[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…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-04-26 11:25:00

Day 242    Barefoot Landing Marina,North Myrtle Beach, SC      MM   354Sunday, April 24, 2011 Dream Catcher at Barefoot Landing Boardwalk to the shops at Barefoot LandingHeather stops by Dream…

The other Other Lady’s Bow.

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…