Is happening. These pictures, taken last week show the situation. We made a jig, built the hull bottom and stem on it, bent the (12mm- eeek!) chine plates into position, cut the jig off, and now the hull side frames have been bent in pairs and are in p…
Going Solo
4/18-4/21 – On Monday we headed for Palm Coast. We stayed at a friend’s dock for a couple of days and Michael and Jana on Second Star parked their boat in front of the home they bought last fall. This was the end of the road for them. One night we al…
Going Solo
4/18-4/21 – On Monday we headed for Palm Coast. We stayed at a friend’s dock for a couple of days and Michael and Jana on Second Star parked their boat in front of the home they bought last fall. This was the end of the road for them. One night we al…
5/25/2011 A TOUR OF THE HATTERAS FACTORY
MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NM DOCKED AT: NEW BERN GRAND MARINA ON THE TRENT RIVERSUNRISE: 6:23 SUNSET: 7:49HIGH: 84 LOW: 64Today it was all about the Hatteras Factory. We have been looking forward to this for a long time and were not disappoin…
Boat building is a lot like
watching paint dry. Well more like watching epoxy cure to be exact. Who said this boat building thing was fun? I spent most of the Easter long weekend (4 days) waiting for epoxy to cure. I even stepped up the process by putting a tent over the splices …
April 25 – Fort Myers Beach, FL
Day 50 – On the Move Olsen Marine ServicesWe moved the boat down the Caloosahatichee River to Ft. Myers Beach. It was nice visiting the Edison Estate, but I really don’t see any other reason to go to Ft. Myers. It was nice to be back at the beach …
Marsh Harbour Hideout
Friday, April 22, 2011, Day 207 to Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Day 211, Easter Weekend. Due to a strong low pressure area just east of the Abacos, winds are predicted to be 17 to 20 knots from the east to northeast from Friday through Monday. There is a…
America’s Cup
The next America’s Cup will be sailed in 70′ catamarans in San Francisco. As a build up to that event, preliminary events will be sailed as a series called the Americas Cup World Series in ‘AC45’ (45 ft) catamarans. The…
Pass Christian to Boomtown Casino near New Orleans
We Got up early and left the Pass Christian Marina at 6:30 it was windy all night and still blowing about 13 from the South. By the time we reached the Rigoletts it was quite rough. The waves in the sound don’t get too big but are choppy, and bou…
April 25, 2011
Well, mid April has arrived…All the New York tasks are completed, and today we’re back in Green Cove Springs—on the boat. The weather is very Florida. Mid 80’s and low 90’s and actually quite delicious. Today started out …
