It was an early start as we pushed out of Norfolk. The sun has been cresting over the horizon a bit earlier each day and with another patch of heavy winds coming in we need all the daylight we can get. As we made our way up Hampton Roads, w…
The Things You Do For LOVE
Its Al’s 61st birthday today, at 10.18 its over 86 in the boat and 82 out side and i have the oven on for his birthday dessert. Key Lime Pie. After it comes out we will go ashore, sign out bikes, ride to Publix for the rest of the ingredients for his…
FV Aquila
We moor most of the time at Bell
Harbor Marina in downtown Seattle. About a third of the marina's slips are available
for monthly moorage over the winter, and the remainder are for tra…
April 17 – Caladesi Island, FL
Day 42 – Beautiful Relaxing DayCaladesi State Park MarinaWe didn’t decide until we got up this morning if we were leaving or staying another day. It is very close quarters in this marina…most of the slips are for smaller boat. The boats across …
Istanbul hotels
Today we went to the Grand Bazar with Linda and Michael and it reminded me of both "the Pottery Factory" in Williamsburg, Gongbei in Zhuhai and Filene’s Basement so you get the idea. Except there were fewer bargains to be had…
Radar Trails Part Two
Here are some more examples for the usefulness of radar trails. All of the photos have the trails in true mode, in other words, the actual track of the target.
This first example is coming in to the eastern side of the straights of Gibraltar. The targets without trails are not moving (in this case ships […]
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-04-17 20:30:00
Days 234 – 235 Isle of Hope Marina, Savannah, GA MM 590Saturday April 16, 2011 – Sunday, April 17, 2011Full moon at Savannah Heather, Linda and RichBecky, daughter Heather in town for a vi…
Splicing AmSteel
My tools. Yes, the Diet Coke is definitely needed. This is gonna require some paying attention.Note the furrowed brow. That’s the paying attention part. I have always wanted to splice lines so I can make my dad proud. He’s kind of a knot geek. Weird ho…
Days 20, 21 & 22 – Dauphine Island to Orange Beach
We spent a rather restless night anchored off Dauphine Island and got up very early to head for Orange Beach ahead of another front coming in. Once we crossed Mobile Bay everything settled down and we enjoyed the scenery along each side of the interc…
