After years of pre-flights on helicopters, I am now going to due a “phase” inspection once every six months. I found a water line dripping after inspecting and filling my batteries. Would not have sunk the boat, but…
Amazing Ocracoke
Our adventure on the M/V Ruby Slipper was one that entailed doing many things for the first time. It would have been too easy “doing the ICW” the same old way. So we made a concerted effort to get out of our comfort zone & the last week really epitom…
St. Augustine, FL
(Friday April 15 – Dist: 53.0 mi; Avg Speed: 9.0 mph; TTT: 5:55 hrs)
St. Augustine is the oldest city in America, if you do not count the American Indians. The old downtown is restored or kept beautifully. The architecture is amazing with …
End of an era.
Castro steps down… story here>> Castro resigns Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Sunday and Monday, April 17 and 18
Sunday, April 17, Surf City to Swansboro Village Anchorage: What a difference a day makes; we had a beautiful blue sky this morning when we left. We had gritty sand all over everything, both inside and out, from the storm yesterday but we f…
Life’s2Short 2011-04-19 09:32:00
Time to Head NorthOn Sunday, April 3rd, Todd & I flew back to Missouri to spend some time with my niece, Jennifer, who was tragically paralyzed from the chest down in a diving accident last July. We arrived in Springfield Sunday afternoon and…
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Beach House Marina, Surf City, NC: Boy, what a storm. We had thunder, lightning, and tornado warning throughout the whole state. Luckily we just had tornado warnings and we did not have a tornado touch down by us. We did; howeve…
Regatta
What with one thing and another, it was a busy weekend on the River Itchen this last weekend.Sunday they had a rowing regatta on, so the river was littered with all kinds of crews battling it out between them.I could not really tell who was winning or …
INDEX TO ENVOY’S BLOG TO END OF 2010
As our blog has now been running for over four years we decided to provide an Index of major cruising destinations and interesting subjects or events, cross-referenced to the blog dates for the period up to end of 2010. This will make it easier for new…
4/18/2011 GEORGETOWN TO BAREFOOT LANDIING IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC
MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 41 NM DOCKED AT: BAREFOOT LANDING MARINAICW MILE MARKER: 354.4SUNRISE: 6:44 SUNSET: 7:48HIGH: 69 &n…
