SATURDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 19 NM DOCKED AT: ORIENTAL MARINA ON THE NEUSE RIVERICW MILE MARKER: 181.5SUNRISE: 6:25 SUNSET: 7:45HIGH: 81 &…
Screened
June, 2009I despise mosquitoes. Seriously. We inherited some window screens from the prior owner that have mostly kept the bugs at bay (pun?), but they haven’t been doing the job lately.The old screens were pretty simple – just fabric screening with …
Hoppy Easter
This is Bridget’s best wabbit impression. She wasn’t keen on donning the buck teeth and pink nose, but she is cute. We are having a quiet day. May go to the market, but clouds are heading this way, so we’ll see. We are having lamb chops for supper…
Anchoring in Hawks Channel
We knew when we departed Key West that our options were largely limited to anchoring out each night. If your desire is to marina hop, unless your speed is faster than ours, it is hard to find options that work with our draft and an easy days’ range. Th…
Almost in Virginia
Northbound to Great Bridge, Va. for the night. Then, maybe Norfolk Naval Station Marina for a few days to wait out more bad weather! (View Post…)
EASTER
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…
