The boat is fixed. Mac and his helper Nick were here until 8 PM last night finishing up. They pumped out and cleaned the 800 gallon fuel tank, made new gaskets for the tank access lids, installed the new spin on engine fuel filters, a…
Roll Control Twing Lines
For our at anchor roll control devices we use a halyard which runs from a block at the end of t he boom, inboard to a rope clutch. The problem is that in bouncy anchorages the halyard sometimes slaps the boom, which is annoying. We have gotten around this with a stopper knot at the […]
Kimmswick, IL to Kaskaskia Lock
Date September 23, 2011 Day 86Departure Hoppies Marina, Kimmswick, IL 10:25 amArrival Kaskaskia Lock 2:30 pm Miles 41.0 Cum…
Alton, IL to Kimmswick, IL
Date September 22, 2011 Day 85Departure Alton Marina, Alton, IL 7:15 amArrival Hoppies Marina, Kimmswick, IL 12:00 pm Miles 44.4 …
Friday, September 23, 2011
What an ugly day it was today. It was gray, humid, and rainy all day long. The boat stayed cool all day though and that is a very good thing. We expected Al to come this morning and put our boat back together. However, that didn’t happen. John spo…
Day 181 -Gloucester, VA
Today is Friday, September 23rd and it's been a very uneventful week. This marina is very quiet and especially this time of year when things settle down and boating slacks off. Wouldn't you know it but it rained heavily all day and it's…
Sept. 22 – Cambridge, MD
Day 188 – MTOA RendezvousCambridge Municipal Yacht BasinToday was the official start to the MTOA Rendezvous. We attended a welcoming meeting this morning, but skipped the Chesapeake Bay Foundation presentation. We had signed up to host lunch onboard fo…
Cruise to Tahiti and the Marquesas
With our trip to SE Alaska now complete and Spirit in the yard for maintenance and upgrades, we are getting ready to explore some potential future destinations for Spirit.We depart Seattle on the MS Westerdam, a Holland America ship for a 35 day cruise…
Random Friday
Random Friday (Continued…)
St Louis Mo and Hoppies
The night before we left Grafton a group of us wanted to go over to the Hawg Pit BBQ which is not a long walk but someone called to make sure it was open. As it turned out they said they would send over a ride for us, there were 12 of us. T…
