Position 08.08S 117.22E
We could have stayed snorkelling over the wonderful
reefs of the Komodo Islands for weeks, but lack of fruit and veg and ourboard
fuel forced us to move west to civilisation on the large island of Sumbawa,
known fo…
The Real Indonesia
regressing……..
I was not planning on doing another blog entry from Hong Kong, but Ken sent this to us from the US, who got it from Bill Harrington, our friend and guide who traveled on Sans Souci while in the Aleutian Islands. Attu is the furthermost out of the Aleut…
Milwaukee! Chicago! Storms! FUN!!
What an exciting four days we’ve had!! Exploring all over Milwaukee, a glassy Lake Michigan cruise to Waukegan, IL, a visit with an old high school flame, a rainy/foggy/choppy day to Chicago, an incredible thunderstorm show last night from the flybridg…
Leaving Montreal & The Chambly Canal
The Commercial Locks are much bigger than the canal locks, we had to go through 2 of them and pay as you go for the size of your boat. leaving Montreal we could see a large amusement park that was put in for one of the expo’s or the world’s …
Lock and Dam Editorial (Barclay Lock and Dam)
We thought it would be a good idea to give all of our followers and idea of the lock experience. To clarify, the last pictures we sent were of a much smaller chamber and Erwin is NOT wearing a hard hat. The lockmaster does require everyone …
Ohio River and Cumberland River (sidetrip)
Well, we turned out of the channel (frog channel) onto the Mississippi River and went very fast to where the Mississippi River and the Ohio River meet. So we were traveling at 12 knots of speed downriver on the Miss and turned up river to the Ohi…
Side line adventure on the Mississippi
Afterr many folks have listened to my escapade on the boat, they encouraged me to write about it here on the blog.We were at a quiet anchorage on the Diversion Channel just off the Mississippi River. It was a hot, sticky day, and the evening brought so…
August 26 – 27, 2010
Fort Adams – To Protect the City Against the British and SpanishLarge YachtsMore Large YachtsA 330 Ton Travel Lift Next to it was a 100 Ton Lift – Thunder Bay has a 20 Ton LiftThe Church JFK and Jackie were Married In – September 12, 1953A Downtown Scu…
Hurricanes!!
Click here to see our progress map. Our current location is at the top of the list. The pink stick pin indicates that we have turned around and are now heading south. Yes, we said plural hurricanes. We left NC to get away from those …
The cruise ends, but the story is not over!
September 1, 2010The marina was still when we awoke and prepared to get underway for the final day of the 2010 Spirit Voyage. The heavy rain from the night before had stopped and the skies were clearing as we disconnected shore power and untied the li…
