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

If you input your e-mail address in the space at the top of this posting and complete the verification process, you will be automatically notified by e-mail when the blog changes. In this way, you will not need to spend time checking the blog.We spent …

Kalkan, the Pasha Hotel and dinner at Coast

  The adventure continues….
Kalkan
Billy and Esra hopped on their motorbike and took us to meet Mark and Imelda who own the Pasha Hotel. We relaxed, drank a bit and waited for the one vacant apartment to be readied for us. Billy, Esra, Mark …

Sunday, June 19,2011

Pineapple growing in Jesse’s yard. Dan and Jesse at Cabo Wabo.Bikini SaladHappy Father’s Day to all Dads!!!! This morning after Church, we went out for lunch with Norm and Sue, and Dan and Jesse. Since it is Father’s Day, we had a hard time finding so…

City Dock, Oswego, New York

Turn Right for Oswego canal, left to go to Buffalo. I like these signs.Today, after Lock 23 on the Erie Canal we came to Three Rivers Point, where the Oswego and Seneca Rivers meet, and  turned north into the Oswego River and canal. The Osweg…

City Dock, Oswego, New York

Turn Right for Oswego canal, left to go to Buffalo. I like these signs.
Today, after Lock 23 on the Erie Canal we came to Three Rivers Point, where the Oswego and Seneca Rivers meet, and  turned north into the Oswego River and canal. The Oswego Can…

Bear’s Early Birthday Party

Because it was the last day spent with Bear’s friends aboard s/v Stray Kitty and s/v Kamaya, we celebrated Bear’s birthday early with a party at Namata Bay on the island of Qamea (Fiji). It happened there were seven Fijian kids living along this …

Trekking at Albert Bay

Today Jo, Bear and I went ashore to meet the family that lives on Albert Bay where we are anchored on Rabi Island. We had also heard of a jungle hike over the hill to the other side and hoped that someone would guide us there. Both of our goals were …

Rock Slides at Tavauni

A little bumpy on the butt but worth the fun! On the Taveuni Island natural water slides attract the local kids for some fresh water, slippery entertainment.