Day 50 – On the Move Olsen Marine ServicesWe moved the boat down the Caloosahatichee River to Ft. Myers Beach. It was nice visiting the Edison Estate, but I really don’t see any other reason to go to Ft. Myers. It was nice to be back at the beach …
Marsh Harbour Hideout
Friday, April 22, 2011, Day 207 to Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Day 211, Easter Weekend. Due to a strong low pressure area just east of the Abacos, winds are predicted to be 17 to 20 knots from the east to northeast from Friday through Monday. There is a…
America’s Cup
The next America’s Cup will be sailed in 70′ catamarans in San Francisco. As a build up to that event, preliminary events will be sailed as a series called the Americas Cup World Series in ‘AC45’ (45 ft) catamarans. The…
Pass Christian to Boomtown Casino near New Orleans
We Got up early and left the Pass Christian Marina at 6:30 it was windy all night and still blowing about 13 from the South. By the time we reached the Rigoletts it was quite rough. The waves in the sound don’t get too big but are choppy, and bou…
April 25, 2011
Well, mid April has arrived…All the New York tasks are completed, and today we’re back in Green Cove Springs—on the boat. The weather is very Florida. Mid 80’s and low 90’s and actually quite delicious. Today started out …
Charleston packed full of history!
The scenery continued to be marshy and water flat. Made for a nice trip. So odd to see boats “across” the marsh as we wind our way through the marshes.Marsh, marsh and more marsh.These boats are winding and twisting through the marsh. Northern Spy i…
Monday, 4/25/11
Cherry Blossom Tree USN Marina Mill Creek, MD Annapolis Harbor Tanker Friendly Ma & Pa Osprey N 38′ 58.639′/W 076′ 29.188′ — USN Marina @ Mill Creek, Annapolis — Bright and early we departed from our anchorage in Solomons at 7:15 a.m. The weather was sunny and the Chesapeake Bay was calmer than it was […]
April 24 & 25, 2011, Sunday and Monday
Sunday, Whittaker Pointe Marina, NC to Dowry Creek Marina, Belhaven, NC: We left early and Joe helped us with our ropes. We just met Joe Wilson; he is doing most of the Loop by himself because his wife is still working. He has a …
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…
