Palmetto Moon 2010-09-30 09:55:00

On Su’s birthday, we took the water taxi to Fort McHenry with Paul & Joanne of M/V Abacus and Bob & Lynn of M/V Legrace. Fort McHenry served as the cornerstone of the water defenses of Baltimore during the Battle of Baltimore on September 12-14…

Palmetto Moon 2010-09-30 09:45:00

On Monday, September 13, the MTOA (Marine Trawler Owner’s Association) rendezvous started with BYOB and heavy hors d’oeurves. On Tuesday, we attended several seminars including the history of marine navigation. The day ended with happy hour followed by…

Palmetto Moon 2010-09-30 09:35:00

On Friday, September 17, we took the water taxi down to the inner harbor with Bob and Lynn to tour The US Coast Guard Barque Eagle, America’s Tallship, and to see Michelle, an OCS, who was cruising on the ship. She is the daughter of Dave and Laurie, f…

Palmetto Moon 2010-09-30 09:25:00

On Sunday, September 19, we left Baltimore and cruised down to Solomons, MD for what we thought would be an overnight stop. As the winds picked up, we stayed until Thursday, September 23 when we left for Deltaville, VA. Cruising wasn’t too bad that day…

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Hat’s entertainment…

One of our most favorite things with ActiveCaptain is awarding hats for user-contributions. After a captain has earned 250 points for adding updates and writing reviews, they receive a highly-desired ActiveCaptain hat. We’ve mailed out hundreds of them…

We Have Changed Our Look Back To What It Was

As much as we really liked the new look and the new template for the Blog, we have decided to go back to our original style. The new template made the site far slow to load and the scrolling function jumpy. It also timed out on occasion so folks could …

Blue’s Makeover

Upon our arrival to Green Turtle Bay, Anna and I were filled with excitement, two wonderful things were about to happen.  First Anna’s parents Fred and Janet were flying in to spend a few days with us.  Green Turtle Bay is located in an …

Three Villages on Niuatoputapu

Our walk to the Western Union Bank is entertaining. First we have to power the dingy over to the main wharf (a long dirt embankment extending out into the lagoon) and find a parking spot. This simple task is complicated by the fact that the much awaite…

All’s Well

And a good time was had by all. Wedding went perfectly, Canada was awesome. We had a humpback come hang out with us for about 1/2 hour one afternoon as we were trolling for salmon. We cut the engines and just drifted – he stayed with us, seemingly inte…

Cake Or Death.

THIS is the reason why we’ve pushed and pushed this summer, and I know that parents, friends and crew will be dying to see the results so I’d better get on with it. We are pleased to say that the entire interior of the vessel is now covered in spra…