Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific
2-9-2011
REDUCE GENSET HOURS AND REDUCE RPM.
When Starr made her run from Seattle to San Francisco and on to Honolulu we chose to run the Northern Lights 20 kw gensets only when we needed to make water and…
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific
A few last photos
Just of few more of the photos I want to share.
He was selling newspapers at a stop light but the paper was in Hindustani so we couldn’t buy one. They press their faces up against the window and almost hang onto the car. The beggars try to look path…
Indira Gandhi and the India Gate
Hi All,
Almost at the end of our trip to northern India; just one more email after this.
Ru
My knowledge of Indian history consists of watching the Masterpiece Theater series "The Jewel in the Crown," the movies Gandhi, and Slumdog Millionaire …
Speaking at the California Yacht Club in L.A.
On Thursday, April 28, we will be speaking at the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey. The event is open to the public! No host cocktails begin at 6:15 pm, full buffet dinner served at 7:00 pm, and we will do our presentation after dinner. Cost is $20 per person (includes dinner, tax, service […]
Home Delivery
We arrived in SoBe (South Beach) last week on a Monday and here we are a week later on a Tuesday and we are still here. After being in a third world country (Bahamas) for 10 weeks, I guess we got caught up in the…
Fatehpur Sikri Part 2
Tomb of Sufi Saint, Sheikh Salim Chishti
Now everyone enters through these ebony doors: once only men were allowed to and women had a separate entrance on the right side of the tomb.
I would have had to stoop to come in through the women’s entrance…
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
That’s what I’m talking about. Florida is full of lovely flowers.I missed blogging yesterday. After gentle prodding from my father-in-law, I am back on track today. Yesterday morning, first thing, John took the oil pressure sender off of the generator…
Happy Anniversary To Us
Four years ago today marks the first day Al and I laid eyes on each other. We had met and communicated on line for 3-4 weeks then agreed to meet in person when he returned to Canada after living on his 53′ sailboat in Trinidad. He agreed to meet m…
Mar. 8 – Grey Uninteresting Day
Day 2 – Freeport, TXBridge Harbor Yacht ClubThere really isn’t much to report on today. It was cloudy most of the day…not that there was much to look at between Matagorda and Freeport. Mostly low-lying grassland, at some points we cou…
From Hollywood to Boca Chita Key
We had a great stay at Loggerhead Marina-Hollywood, located in the Harbor Islands gated community. The setting was beautiful, the facilities wonderful, and the people very friendly. Each Friday at 5:00 p.m., there is a happy hour and pot luck on the pa…
