capital Escapades

We loved our time in Washington, D.C. Friends visiting, touring national treasures, caught in a downpour with no protection, cruising past Georgetown on a perfect afternoon, history, emotions. We will never forget this part of the Great Loop!When I las…

More Rhine

 The traffic on the Rhine can be very heavy at times with with sometime two coupled together. These can be as long as 180 meters long. (over 500 ft) this is not long as compared to the traffic on the Mississippi but considering the much narrower R…

Transiting the loreley

One of the sharp narrow bends in the loreley. We are following a cruise boat.The black board with the white lights (three on top of each other) in the right of the photo lets up stream traffic know what is coming down stream.

The Maiden of the Loreley

July 18th we set out to go through the treacherous section of the  Loreley. But….. not before I talked nice to the Maiden who supposedly has caused so many ship wrecks.  She promised to be good to me and indeed  she was as the traffic …

Savannah, GA – 6/20/11

Ricki & I spent the day cleaning the boat inside and out plus a trip to the laundromat. We did stop at Wendy’s for our dinner then back to the boat and continue laying stuff out to take home. We will pick up our rental car tomorrow at 9 a.m. and af…

19th June 2011 – She floats !

Launched today. Only a few weeks to completion.

Dock Water Filtration System

Todd Rickard, in his spare time (inside joke), put together this dock water filtration system for us to test, which he is demonstrating.

It has a sediment prefilter, shown below, and the final charcoal filter.

We are going to mount this in the forepeak, and then run a hose as required to the forward or aft fresh […]

June 17, 2011 Sneads Ferry, NC

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