Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:50:33 PMLocation: Ft. PierceLatitude is 27 degrees 27.351 minutes north.Longitude is 80 degrees 18.385 minutes west.This weather observation was taken on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:50:16 PM local time.Observation l…
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Some dinghy, huh? Pretty self explanatory.The dinghy dock.Today was a day spent working. John and I walked to Home Depot to get supplies for our projects. We bought a new sander (the old one died), a toilet paper holder for the front head that broke, …
Winding Down
The alarm clocks went off at 4 am this morning as today’s itinerary is a 90 mile leg outside the reef in the open ocean. Because we want to be able to see the reef and coral head hazards at our destination, we leave early in order to arrive when the sun is still high […]
The Mud River & prepare to be boarded
We have for the past several years avoided the Mud River in southern Ga, arguably the worst spot on the ICW. It is not uncommon to hear others say noooo! only on a mid tide or higher. In the past we wrestled with this question and for good or bad have …
What have we been up to the last couple of weeks?
Benno and I were exploring new anchorages with spectacular reefs together with our friends Donna & Cosmos from “Koukla” and Leila and Erin from “Blow Me Away”. While snorkeling we spotted many Eagle and Sting Rays, Sand Sharks, tropical fish i…
Watermakers
Hi Steve and Linda,
I need to install a watermaker on my Aerodyne 43 as a requirement for Transpac. I’d like a light and reliable unit, if there is one. Any recommendations? I’m willing to sacrifice output capability for light weight and reliability, if necessary.
Thanks,
Jeff Brauch
Hi Jeff:
We are behind the curve in small, […]
Making easting
I am in the Philippines and need to get to NZ by years end. Has anybody made the trip? Which route did they use? ECC to Fiji, PNG or Aus east coast?
My boat is a 40ft cruising cat and neither it nor I like hard windward work.
Regards
Dave
LED update
It’s still going, but a distinctly fainter glow now.
AK Boatyard High Fashion
As often happens when we get seriously into a project, I’m losing track of what happened when, but I believe we were hauled out Friday after lunch. The Wrangell travel-lift is quite a bit bigger than those we’ve used before; they handle heavy loca…
