If you are going to cruise in cold climates a large pilot house is worth consideration
There are tradeoffs. Aesthetics, windage, weight, and deck configuration are all difficult to handle design wise, and put a definite crimp in the cruising lifestyle if you are doing a tradewind circumnavigation.
Of course you are not going to be very […]
We are back in Twin Dolphin Marina. We spent the morning puttting the boat back together; everything had been taken apart for the mechanics to do their thing, especially cleaning the fuel. Once back together, decided to return to Twin Dolphin Marina, j…
We are having a good time in Altos Del Maria Panama
Coming into Tenecatita, no fish, but there were porpoises and whales which were entertainment enough. We anchored in the bay which is a lovely large anchorage, about 20 miles north of Barra. There were a number of boats already there when we arrived …
Ever since our early August trip on Long Island Sound, Tom and I have become insatiable cruisers. Luckily for us, our dock neighbors are just as insatiable. During one of our regular Friday night food and drink fests, we cooked up a raft up…
After a not too leisurely breakfast (once the captain decides we’re ready to leave, we ARE leaving!), we were on our way back across the Sound to Port Jefferson (locals refer to it as Port Jeff). I was delighted to be able to help Tom plot our co…
Waterway Guide and the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net, the two most trusted names for USA cruising information, have joined forces to help those who lost so much, and gave so much, during the recent, dramatic fire at McCotters Marina in Wash…
Good Things are happening, but I’ve come over all secretive. Normal service will resume soon.In the meantime, something from the vault. Pump up the volume guys…
January 2011It’s amazing….for more than 20 years we dreamed of shipping Diamond Girl to the East Coast and cruising the ICW and the Chesapeake Bay. We are starting the sixth year of our dream and every now and then we pinch ourselves to make sure i…
The sun was out, the wind was light, and the St. Lucie was flat. Sounds like a perfect day to take out the Albury for lunch up in the Manatee Pocket.Captain Spooner is in town and wanted to see the Hinckley Yard, so off we went. After tooling around an…
