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…
Fuel economy data
I thought I’d interject a quick blog entry with some fuel economy numbers for Sea Spirit. As you may recall, she’s a very slippery Sparkman & Stephens hull design, so we knew she’d get good fuel economy. But we were so busy learning how to run the …
Sea Spirit Fuel Economy Data
I thought I’d interject a quick blog entry with some fuel economy numbers for Sea Spirit. As you may recall, she’s a very slippery Sparkman & Stephens hull design, so we knew she’d get good fuel economy. But we were so busy learning how to run the boat that it took us a couple of months to get around to truly measuring it.
In order to do the measurements, we picked a calm day (of which we had plenty in the Exumas), and made sure that our GPS speed and our speed-thru-the-water numbers were confirming that there was little to no current. We then warmed up the boat to normal operating temperature, and ran her at various RPMs in order to measure the fuel usage.
Missing Stuart
Downloaded an iphone app today and edited a pic of the Riverwalk in Stuart overlooking the St. Lucie River with the Roosevelt Bridge in the background. Came out interesting. These iphone cams are kinda neat.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribb…
Anchor Roller
May 16, 2009We had an anchor roller installed, which should give my back some much needed relief! It was fashioned after Mark’s aboard Brandywine. A small starboard pulpit thru-bolted to the deck and bedded with sealant, a stainless “universal” rolle…
PassageMaker Magazine and Anacortes Trawler Fest 2011
Last spring, Bob Lane interviewed us and reviewed Dirona for PassageMaker magazine.
Bob has an experienced reporter's eye for detail. And as a long-time boater who has
toured and writt…
