Party Balloons and Boat Building

So what do party balloons and boat building have in common? Well it appears balloons can be useful tools!So what we have here is a party balloon (or an alien egg) hatching from the bow thruster tube. Actually I was adding some fiberglass reinforcement …

Party Balloons and Boat Building

So what do party balloons and boat building have in common? Well it appears balloons can be useful tools!So what we have here is a party balloon (or an alien egg) hatching from the bow thruster tube. Actually I was adding some fiberglass reinforcement …

Wheelhouse electronics

And now for something completely different… I’ve been working on installing all of the wheelhouse electronics that we’ve collected over the past couple of years. Most of it comes from commercial boats that were re-fit with the latest greatest stuff. …

Wheelhouse electronics

And now for something completely different… I’ve been working on installing all of the wheelhouse electronics that we’ve collected over the past couple of years. Most of it comes from commercial boats that were re-fit with the latest greatest stuff. …

Paint Ball River anchorage, AL Mile 343.0

Tuesday:  We were up at 05:00 and on our way by 06:00.  It was a beautiful morning and we enjoyed watching the sun come up while waiting on the Wilson Lock.  We went up 93′ in the Wilson Lock and all went smooth.  About 14 miles lat…

Paint Ball River anchorage, AL Mile 343.0

Tuesday:  We were up at 05:00 and on our way by 06:00.  It was a beautiful morning and we enjoyed watching the sun come up while waiting on the Wilson Lock.  We went up 93′ in the Wilson Lock and all went smooth.  About 14 miles lat…

Fells Point And Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

We’ve spent about two weeks in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and at Fells Point sampling all that the area has to offer. We have mixed feelings about the area and the tourist destination it has become. I suppose that being in small communities and remote an…

St. Louis to the Quad Cities August 15-22, 2013

Heading north.  We were very impressed with the owners of the
Two Rivers Marina—they were expecting a big crowd Labor Day weekend, and the working
guys opened each power pedestal and vacuumed out the spiderwebs; then scrubbed
the pyl…

St. Louis to the Quad Cities August 15-22, 2013

Heading north.  We were very impressed with the owners of the
Two Rivers Marina—they were expecting a big crowd Labor Day weekend, and the working
guys opened each power pedestal and vacuumed out the spiderwebs; then scrubbed
the pyl…

Summer Vacation Part Three- The Epic Finale!!

Belhaven to Manteo to Morehead City!!!Week three of Summer Vacation will take us on an Epic Adventure into waters who have reputations to be really nasty.  We are heading further North than we have ever been!  The first leg is Oriental to Bel…