Boat Yard Marina, Georgetown, South Carolina

Left Charleston early this morning, long travel day today. We were going to Georgetown, nearly 70 miles away. Luckily the tide was with us most of the way, so we arrived around 3:30. That was the good news. The bad news is that just before we got here …

#43 Spring Checkup 2011

For those that enjoy the “Shop Talk” portion of EJ, this post will be right up your alley.  After 7 months and nearly 4,000 miles of cruising it’s time for a thorough checkup.  The next major one won’t be until October, and in the mea…

Nordhavn 76 - Eliana in the Sling

Eliana Spring Checkup (N76)

I decided to take Eliana out of the water to take a close look at her underside. We used Knight & Carver in San Diego. The crew there are pros, so even though my adrenaline was pumping, they made it easy. From the moment Eliana was extracted from the lift basin to having a pressure washed bottom and sitting comfortably on blocks in the yard was a span of only 2 hours.

The Blue Mosque

  Linda, Michael, Randal and I arrived in Marmaris late this afternoon.  We left Pamukkale at 10:30 am on a local shuttle to Denizli and then caught the 11:30 bus from Denizli to Marmaris.  We arrived in Marmaris almost an hour late beca…

Monday, April 25, 2011

Today it rained briefly, but hard. We are expecting rain every day through Friday. John and Norm went fishing and Norm caught the only edible fish. They plan on going again in the morning if it’s not raining. I spent a good part of the day reading cook…

4/24/2011 EASTER SUNDAY’S TRIP FROM ORIENTAL TO NEW BERN, NC

SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 23 NM DOCKED AT: NEW BERN GRAND MARINA ON THE TRENT RIVERSUNRISE: 6:24      SUNSET: 7:47HIGH: 87               LOW: 63TODAY…

Newly anti-fouled & polished, Envoy is ready for launching

Envoy In The Med 2011-04-25 10:15:00

In London discussing our 2011 cruising plans with our daughter Amy

October 6, 2010

      Back on April 13th I said the big push was on.  That was an understatement on my part.  We have been on the run since April 4th when we left Miami.  We only took one day off, Saturday April 17th,  because o…