With Iron Lady cruising in Tonga and Osprey about to head off to Australia, attention has turned to the second series of FPB 64s.
The framing for FPB 64-5 is shown above and below. Construction on six will start n a few months, with seven, now under contract to follow. That leaves FPB 64-8 still available. […]
At long last, photos from the April 1-3 trip. ok I cannot get these pictures in order! This is the overturned boat we saw on the way up and called the Coast Guard about. They made us stay by it for almost an hour until they got do…
Today we ventured to Norman’s Cay, this little island was formerly under the control of drug lord Carlos Lehder and in fact you’ll find an almost totally submerged aircraft from his drug running days. Norman’s is a quaint little island with a few…
We have dragged these two oversized strainers around for the past 50,000 miles. Other than an end of season cleaning only once have they needed to be emptied – until today.
As we have been sitting most of the last two weeks, and Florida has lots of weed in the water, we thought a look was […]
In some of the shallow areas we went through today, the crab pot floaters and the pots themselves were visible Many houses along the stretch we passed today are on stilts.Beautiful sunny day today after the winds and storms yesterday. We watch the news…
We have recently returned to Puerto Los Cabos after going home to Seattle to get caught on life and to visit with family and friends. Before leaving for Seattle, we enjoyed the company of Michael and Gretchen from the Tri-Cities for a week aboard Chin…
N 39′ 48.033′/W 074′ 10.967′ – We departed Cape May, Utsch’s Marina at 6:30 a.m. stuck our nose out (as Luke the Captain said) to see if the Atlantic was calm and it was! We buddy boated with DEBRIEF who led the way. The plan was to get to Atlantic City by noon. We had […]
Day 54 – More WaitingMatanzas MarinaIn some ways it was nice to be in port this morning…I got to watch the Royal Wedding. We got a little rain and wind this morning and again this evening so I was glad we were in port. After watching the wedd…
***** A FIVE-STARR PASSAGE
April 30, 2011
Waikiki Yacht Club, Honolulu, HI
21degrees 17-12N/157degrees 50-35W
Gary & Jean and Don & Sharry
The CCA was well represented at the International Date Line
On February 19, 2011 Jean and I received…
At 0830 this morning we departed Dana Point, CA bound for Seattle. We are expecting a weather wait in, or near San Francisco. Dan Shank and Janet Jordan are aboard to help crew as we will run around the clock as long as the going is good.&n…
