(Fri. May 6 – Dist: 32.0 mi; Avg Speed: 10.1 mph; TTT: 3:15 hrs)
Welcome to Georgia
Georgia: mud flats, marshes, skinny narrow waterways, noseeums and yellow flies as big as bumble bees. It is my least favourite waterway of the Great Loop…
Cocoa Village, FL
After doing the morning “bug removal” which includes vacuuming the inside and washing the outside, Ricki & I took off to Sam’s to drop off our photos to print, all 2,290 of them, then a quick trip to Publix for some food supplies. Then a lazy after…
Bottleneck Inlet to Khutze and Lowe Inlet
Waterfall Point, Finlayson Channel Rainbow in Khutze Inlet It is still Winter hereOrca swimming alongside Spirit Another view of Waterfall Point5/11/2011If the sun was shining this morning we had arranged for Sea Jay to take photos of Spirit at Waterf…
Lowe Inlet to Foggy Bay and Ketchikan
A peaceful evening in Foggy Bay Raindancer and Sea Jay in Foggy Bay A view of Bottleneck Inlet Entrance in the rainMay 13, 2011Underway in rain seems to be the norm these days, and today was no exception. We left Lowe Inlet at 0750 in rain and 44 degr…
Shearwater to Bottleneck Inlet
We awoke this morning to wind and rain, with wind gusts to 30 knots, and wondered whether we were going to be able to leave the dock. However, the weather forecast predicted the winds would calm to 10 knots or so by noon, so about 1017 we and Sea Jay d…
FPB 64 #5 and #6 Getting Up A Head Of Steam
You are looking at the Circa computerized cutting table at work on the jigsaw of aluminum pieces that will shortly become FPB 64 number six. The production process is rolling at Circa, and there are some details to share including a short video.
The computer controlled plasma cutter provides a high degree of accuracy, which translates […]
Tangier Island, VA-a true workingman’s island
A fellow Looper had told us about this unique island called Tangier Island so we knew we had to stop there. We left Deltaville knowing the ride would be rough and we were not disappointed. It was one of those rides where anything not …
Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, Virginia
Left the Welcome Centre in the Dismal Swamp in time to make a very slow trip to the lock at the other end of the canal. This canal was originally built with slave labour; however the slaves learned the swamp so well from digging the canal that it becam…
Hi Ho, Hi Ho
It’s off to work we go… (Continued…)
A Roller Coaster Ride
Feeling a bit relieved that we were missed by the storms and tired from lack of a good night’s rest, we slept in another hour and were finally underway at around 7 AM. The trip on the ICW was a fast one since we were on a falling tide. That falling tid…
