Longhouse at Totem Bight A Halibut Totem at Totem Bight Skunk Cabbage at Lunch Falls Lunch Falls at Settler’s Cove, Ketchikan Saxman Village Totems and Longhouse
Ketchikan to Petersburg (rain, rain and more rain)
May 16, 2011Monday morning the good weather had departed, and the rain was falling, heavy most of the time. We had arranged to share a car rental with Jim and Cheryl so we could not only see both ends of the road, but also the scenic spots too far to …
Touching Georgia History – Days 217 to 220 – Savannah, GA
Life is good. The fact that I’m writing about our Savannah adventures today (Friday 5/20), when they occurred over a week ago, tells you a little about our level of activity. Stated simply, we are always on the go. So, now i…
Subsistence Boat
In New Zealand, we loaded our freezers with meat and chicken and our basement storage area with all manner of dry stores – we could have done without most of it. We in fact have turned in to a subsistence … Continue reading →
Spinnaker Sock Details
There are many ways to build a good spinnaker sock, and this one has an interesting rigging detail on the control lines. Check out the red and green colors, so you can easily determine which is the port and starboard side.
Passerals Part Two
Barcelona’s Port Olimpico is home to many small and medium sized sailboats, all of whom spend their lives Med moored. Almost universally they have simple, light, and inexpensive passeral systems. The one above is our favorite.
It is a ladder with plywood screwed to the rails and rungs, and occasional anti skid strips.
Next favorite, mooring close […]
Friday, May 20, 2011
Enterprise came to pick us up at 8:00 A.M. this morning and we have wheels until 8:00 A.M. Monday morning. We spent the morning trying to find the fittings John needs for the generator pump. Westerbeke doesn’t make the pump any longer and so we ordered…
20th May 2011 – Painting is finished !
We are pleased with the finished paint job. Credit goes to Anja for the choice of colours.
Doziers Regatta Point Yacht Club, Deltaville, Virginia
The courtesy car is a great big old Buick Roadmaster station wagon. The fruit and vegetable stand; they were picking the vegetables right in front of the stand, so we knew they were freshQuiet day today, spent the day getting caught up with some chores…
Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, Cape May, NJ: Well, we are still here. It does look like we can leave for Atlantic City, NJ, tomorrow morning. If you have to be stranded for a week, Cape May is an OK place to be. We can walk just about any where you wa…
