Today is Greg’s 58th Birthday, our niece Nikki is 31, it’s Memorial Day and our last day of cruising until we get the itch to do some more.
Our looper friends, Chris & Bruce and Debby & Rob, helped us off the dock as we departed Solomon…
Cairns to Cape York
Friday 13th May and t’was the day we left Yorkeys Knob for an appointment in Cairns with the fuel dock, it was also my birthday.
3720 litres @$1.43 cpl it took to fill our tanks for the trip over the top! The young guy at the fuel dock allowed…
September Song 2011-05-29 16:03:00
As the song says, “We love this bar”Be ware of Bob’s underwater camera. Hi Jay!Hi Jesse and Brittany!Another rum punch please. NO FLOATER!
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-05-29 15:32:00
Day 273 Back Cove Anchorage,Baltimore, MDWednesday, May 25, 2011Passing a freighter on the ChesapeakeAnchorage at Back Cove looking toward Stoney CreekSince we have recently spent a lot of time in marinas, all of us were ready t…
May 28 – St. Augustine, FL
Day 83 – Busy Day ExploringAnchorage Inn & MarinaOur first stop today was the St. Augustine Lighthouse. There has been a lighthouse in St. Augustine since 1824, but during the late 1800’s it was replaced several times until the present one was …
Bligh waters and Nananu-i-Cake
We spent a peaceful night anchored off Nabouwalu on the southwestern corner of Vanua Levu resting up for our voyage across Bligh waters. This reef strewn area of water was named after Captain William Bligh, the famous Captain Bligh of The Bounty. The…
Portsmouth
We were anchored in Broad Creek last night, but didn’t see any frogs (remember last time here we had a few hitch-hikers), but we did hear thousands of them. While the frogs made no physical presence on the boat, the same can’t be said of the mayfli…
It Always Ends All Too Soon
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…
