27 April 2011 Morehead City to South River, NCAfter a couple days in Morehead catching up with new Defever owners, Shay & Elizabeth Glass and meeting Defeverites from Houston on Confetti, Dick & Lace, we headed out for the South River. On A…
Thursday, May 26, 2011
I spent the day cleaning. Yuck! But, it’s done. My walking buddy is back, so Sue and I went for a walk. John fixed the forward head. Then, after all the work was accomplished, we had Happy Hour on Norm and Sue’s aft deck. Life is back to normal.We have…
Colonial Beach Yachting Center, Colonial Beach VA
(Thurs May 26 – Dist: 77.4; Avg Speed: 14.2 mph; TTT: 5:45 hrs)
Another long distance of travel today but all of it was up on plane at about 21 mph. The first part was on the Chesapeake Bay and the remainder about 50 miles was up the Potomac Ri…
Elizabeth City NC to Dismal Swamp VA
Three boaters helped us untie from Elizabeth City’s free dock @ 8:20 so we could make the 8:30 bridge opening. Lots of boats have already left the dock.
We also need to make the opening of the South Mills Lock on the Dismal Swamp @ 11:30…
05-26-11 Update from Oxford, MD
When last I updated, we were in Deltaville, VA. We left Deltaville and headed across the bay to the quaint town of Onancock. We rafted up with the Reves and dinghied into town for Church and for a couple of meals. Onancock is a wonder…
My New Book!
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 option as well. The book contains 94 pages with 85 full color […]
Gulf-Streaming
Fort Jefferson National ParkSunday, May 8, 2011Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas (USA) 24˚37.50N-082˚52.25WI just happen to be reading—or rather, listening to (on my new Kindle)—the novel “1421,” Gavin Menzie’s thesis …
Iron Lady Nav Station and Osprey Weathers Force 10 Conditions
A couple of notes from the FPB 64s.
Pete Rossin (FPB 64-3) has a detailed look at his navigation station on the Iron Lady website. You can see lots of photos and read Pete’s comments on how he is using this gear by clicking here.
Osprey (FPB 64-4) has safely crossed what many consider the most dangerous […]
Carpet photos
The sun is shining, the Red Sox are exploding with runs, and are tied for 1st place in the American League East, and, we love our new carpets! So this is the end of the carpet saga, at least for the time being. Here are some photos o…
May 25 – Cocoa, FL
Day 80 – Took Our Dinghy to TownIndian River – AnchorageWe continued to travel through the Indian River today. It’s wide and looks more like a lake to me. People were out skiing and jet skiing…summer is close. We anchored out in Cocoa; it is near …
