Here’s the main component of our Christmas lunch.Gooducken – Goose, duck and chicken. This was to feed six.Along with roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, roast parsnips, brussel sprouts, peas, carrots, bread sauce and, of course, gravy, this made for a fin…
Escape from Brunswick
We decided the weather was as warm as it was going to get, and the winds laid, so it was time to leave the comfort and convenience of the dock and head south. We left Brunswick at about 0920, and arrived in Fernandina Beach around 1600 hours. Light win…
Escape from Brunswick
We decided the weather was as warm as it was going to get, and the winds laid, so it was time to leave the comfort and convenience of the dock and head south. We left Brunswick at about 0920, and arrived in Fernandina Beach around 1600 hours. Light winds and calm seas allowed an offshore […]
Dock 11 has arrived
What a treat we have ahead of us, our good friends Ryan and Mimi Smithwick came to join us for a Bahamian New Years Celebration. They are our neighbors from our home dock on Lake Allatoona in GA. It’s amazing how your dock neighbors can…
Time for a Change
Why? Two Good Reasons, More Flexibility and Affordability. When we look back at our on our years together we fondly remember how we discovered that one of our mutual passions was boating. It all started with a 20-foot Four Winns runabout. We used that runabout, as a family boat, to water ski, to overnight on […]
Xmas Holidays are too short
and it’s back to the salt mine tomorrow! *sigh* Oh well, only 3 days then another long weekend! I picked up a slightly used sawdust collector thingy at the Pawn Shop in Prescott. Full retail on one of these is $270. I got it for $150. This should help …
Good Luck / Bad Luck
The Good Luck thing that happened was… we went to the boat Sunday to make sure she was still floating and it just so happened some friends on our dock had their diver out cleaning their bottom and replacing their zincs so he kindly got the line off o…
Drama on the High (almost) Seas!
Memorial Day dawned sunny and warm. Yay! A perfect day for our first trip away from the dock – and with our daughter and son-in-law (another Tom) aboard. My husband and I felt a great sense of pride and accomplishment as we completed …
Great Loop Date 12.15 – 28.2010: Half and Half (Family and Friends Along The Gulf Coast)…
Days #125-138: 2810.6 total milesPorts #58 – 62OB sat at the dock for 4 days while the crew recovered from vertigo after the night of thrashing at sea, celebrated successfully crossing the Big Bend with 5 other Looper boats and enjoyed the li…
Sunsets in La Paz
Date & Time: 12/28/2010 4:09 PM UTC (Zulu)Location: 24°09.36’N, 110°19.62’W , La Paz, BCWhile the US is suffering from winter storms we’re enjoying beautiful sunsets in La Paz. Today was clear and sunny with a high of 80°. We almost feel guilty, alm…
