I think I left us in Charleston on my final post of 2010. We didn’t actually stay there all winter. We continued moving south with our troublesome inverters. They weren’t performing correctly so we couldn’t use our cook-top, but other than that we …
5/1/2011 NORFOLK TO ONANCOCK, VA ON THE CHESAPEAKE
SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 63 NM DOCKED AT: ONANCOCK, VA ICW MILE MARKER: ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MM 121SUNRISE: 6:11 SUNSET: 7:53HIGH: 69 …
May 1 – Everglades City, FL
Day 56 – Rough Day on the WaterRod and Gun Club MarinaWe had planned to leave Marco Island and go to an anchorage in the Everglades called Little Shark River and then on to Marathon the next day. Plans had to change since the winds in the Marathon area…
Chicago celebrations – Days 210 to 213 – Chicago, IL
Readers may recall that my last visit to Chicago started with a frustrating five hour (equipment) delay at Palm Beach International. This was not the case on Friday (4/29). My United flight from Jacksonville departed on time and arrive…
Wind Horse Monitor Glare Shield
One of the things that has long been overdue onboard Wind Horse is a glare shield for the three navigation monitors. Working with Greg Kelchner in Fort Lauderdale we fashioned a variety of mock ups from thin plywood.
We found that five inches / 125mm of overhang to be ideal. The finished product is bent up […]
Sisterships
April 30, 2011Hours logged: 5.75John’s “Tangent” launched on Saturday. We were looking forward to seeing him after a long winter break, so we hopped up to Annapolis and tied up at his dock for a little bit. Mark had shuttled John over to Kentomorr, a…
Bald Head Island, NC – Put it on your Bucket List.
There are no cars on Bald Head Island. Most people take the ferry from Southport to get to the Island. Once on the Island, transportation is limited to golf carts, bikes and foot traffic. The Island complex is 12,000 acres, including marsh and creeks.&…
Bald Head Island, Cape Fear, North Carolina
We have travelled just a few miles today, past Southport and partway out the Cape Fear inlet to Bald Head Island. This island borders the southeasterly flank of the Cape Fear River’s outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. It has also been known in the past as S…
Saturday, 4/30/11/Sunday, 5/1/11
Manhasset Bay, NY N40′ 50.533′/W073′ 47.067′/Clinton, CT N41’16.200′/W 072′ 31.800 We departed Forked River Anchorage off Barnegat Bay at 6:00 a.m. with Sunny skies, winds 3.2 NE. Barnegat Bay was smooth. Very skinny water all the way through Barnegat all the way to Manesquan Inlet. We took the Point Pleasant canal at the end of […]
First bit about Marmaris
Today Linda, Randal and I took the small dolmus (small bus) to town for food shopping at the Tansas Supermarket. It was hot enough to wear a t-shirt and shorts. Tonight I’m in flannel and a sweatshirt. When the sun goes d…
