Tuesday-Wednesday, September 20-21, 2016: Family Delivery CrewWe met our son Ryan from Washington DC, at Victoria International in the afternoon following a slight disappointment with the Orbitz reservations. This was for a National one-way…
RV Trip to Lake Champlain, VT 2016
Day 1-3: We wanted to take a break from the summer heat in TN so we loaded up the Winnebago RV and headed towards Lake Champlain, NY for a couple of weeks. Primo has never been on a RV trip so this too would be a acclamation adventure. We’ve always wanted to explore this […]
Marblehead Adventures: Yacht Clubs and Dogs
A considerable amount of work went into arranging the 1,000 hour service with Hansen Marine on both ends. All of that work was lost when Bob Hansen stubbornly refused to address $600 of overcharges on 15 of 25 parts listed on the estimate. Bob’s unfort…
Sept. 22 – Baltimore, MD
Anchorage Marina
“I have sea foam in my veins, for I understand the language of waves.” —Le Testament d’Orphee
I’ve neglected the blog this past week. There just isn’t a lot to write about when you spend 15-17 hours a day cruising in the Atlantic and very little to take pictures of, except the sunrises and sunsets, which we’ve seen from the flybridge as we’re cruised along. Since leaving Newport we’ve traveled almost 500 miles, most of that in three very long days, although we did have two down days waiting on weather…still uneventful and not worthy of a blog post.
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More Bits & Pieces
Spent part of the morning drilling holes in the skeg for the pintle bearing.Holes drilled for Pintle BearingI must be getting good at this drilling stainless stuff. All 4 holes took me less than 20 mins. Trick is to drill slow and lots of downforce! Oh…
Last Day in Newfoundland
Newfoundland is a world-class cruising destination and we’ll certainly be back for more. Our initial plan for cruising the province was to circumnavigate the island, hitting the highlights. But after our first taste of the beautiful fiords and amazing view hikes along the south coast, we were hooked. We decided instead to spend our time…
FPB 78-1 Cochise: First Serious Air Conditioning Test And Record Solar Output
We are “anchored” in Denarau, visiting friends on the leeward side off the big island in Fiji. The breeze is …Read More
The Dark Side
If you’re squeamish you might want to look away!The dark and dirty side of boat building that no one wants to talk about!2 Weeks accumulation of trashThat’s just what’s been produced in the last two weeks of boat building. Solo cups, chip brushes, sand…
Where we went in 2016
Below is a map of the locations that we visited during our 2016 cruise. If you click on one of the map symbols, the name of the location and some descriptive text are shown. To open the map in a separate window click on Cruise 2016
