M/V Island Hopper Underway Again

We have been remiss in not posting to the blog. Since we arrived in FL in November from Rock Hall, MD we have harbored at Longboat Key Marina www.longboatkeymarina.com
We spent most of the winter in FL after the holidays and we cruised a few times t…

Friends Onboard

Saturday evening we finally had the chance to get our friends Stanley and Judy Marek out on the boat. They have been onboard several times, but we hadn’t gotten out on the water. Sorry it took so long to take you for a ride. We had a great time and I…

The Behm Canal

Our Behm Canal Route An evening in Punchbowl Cove New Eddystone RockSean & Margaret Kayaking in Punchbowl CoveMargot and Margaret enjoying the placid watersThe steep sides of Rudyerd BayThis really looks like NorwayThe back side of Punchbowl CoveA…

July 31 – Swanson Harbor

We left yesterday, July 30, for Glacier Bay National Park.  We have a six day permit for entry on August 1.  As an intermediate spot between Juneau and Glacier Bay we went to Swanson Harbor. The state of Alaska has two floats in Swanson Bay a…

Fw: Spice Islands Festivities

 
Position  04.31S  129.53E

Four days after leaving Darwin we arrived at Bandaneira, the capital of the
tiny Banda Islands, previously known as the Spice Islands. Of all the places we
have visited, this is possibly the most beautiful and cert…

Sea Spirit

Becoming an owner

Later this month, if the sea trial and survey goes well, my family will become proud owners of a new Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 yacht.

After 5 years of extensive research, and much reading and consultation, we had come to the conclusion that a …

Sea Spirit

Becoming an owner

Later this month, if the sea trial and survey goes well, my family will become proud owners of a new Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 yacht.

After 5 years of extensive research, and much reading and consultation, we had come to the conclusion that a …

Zamami to Taiwan (and in between)

The original idea was to head directly to Ishigaki from Zamami.  The problem was that there was a storm coming in the next 24 hours that would keep us hunkered down for the next three or four days.  We decided to call our agent and see if h…

This Blog will resume in October.

Cobb Island to Annapolis (July 16 – August 13)

From Cobb Island we continued up the Potomac with great anticipation. The Hutch-ica celebration was about to begin! We stopped off at Tantallon Marina in Ft. Washington for a week before continuing to the main event.

While there we were able to v…