Last night was entertaining…Searching for knowledge and experience about the Cape May canal and further north, we made contact with Bill, the owner of ‘Jenny’ a 46 Nordhavn, who lives just across Spa Creek.We met up at the Boat Yard Bar and Grill, wh…
Aug. 9 – Jewell Island, ME
Jewell Island – AnchorageWell, today was our first complete rain out since we’ve been in Maine. We’ve had a little fog and even a little rain, but neither lasted all day and we were able to do something…not today. We sat on the boat watching it rain …
Running the Rapids
Weather and the timing of the tide meant we couldn’t run the length of Johnstone Strait to travel north to the Broughton Islands, so we had to take the "back way". This involves taking one’s boat ON PURPOSE through 5 sets of rapids – yes, RAP…
Running the Rapids
Weather and the timing of the tide meant we couldn’t run the length of Johnstone Strait to travel north to the Broughton Islands, so we had to take the "back way". This involves taking one’s boat ON PURPOSE through 5 sets of rapids – yes, RAP…
Annapolis
So today we wandered through the Naval Academy. What beautiful place.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown
FPB 78 – Plating Thickness, Factors of Safety & Emotional Comfort
We hate to waste displacement on sloppy interior construction, poorly thought out systems, or excess structure up high, where it does nothing to help us. But from the deck edge down we want all the impact resistance and factors of safety we can get. As we are getting ready to submit the FPB 78 structural […]
Fakarava Part 3
One of the “must do’s” in Fakarava is the South Pass. The journey down is via a “lane” of surveyed area with channel markers. Outside the channel is a no man’s land of reefs and pearl farms – not a … Cont…
Construction: Week 32 – Engines and Plans
I was on Cape Cod visiting with Lesley, Scott and Amelia when I received my Week 31 Friday photos (8/2) and was a bit disappointed as there appeared to be little progress. Missing also were photos of the engine room or lazarette. …
Picasso in A Coruna
Hola,
The bar just an arm’s reach from our finger pier plays the best music, at a really reasonable volume from about 6pm until 9pm. Perfecto!!!!
I went off exploring today. Randal worked on the boat. So what else is new?
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Grafton, IL
We departed at 810AM for our 88 mile run to Grafton, IL the confluence point of the Mississippi and IL Rivers. WE arrived at 300PM, traversing one lock. Light winds and warm today, with sprinkles as we were docking in Grafton.  …
