YIPPEE …. HOME SWEET BOAT!!!Boy is it good to be back on the boat having been gone only 15 days however, the trip home to see all the kids and grand kids was also great. During our time there we had both daughters home for a few days from Germansvile…
Procrastination part 2
Yesterday, I wrote about the difficulty in getting motivated to start boat projects. Well, after the dog park I actually drove to the hardware store and bought a palm sander. I had choices from $40 to $90. I could see no discern…
Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday, Elizabeth City, NC, to the Dismal Swamp Visitors Center, NC: Three boats left to make the 07:30 bridge opening-Tony M, Chris Lea, and Kim Jo III. It was a little chilly early this morning but when the sun came out it turned int…
Great Guana Cay
Saturday, April 30, 2011, Day 216. In the morning, we re-provisioned, including a visit to the weekly farmers market, called Da Market, in Marsh Harbour. It’s the last of their weekly market events now that the summer’s coming. We were underway b…
Trailer Trawler Life 2011-05-01 02:09:41
Over the last several months, we’ve learned more about trailerable trawlers, towing and tow trucks than we ever could have imagined. This knowledge has come from Internet searches, talking with manufacturers of trawlers, boat shows, marina visits, and owner forums. However, the most important source was often from our boating friends and sometimes from people […]
Fan Power Consumption, Air Movement, and Value
You see before you a reasonable looking, AC powered fan, that moves far more air than the smaller marine counterparts. As our previous fans, with their steel cages, were looking a little rusty, when we saw these in Home Depot, we picked up a cartful. Plugging in our Kill-A-Watt meter we found the following values:
At […]
Murphy strikes again – Days 208 & 209 – Fernandina Beach, FL
Murphy’s Law: Every thing takes longer than you think, everything is harder than it look and if anything can go wrong it will (and with a vengeance). Mechanical problems and the Shrimp Festival.Wednesday at 10:30 AM, while tied to the dock, …
Finishing Florida – Days 206 & 207 – St Augustine to Fernadina Beach, FL
Saturday, we toured the Ponce de Leon Hotel, which was build by Henry Morrison Flagler in 1888 and is now the centerpiece of Flagler College. Our guided one hour tour included a lecture on the structure itself, the lobby, the dinin…
Back to Highborne Cay
This morning we pulled out of Norman’s Cay headed to Highborne Cay, slowly making our return trip North. Do you remember in my earlier post when I mentioned David and Ryan bringing down our spare prop to store in the event of an …
April 30 – Marco Island, FL
Day 55 – Moving SouthMarco Island – AnchorageWe finally left Ft. Myers Beach this morning. The wind was still up a little but we stayed as close to shore as we could and the ride was not too bad. We saw a manatee as we entered the bay at Marco Isla…
