Well, this was a very different sort of week for us. For one thing, we were up and underway by 7 a.m. 3 days out of 5! Hardly recognized ourselves!From Jupiter we headed for Vero Beach, and spent one night there. Found that they had d…
Stuart
We had a very pleasant trip across the center of Fla., via the Lake Okeechobee waterway. We took a bunch of pictures which for the moment are locked in the camera due to having left the cable back in Kilmarnock when we were there the other week. …
Life’s2Short 2010-05-16 07:49:00
From Florida through Georgia and South CarolinaOn Monday, May 3rd, we traveled 40 miles from Alligator Creek (in Florida) to Jekyll Island (in Georgia) with a 45-minute stop in Fernandina Beach to refuel.We saw Jacksonville Bob’s brother’s shrimp b…
Shelving
As we continued the seemingly never-ending Clean Up After The Hot Tub Project, one thing became glaringly obvious to me. Our lazarette still needs some additional organization, despite last years overhaul. We were sitting on the aft deck, looking aroun…
Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-05-15 08:02:00
After a couple of bloody mary’s and two Kalik Bahamain Beers we managed to hammer out a new float plan.Based on the latest forecast the winds are supposed to hold steadily at 20 knots with 8 foot seas. Better to stay here in our protected harbor and he…
Still In Staniel
We have spent time here snorkeling and performing some deferred maintenance. The winds have been above 20 knotts for the last four days. We are hopping for a reduction in the next few days so we can head out. We will probably clear out of the Bahamas h…
Scarborough to Great Sandy Straits Marina
Opal Lady was gleaming and all dressed in nice new clothes before we undressed her and left the dock at Scarborough. Whilst having our warranty work completed we engaged Paul from AT SEA Marine and Auto Trimming, Redcliffe Qld that did an amazing …
GSSR 2010 No 6. – Hiroshima to Fukuoka
Greetings all!
Over the past three days the GSSR group of three boats has run from Hiroshima Japan to Fukuoka, a distance of about 180 miles.
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The right choice for just the Pacific Northwest?
Last week we answered this blog comment:
Given you have all these changes taking into consideration the PNW waters, I am wondering
if you feel you have had to compromise at all on design given you are introducing…
And we are off
We got underway this morning at 6:55am, it was a beautiful morning and we pulled away without any problems. The diver came late yesterday afternoon and worked on the running gear (props, shafts and other metal parts) for about 2.5 hrs. He reported that…
