Day #63: 1576.6 total miles (today: 23.3 miles)Locks: 13 total (today: 1)Port #30 – Pickwick Lake, Counce, TNBlue Angel, Sea Estate, NII Wishin, OB and Quest pulled anchor shortly after sunrise. Today’s destination was Grand Harbor Marina situated …
Quiet Destinations
Monday October 25 – 26TH- It was time to explore somewhere new. We heard so many great things about the James River, and decided to let our nomadic instincts take over. Early in the morning we untied the lines, and took a right turn heading up the Jame…
Marine Safety Advisory——Distracted Operators
United States Coast GuardAssistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and StewardshipMarine Safety Advisory 01-10October 29, 2010Washington, DCDISTRACTED OPERATIONS Don’t let it be you! Throughout the United States, and a…
Life’s2Short 2010-10-29 06:36:00
Charleston, SC to the North Newport River, GAI awoke Monday, October 18th, to find a beautiful red rose, a wonderful card and a fresh Krispy Kreme donut from the Captain for my birthday. What a guy!From my in-laws, via Todd, I also received a very coo…
Aitutaki to Palmerston Island and onwards to Niue
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately(for me) it is also worth about a thousand dollars to Stratos (KVH), the f***ers who bill me for my oh-so-pricey at sea satellite internet service. It takes an age to upload, so no photos until…
Winter ready
After a lot of work, and about one mile of string to keep the tarp secured we are ready to leave Le rêve for the winter. With the radar arch folded down and a tarp over the boat you never know you were looking at Le rêve!
Chattanooga. What a cool name for a city.
Anna and I arrived in Chattanooga filled with excitement in anticipation of the arrival of my Mom and Dad. It has been almost six months since we had last seen them, that is far to long if you ask me. We had spent the past few day plan…
Report From Onboard Jenny
Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ======================Thursday , October 28, 2010 3:18:16 PM Location: Key West at anchor Latitude is 24 degrees 34.892 minutes north. Longitude is 81 degrees 48…
Day 20 Norfolk/Portsmouth VA
We finally had a day for travel though a short day 4.5 hours at 12 knots. We made it to Norfolk/Portsmouth and are now mins to the ICW. Weather on the Bay was overcast but no rain, waves were comfortable a bit choppy at the mouth of the bay going int…
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 – Puerto Escondido
Friday, October 22, 2010 – Cruising down Cerralvo Channel The outboard was quickly repaired, I don’t understand the technical issue but apparently the motor should now start more easily than ever before. We had planned to leave on Wednesday morni…
