yes, twelve miles of a narrow working industrial channel…doesn’t give us big pleasure boats much wiggle room…or notice…we had thought that by traveling on Sunday it wouldn’t be busy…or at least as busy as during the work week…we…
It looked like such a lovely water fall until you realized
It looked like such a lovely water fall until you realized that its purpose was to dilute the sewage and chemicals coming from two directions into one channel …and noticed all those caution signs…it was a sign we were entering what they call “12…
The Coast Of Africa
On Sunday morning, in what was to have been the trailing effects of Hurricane Irene as she moved up the coast towards New England, we were battered with some of the strongest gusts of the storm. As the day progressed the …
Aug. 29 – Rock Hall, MD
Day 164 – Calm Day on Chesapeake BayRock Hall City DockWe will be spending the rest of the season exploring the eastern shore of the Chesapeake, so most of our days will be short runs from one small town or anchorage to another. No need to get up earl…
Post Irene
We moved Jenny back to her slip yesterday and found all ok except no power. Still no power this morning. SO we headed over to the gym and have plugged in here. The power is within blocks of the marina, so we hope we have power later today. Otherw…
All Ok.
We made it through just fine. Our only worry was whether the sailboat in front of us would snag the buoy on our anchor trip line. Around 1:30 AM the storm reached its maximum. I can’t tell what the maximum wind speed was, but my guess is around 4…
Slick as ………..
The second set of bottom panels went up slick as …… Maybe I’m just getting the hang of it.Alignment on the stern was perfect. Bow needs a little adjustment which will have to wait till this afternoon. This girl is starting to show her true size. :…
Bouncing Along Michigan
8/27/11 Saturday Irish Boat Shop is a working boat yard that doesn’t have many slips that will accommodate Tourist thus they put us on the wall next to the travel lifts. Tight but not too bad. They did offer a 20 percent Looper …
Moce Fiji
Good-by Fiji It is 5 pm on Tuesday and we are approximately 100 nm west of Fiji, in route to the southern most island of Vanuatu, Anatom. We left an anchorage in Fiji at 6 am. Like Mexico, Fiji ha…
Our laughter for the day was provided by two things: (1)
Our laughter for the day was provided by two things: (1) Caution signs all along the Chicago River that warned to NOT swim or allow the water to come in contact with humans and (2) The No Parking signs for barges…always with several barges parked in …
