Georgetown was originally settled in 1526 as the earliest settlement in North America by Europeans. The colonists stayed a short time and the next settlement was in 1670 by the English. As in many other southern cities, indigo became th…
April 26 – Fort Myers Beach, FL
Day 51 – Haul OutOlsen Marine ServicesFirst thing this morning Olsen Marine Services hauled the boat out and set it up in their yard. Stan got busy working on things from his list. He changed the engine and injection pump oil, replaced the zincs and …
Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Travelled north another 50 miles today. It was cloudy this morning when we left, and we ran into rain storms a few times as we travelled. It was actually a beautiful travel day. We started the day going past marsh and what the chart says are abandoned …
[Kensblog] Sans Souci arrives in Turkey
Greetings all!
On April 17th I departed our home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bound for Marmaris, Turkey, where I would be meeting our boat, Sans Souci. It was to be a quick trip. Sans Souci would be arriving via a freighter from Hong Kong. …
[Kensblog] Sans Souci arrives in Turkey
Greetings all!
On April 17th I departed our home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bound for Marmaris, Turkey, where I would be meeting our boat, Sans Souci. It was to be a quick trip. Sans Souci would be arriving via a freighter from Hong Kong. …
Tuesday,April 26, 2011
Today we went to the little store at the marina in search of ice cream. Sue and I were craving ice cream; it’s been so long since we’ve had any. They had a few pints of Haagendaz, but it cost $8 for a pint. We borrowed the Geo Tracker from the woman wh…
Cruise to Georgetown SC April 2011
We are just home from a week’s cruise down the Intracoastal Waterway!! It was an amazing trip from Carolina Beach NC to Georgetown, SC and back again in six days. We actually left a day later than planned to avoid the predicted storms on April 16th a…
Boomtown Casino to Houma
It was another very windy day today, about 20 mph from the SEWe left boomtown Casino at 6:30 and arrived in Houma at 1 PM. Marsha’s father was there to pick us upWe did get some rain on the way but needed it anyway to wash off some of the salt&nbs…
Tuesday, 4/26/11
Captivating views Elk Neck, Turkey Point Light name: Liberty name: Honor Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay Sunrise at Mill Creek N 39′ 32.700′/W 075′ 42.700′ Chesapeake City, MD free municipal dock We departed USN Marina Mill Creek, MD at 7:15 to a gorgeous sunrise. Sunny, winds 13 SSW. Chesapeake Bay calm which is a blessing […]
Make Dust while the Sun Shines.
This Easter, blessed with the sort of weather usually reserved for our more traditional ten day long british summer, y’know the one, hammered blue sky, baking sunshine and a light breeze from dawn ‘til dusk; we decided to make the most of it. I wis…
