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 […]
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…
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.&…
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…
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 […]
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…
Well, I had the rental car company pick me up at the marina after watching Mike and Captain Butch Farless pass through the cut from the intercoastal into the gulf. I started wondering if I had made a mistake after talking with Butch because he was te…
We were so excited to see these, four of about 140 wild horses on this barrier island, the smallest and most southern of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Many years ago I’d heard or read about these wild herds that roam some of the islands, descenden…
Some of the 31 Selene’s at Roche Harbor
It was 90+ today and I was determined to swim in the ocean. Its about time, I have been looking forward to this since we left Canada in July ’09. The water was fabulous and the waves a riot. I also scored a Bill Fish!!!! as in a $10 bill….floating…
