We went to the neighboring island of Big Major, home to many wild pigs and local attraction for cruisers. When we arrived there were several other boats waiting at the shore for the pigs to show; the waiting b…
Testing the Latest Coastal Explorer
We have been using the latest iteration of Coastal Explorer this spring. This is a clean, easy to use, and quite stable nav program.
Contrary to its name, you can use this program anywhere. We used it last year in Europe and then for the passage back to the States. The screen shot shows the layout […]
3 Days to our 2011 Departure
It is early on Sunday morning, April 24, 2011 and we are getting ready to attend Easter Sunday services, one of the last events we will attend in Bellevue before heading back to Anacortes on Tuesday morning. In the afternoon we will celebrate Easter w…
The Wharf to Pass Christian
We left the Wharf at 6:45 it was hazy but dead calm. we made it out to Mobile Bay which was also quite smooth too. After we passed Dauphin Island the breeze started picking up stronger and stronger till it was really blowing hard as we …
Engine room workbench, aft cabin ceiling nailers, and some other stuff…
Had a productive week on the boat… Lots of pictures so I’ll keep the text short. started on partitions and house battery foundations in the passageway. Put up the curved nailers for the overhead in the aft cabin. I’m trying to get the aft cabin rough…
Charleston, South Carolina
Happy Easter to all! Beautiful sunny day today. Went to church this morning at the First Presbyterian (Scots) Church, a church first built in 1731. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in the late 1800’s, rebuilt with help from churches all over…
Days from home!
Anchored at Hospital Point heading to Deltaville, Va tomorrow for a few days until the weather up the Chesapeake Bay improves. Whooo, hooo…getting close! (View Post…)
Over the water and through the waves….
To those of you anxiously awaiting the saga of Serenity’s trip north, I apologize for the delay. I had almost completed the story last night = in fact, I was up to her arrival in NY when I did something with my hand – still don’t know what – and …
Sunday, 4/24/11
Quiet anchorage Point to Point Light Which way Connecticut? Calm Chesapeake Bay USN Marina Norfolk N 38′ 19.233′/ W 076′ 27.283′ At the crack of dawn we gave praise to God for a beautiful sunrise. So that element of our journey today was taken care of–a sunny day. Now if the Chesapeake Bay could only be […]
Subic Bay to Busuanga Island
Our route for this segment of the trip
On Tuesday, April 14th, we said goodbye to Subic Bay. Our destination on this segment was Puerto Galera, a reso…
