Oops – visited Hilton Head before Beaufort, SC.

Jim and I love Hilton Head. We have for a few years, since our bike trip with Dutch Connection, Ernie and Pat Myers.The lighthouse at the Harbour Town MarinaView from the lighthouse of the Harbour Town Marina. Pretty spot!Our first bike trip with Dutch…

Days 23-25 Orange Beach, Alabama

Lab on a kayak!John and Mike McMahonCondos in Orange BeachWe' ve  been in Orange Beach Marina since Friday and were able to beat the front that moved through that evening.  They weren't able to begin work on the holding tank until Monday an…

Baytowne Marina

We spent the day at Baytowne I washed the boat, filled the water tank, and did some maintenance on the boat and walked around the town for a while.Dinner at one of the local pizza spots.Windy today, heading towards the Pensacola are…

Wednesday, 4/20/11

Crab Man N 35′ 54. 333′/W 076′ 13.467′ Alligator River, Columbia, NC Tree in water Looking for the beaver that created this! old bridge on Alligator River Water the color of dark tea Good morning fellow tugger! The rising sun over Campbell’s Creek Alligator River Marina, Columbia, NC –  We left our anchorage in Campbell […]

City Marina of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC

Another beautiful warm day, heard one lady in town saying that spring had come too early, it should not be this warm quite this early. I asked what summer is like here, she said very hot with very high humidity. Got the courtesy car with Jim and Gloria…

Changes In Attitude

Susan and I have both given our two weeks notice to Waterway Guide. Our time working there was always to be limited since we knew we wanted to get back on the water and do some cruising again. And that is just what we intend to do. We have always said …

April 20 – Longboat Key, FL

Day 45 – Gorgeous WaterMoore’s Stone Crab Restaurant (free dock)One of the necessities of cruising is having your holding tanks pumped out…I know, not very glamorous, but it has to be done. Today the pump out came to us…as I said before this is…

Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.

What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.
Friday, 22 April or Thursday April 21, 2011?
1015 Z or 1914 JST or 0015 HST?

Boy have we been confused!!! Not about our port of departure (Osaka) or our port of arrival (Honolulu), but about what…

Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline

21 April, 2000Z, We are at the International Dateline.

Pos 22 12N/180E/W

Nm run since Ashiya 2820Nm, 16 days running so far.

Distance left to go to Honolulu, 1230Nm. 6 plus days left to finish.

The generator only ran 17 total hours during the f…