We continue to be impressed with Cochise’s solar array. From ten solar panels we are generating within spitting distance of 20 …Read More
It’s Panama Direct (4700 NM): Deciding When To Depart
FPB 78-1 Cochise is Panama-bound, 4700 nautical miles east from our present location, and the question of the day is …Read More
Oriental, New Bern
From the Pungo we headed to Oriental and a stopover at the town free dock. Oriental is cruiser-friendly, and they added another free dock in the last year with pumpout and restrooms. Nice! The pier is large enough for 4 smaller cruisers, we take up a bit more than that, so our chances of getting […]
Replacing Engine Mounts: Take One
In Boston we noticed that our forward engine mounts were starting to deteriorate. We purchased replacements but expected the current ones to last for months yet. While in Newfoundland, they suddenly started deteriorating badly and over two weeks the isolation material just crumbled away in a pile around the mount. One morning we picked up…
Halifax Arrival
Halifax is the capital city of Nova Scotia, the economic center of Atlantic Canada and home to Canada’s Atlantic naval fleet. The city has done a wonderful job in rejuvinating its waterfront while keeping the flavor of its commercial and maritime heritage intact. After a run south from the Liscomb River, we passed through Halifax…
Uptown Girl at the Downtown Public Piers
Dylan and Dee Dee just finished attending the Hampton, VA Snowbird Rendezvous and have started their official cruise south as snowbirds. There were far too many times they were left alone while Mom and Dad gave their talks and attended events. Let’s be…
Belhaven, North Carolina on a sunny afternoon
Belhaven, NC is a quaint fishing village in Beaufort County, located in North Carolina’s Inner Banks region. I love the town website description. It says “Belhaven, cuddled in the midst of Pantego Creek and Pungo River. Once known as Jack’s Neck, then Bellport, finally the town became known as Belhaven which means “beautiful harbor”. Belhaven is […]
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Annie-Cat – In Memoriam
We had been expecting and dreading this day since this last rainy Memorial Day weekend in Petersburg when it became pretty apparent that our cat Annie was failing on account of kidney failure. We visited the vet with the expectation that she would be euthanized that day.
Instead, with the encouragement of the veterinarian, Dr Ken Hill, we started a program of subcutaneous infusion of Ringers Lactated Solution for hydration. It made a dramatic improvement in Annie and she ably completed this seasons cruse.
But all along, we knew it was only postponing the inevitable. Her weight continued to drop (our Bainbridge vet thought perhaps lymphoma was in play as well) and she was no longer tolerating the regular 2 to 4 minute subcutaneous infusions we tried to perform.
For any pet owner (or whatever the more current euphemism might be) there comes the time to recognize that additional care is not really increasing the quality of the pet’s life. After 4-1/2 months of care since 
that rainy weekend, we decided that Annie was failing rapidly and the best course was to euthanize her.
We had Annie (short for Annapurna) since she was a kitten over 14 years ago. She accompanied us as one of two ship’s cat (Maggie was the other) on every significant cruise we did on our boats. She was always affectionate, fastidious in her litter habits and had the world’s softest fur. We’ll miss her very much.
FPB 78-1 Cochise – After A Very Quick 5000 NM
FPB 78-1 Cochise has just completed a 1832 NM passage, Fiji to French Polynesia, against the prevailing wind and current, …Read More
Oct. 16 – Our Season is Over
Olverson’s Lodge Creek Marina
“Collect memories not things” —Unknown
We left The Pearl a week ago, so I guess it’s about time I do a blog to close out this cruising year. It’s was a great year that started in Marathon back in January and continued up the east coast to Maine, and eventually back to the Chesapeake where we have the boat stored for the winter. We cruised 3434 miles this year, bringing our total miles traveled since leaving Texas in March 2011 to over 17,000…that a lot of miles when you’re traveling at 8 mph.
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