[KensBlog] Departing Hong Kong

Greetings all!

I am very proud to announce that Sans Souci is now aboard a freighter. It has departed Hong Kong, and on is now on its way to Turkey.

Before I speak of about my boat though, I need to acknowledge events in Japan. As most of you know,…

Bear Earns a Yellow Belt – Round Two

For the second time in his life, Bear tested and qualified for a yellow belt in Shotokan karate. The first time was over a year ago in Mexico and this time was in Salt Lake City. Bear really worked hard to show his sensei (teacher) he could relearn the…

Mar. 14 – Play and Relaxation

Day 8 – Avery Island, LABayou Petite AnesWe spent the day on Avery Island.  The weather report called for 60% chance of rain, but so far the day has been wonderful.  In fact it’s been a beautiful spring day and we enjoyed seeing the sites.&…

Best Friend Helicopter Skiing

Friends since grade school, Eric and his best friend, Rich Howe, have dreamed of going helicopter skiing together for more than twenty years. That dream was finally realized a few weeks ago when the two of them flew with Powderbird Heli-guides in the W…

Tsunami Impact in NZ

Many people have emailed us wanting to know what impact the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis have had on our in New Zealand. Bottom line: we were unaffected.NZ’s earthquake was on south island, new Christchurch. Oso Blanco is in Auckland which…

The Fishing Trip

Hello everyone, we went out Sunday and fished about 5 miles out near the reef, and its was a great day except it was a little windy, so we had the “rock and roll” but everyone faired well. So after a day of fishing came the social and the BBQ, with eve…

Just Believe Nordhavn

Southern Banderas Bay

Wanted to post some pictures we took as we cruised the southern part of Banderas Bay yeaterday. Also there are pictures of Julie and our neighbors (Mike and Arlene Shannon from San Diego) on their way armed with margaritas and wine to look f…

Marsh Harbour

(Thurs March 10 – Dist: 27.1 mi; Avg Speed: 9.1 mph; TTT: 3:00 hrs)

Mangoe’s Marina, Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

This is a nice little marina with the best ever dockmaster.  Ray is a young guy, super friendily and responsi…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-03-14 08:03:00

Days 198 – 200    Williams Island Marina, Aventura, FLFriday, March 11, 2011 – Sunday, March 13, 2011 Waiting for the Venetian Causeway Bridge to openSeamoore at our sternDocked at Williams Island MarinaFountain directly behind our boa…

Windhorse

Exhaust temperature range?

Hi,
We have a Yanmar 4 cylinder turbo charged engine of about 60 hp and would like to know the exhaust temperature range we should target when powering, as distinct from the Vetus cooling water alarm we have available to fit which will trigger at a relatively low temperature?
The boat is a Southerly 135(13.5 metres) of […]