Last night I paid my dues! For all the perfect days we’ve had, ya gotta pay the piper at some point. I’ve never had a night like that. A super-strong wind and huge swells battered Breaking Away against the dock wall in Fish Creek on the Green Bay side …
The Loop Begins!
VermilionAugust 25, 2010We pushed off from Edgewater Yacht Club Tuesday, August 24 at 1 p.m., heading to Vermilion. The lake was choppy, with about four-foot waves, until turning into the Black River. Vermilion is a quaint, beautiful town, with homes a…
Life’s2Short 2010-08-25 07:34:00
Good Times in CambridgeWe left Le Trappe Creek about 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 19th, and traveled another five miles up the Choptank River to Cambridge Creek where we tied up to a public wall in a nice, protected basin.The “Choptank River Queen” …
Fwd: Onward to the Komodo Islands, West Flores
Position, 08.32S 119.50E Since the last blog we've travelled south west about 350 nautical miles (680 km) to Labuan Bajo, the stepping off point to the Komodo Islands, famous for diving, and of course, the famous Komodo dragons. In the course …
August 24 – Port Malmesbury
We continue our path down Chatham Strait with the intent of rounding around the bottom of Kuiu Island. Port Malmesbury is one of the last anchorages before Cape Decision at the bottom. The weather was a bit foggy at the beginning of the day but fortun…
Weather – More of The Same
Countdown – 311 Days To GoThe wind is still blowing, gusting to 20 mph at the marina and off and on drizzle, so we will wait yet another day before we head out. We took a car ride to Watch Hill, RI which dates back to the 19th century when it was a su…
Weather – More of The Same
Countdown – 311 Days To GoThe wind is still blowing, gusting to 20 mph at the marina and off and on drizzle, so we will wait yet another day before we head out. We took a car ride to Watch Hill, RI which dates back to the 19th century when it was a su…
August 18 – Day trip to Menominee Michigan
We had friends from Florida visit for the week and we finally got a break in our humid weather just in time for their visit. However, even though our Florida friends were happy to be out of the intense Florida heat and into temps in the 70′s, we had a very windy week, which made […]
August 24, 2010
And the weeks go by….still here in NY, and we’re beginning to have conversations about what to take with us when we return to the boat.The nice drivers from UPS and FedEx have been our friends during these weeks as Fred orders more and more items …
August 6, 2010 Sand Bay
We were back from the North Channel and were ready to be back on the water. We headed out to Riley’s Bay for the afternoon and took a dinghy ride to Wave Point for some lunch and cocktails. Our friends Ben and Nikki were with us on board “Big Dog” – the name of our […]
