Yesterday I was online a lot of the afternoon, doing genealogy research, with no problem. Last night when I tried to blog, I couldn’t get connected. Go figure. Yesterday from 5:00 til 8:00, there was a little art show and a DJ at the pool bar here at t…
ENVOY BACK IN THE WATER AT MARMARIS
Envoy went back into the water on the 20th, just nine days after our return. The marina is very busy at this time of year, and that day about 30 boats were launched. Ours was at 2200hrs, and it was dark, chilly and drizzling. After Envoy had been hoist…
Marathon Florida – Temporary Full Cruise Mode
We’ve taken a temporary hiatus from the business of yachting to enjoy hanging out with daughter Elyse, husband Todd, along with Emma and Ian (shown above).
If you spend much time in this part of the world a mud trail will become common, even with five foot/1.5m draft. This is ideal for keeping the props clean, […]
The Wharf Marina
We spent the day at he wharf today Our friend Ted drove down from Mobile so we had a nice visit, and lunch with him. Ted keeps his boat Bay Spirit, a Camano, here so we spent some time on it too. After lunch I did some things on Gumbo and had…
Charleston, South Carolina
The floating condo shipThe USS YorktownA beautifuld day here in Charleston after yesterday’s rain. We went this morning with Jim and Gloria from Crawdad to visit the Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine. This submarine was launche…
April 22 & 23, 2011, Friday and Saturday
Morehead City, NC, to Whittaker Pointe Marina, Oriental, NC: We only had about 25 miles to go today so we got going about 09:00. The weather report said the winds would be 10 to 15 knots with 2 to 3 foot seas. All was well until …
#33.5 April 2011 Part II Miami – Bimini
Farewell, Miami!
Kindred Spirit and our 2 buddy boats awoke to a beautiful Miami morning. Each of us was bursting with excitement and anticipation of our Atlantic Ocean crossing to the Bahamas. The 6 1/2 hour trip could not have been more …
Saturday, 4/23/11
A welcomed sight Navy Shipyard, Norfolk, VA Our van driver took us for provisions N 36′ 50.4′/W 76′ 17.9′ — U.S. Naval Air Station Marina, Norfolk, VA — The marina manager at Waterside marina, (where we docked last night) invited us to a van pool to the grocery store at 10 a.m. We got acquainted with the […]
April 23 – Fort Myers, FL
Day 48 – Just another SaturdayFort Myers Yacht BasinJust an ordinary Saturday. Stan did a few little jobs around the boat and then went with our friend Greg to Lowe’s and Wal-Mart. It seems like we always make it to Wal-Mart on Saturday…the worse…
More Istanbul stories..Burak’s Cafe Restaurant
We took the 9 am bus from Izmir to Denizli and then the mini-bus from Denizli to Pamukkale. We arrived about noon. Turkish buses are a bargain. Just as on an airplane you can choose to watch a movie, tv, or listen to music on your in…
