Day 81 – Manatee SpottingsHalifax River – AnchorageWe were greeted this morning by dolphins and one manatee. The manatee came close to the boat while Stan raised the anchor. Stan uses a hose to rinse the anchor off as he brings it up, manatees like fre…
Jersey Shore
Tuesday 5/24/11 We decided to stay another day in Baltimore to catch up on laundry and pick up a few groceries. Since the laundry is in the basement of the Rusty Scupper restaurant we thought it would be a good way to kill two b…
May 14 – 22, 2011
Where Are We?WaitingThe Well Is FullDanny Getting Ready to Go InOn Our Way to the MarinaLow Tide – This Guy Must Not Love His Boat Today You Can See the Mayflower ReplicaKlang II was used in World War II in the Evacuation of Troops from St. Malo, Franc…
Solomons to Kent Narrows and Elk Head MD
On my last post I had mentioned our friends Twyla and Mike from Joplin Mo, our thoughts and prayers go out to their friends and family back home and we wish them better days as they try to put their lives back together in Joplin.We had pizza and beers …
Palm Coast, FL – 5/26/11
All 3 boats pulled out of their respective slips at 8:30 this morning for the 29 mile run to Palm Coast Marina. Halifax Marina was a very nice stop and we enjoyed our week there in spite of the mechanical issues that kept us in port.Skip had borrowed a…
Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
Spring is gone. The forecast for the coming week is hot, hazy, and humid with temps in the upper 80s. You can see and smell it in the air. This is a work barge leaving in the fog yesterday morning. &…
New Book – Try Again!
Sorry – messed up the Facebook post first time…here’s a second go! I’ve published a book! It is a fully illustrated catalog of all the photographs that were shown at the Northern Trust Exhibition last fall. Here it is – you can leaf through the pages and preview the entire book. There’s a full screen […]
Mounting Solar Panels on Dodgers and Anwings
There are large solar arrays on many of the cruising yachts we meet these days. A combination of high efficiency monocrystal panels and MPPT controllers makes it feasible to get most, if not all, of your systems power from the sun. Of course mounting space is always an issue.
These folks were docked next to us […]
Route 66!
“Well if you ever plan to motor west Just take my way that’s the highway that’s the best…You’ll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico Flagstaff, Arizona don’t forget Winona Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino Would you get hip to this kind…
Annapolis, Maryland
The one remaining functioning screwpile lighthouse marks Thomas Point shoal; we passed it just before we turned in to the Severn river and Spa Creek to AnnapolisSeveral cadets from the naval academy out and about the townWe had dinner at a restaurant a…
