After Sicily, Sardinia is the largest island in the Med. Most well-known is the Costa Smeralda, an exclusive resort development of the 1960’s by a consortium including the Aga Khan. For many, Sardinia is a mysterious island, part of Italy…
Sardinia & the Maddalena Archipelago
After Sicily, Sardinia is the largest island in the Med. Most well-known is the Costa Smeralda, an exclusive resort development of the 1960’s by a consortium including the Aga Khan. For many, Sardinia is a mysterious island, part of Italy…
FRIDAY JULY 26TH
The weather report is for small seas and light winds till mid morning, so we headed out into the pitch dark of Lake Michigan around 4:30 a.m. Only a sliver of a moon so you couldn’t see a thing…unless you looked up! The night sky was incredible. Wi…
August 25, 2011
Just as We Were to Start the Engines a Security Came Over the Radio to Let us Know This Boat was Coming Down the Chanel – When it Passed Danny Called our Security and We Were Off – Could You Imagine Two Large Boats in this Chanel
This is Float Plane Co…
August 25, 2011
Lakefield, Ontario to Buckhorn, Ontario – It was a beautiful day today after the cool evening. We found a good spot at the lock wall. We called a taxi for Lynn to go and retrieve her car in Peterborough as she has to work tomorrow. This is the start of…
Dinghy Launch/Retrieval
A number of you have asked about how we launch and retrieve Beer Can (our larger aluminum dink). I will start with a bit of commentary. Our last boat was a Nordhavn 50 and the dink was stored on the … Continue reading →
All those buildings…and I do manage to spot a place to stop
All those buildings…and I do manage to spot a place to stop and do a little shopping…there even seems to be dockage…but no…he drives right by two of my favorite places…DSW and Marshall’s…it is grounds for mutiny…
New crew member Becky earned her title and a raise…we put
New crew member Becky earned her title and a raise…we put her to work on the stern at the locks…and even encountered a short moment of terror…just to break her in!!! Three pleasure boats, two tow boats, and four barges in the lock…add wind an…
We did over 70 bridges in the 54 miles that we
We did over 70 bridges in the 54 miles that we traveled…most were in downtown Chicago…and many were close enough to touch…Captain was having some fun!!!! You could see that grin from the bow
Ok, the party’s over now it’s time…..
to get back to work!Seeing as we didn’t actually lay the keel on Saturday, today was the day the first bottom panel went up.It’s actually two pieces because I knew it’d be too big for one person to handle. As it was it was a bit of a struggle to get it…
