Some of you may remember a post from back in April regarding Steve Cummings and his boat ‘Silent Thunder’. Steve and his wife Rose were on a mooring ball at Sunset Bay in Stuart, FL for years. Original post here http://istaboawaypoints.blogspot.com/201…
Poole
We have now moved on from Lymington to Poole.The marina we are currently at is nestled behind two bridges which open on the half hour, if needs be.Another first for us – getting in position in time for a bridge to open, which needed a little harder of …
Poole
We have now moved on from Lymington to Poole.The marina we are currently at is nestled behind two bridges which open on the half hour, if needs be.Another first for us – getting in position in time for a bridge to open, which needed a little harder of …
Grace 3-Z44 Professional Fabri-Fast Quilting Frame-Plain
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FPB 78: Dream Machine Comments
The following is a compilation of the comments and dialogue we have received from various posts on the new FPB 78 Dream Machine: Kent Says: May 30th, 2013 at 1:54 pm Can’t wait. Peter Says: May 30th, 2013 at 3:04 pm Hi Steve & Linda Great news for all concerned, I know that all the staff […]
Victoria and the Holiday Season
Where are we? We’re now settled for the winter in Victoria, BC on the south end of Vancouver Island.
You might notice that Vancouver is at the top of the map, on the mainland… not on Vancouver Island. The yellow line is the US-Canada border, and the group of islands under the “RES” of our boat name are the San Juans. We traveled as far south as Tacoma, and much farther north than this map shows in this first season of cruising the Pacific NW.
Here we are at the dock – decorated for Christmas, with the lights of Parliament in the background.
Victoria is a lovely small city, and it really goes all out for the holidays. The first big event for us was to go see Tuba Christmas – a 40 year old tradition where musicians of all ages come together to perform. It’s a very special memory for us since we always went with our friends the Halls to hear Ed play. We even trooped up to NYC one year to hear him play on the ice at Rockefeller Center! We loved hearing all the music and getting into the holiday spirit, despite the fact that this year Victoria was in the midst of an unusual cold snap – the temp was 20 degrees. Imagine holding a big chunk of brass and playing in that! (Today we’re back in the mid-40s – typical winter temps.)
With frozen toes but a bounce in our step we headed home to watch the boats gather for the evening’s lighted boat parade.
The sailboat approaching the dock turned out to be the star of the parade. He had an animated Santa that popped out of a package, with balloons that floated up.
We’ve participated in the Annapolis boat parade (cold!) and enjoyed watching them in the balmy Florida Keys. Despite the bitter cold, Victoria’s parade did not disappoint, and it only started after the amazing lighted truck parade moved through town!
There is a lot more to photograph around town – all the pretty lights and decorated store windows. Now that it’s warmer, it’s much more appealing to go out with my camera after dark.
It has been pretty quiet around our dock, and we were hoping to meet more liveaboard neighbors… but there don’t seem to be many, and people aren’t outside as much in the colder weather. We’re working on finding people and community that we can connect with for the winter months, and I’m sure we will.
Victoria and the Holiday Season
Where are we? We’re now settled for the winter in Victoria, BC on the south end of Vancouver Island.
You should notice that Vancouver is at the top of the map, on the mainland… not on Vancouver Island. The yellow line is the US-C…
BIG Announcement!
Sojourner’s former crew is very pleased to announce the berthing of their second boat:
Why Knot’s cruising adventures will be chronicled at WhyNotww.WordPress.com
December 10 and 11, 2013 Mobile, AL
Tuesday: Rained early this morning but by the time we were ready to go it had stopped. Had a hard time getting the anchor up because of the current and the anchor was really dug in. Overcast and chilly this morning. We had to wait on a train a…
December 10 and 11, 2013 Mobile, AL
Tuesday: Rained early this morning but by the time we were ready to go it had stopped. Had a hard time getting the anchor up because of the current and the anchor was really dug in. Overcast and chilly this morning. We had to wait on a train a…
