that I’m afraid of on this planet but this is one of them!This diabolical device is much like a flame thrower! The noise it makes is horrific! It got the job done though!Here’s one of the big barn doors I made and shrunk.If you look close you can see w…
SUNDAY OCTOBER 3RD
The ODDYSEA has been put to bed for the winter. We left New York two days ago and drove back with our friend La Foote. After 15 hours of travel yesterday, we arrived home last night.There hasn’t been any recent blogging because I had to return home for…
October 2, 2010 Dock Party – 271 Days To Go
As the season is quickly coming to an end, "B" dock had a Farewell to Summer get together. Who would have known that our dockmates decided to take this opportunity to bid us an early Bon Voyage!! Great food and a great surprise. Thank…
October 2, 2010 Dock Party – 271 Days To Go
As the season is quickly coming to an end, “B” dock had a Farewell to Summer get together. Who would have known that our dockmates decided to take this opportunity to bid us an early Bon Voyage!! Great food and a great surprise. …
Down town Metz
After collapsing everything on the boat that could be collapsed, we squeezed under the bridge and made our way to the marina.It is close the the down town area, and has excellent internet con…
In the Land of Lord Jim, almost on the Equator
Position, 02.44s 11.44E(by Claire Owen, as Sue would prefer to do the dishes) Here we are in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, anchored
about 30 km up the Kumai River. We had been warned in advance that the river
was muddy and mosquito in…
Debt.
It’s a fact that saving our wreck of a tug cost an absolute fortune. And we’ve grown so used to dealing with the consequences that for us it’s usually just a fact of life, like furniture, or cheese. All that welding and all that time in a big shi…
Klag Bay, Alaska
When we planned the offshore
run directly from Seattle to Alaska, we'd allowed ourselves a day or so to recuperate
and several days for weather delays…
And on the 15th day the rains let up
It’s been raining almost steady for the last two weeks. Finally this weekend the weather straightened itself out and we got back to work. It probably doesn’t look it but we put in a full days work today. I had my buddy Andrew helping out (Paid labor, h…
Great Loop Date: 09.26.2010 (Sunday): Just a Night at Mel’s (Hardin, IL)…
Day #45: 1052.9 total miles (67.3 miles 11.75 hours 9.0 mph)Locks: 8 total (today: 1)Port #19 – Hardin, ILThe crew was up and biting at the bit to take OB out of the dock at the very crack of dawn. We had a long day ahead of us. There was only …
