“Bottoms Up” from JacksonvilleOn Saturday, November 6th, we pulled in to the marina where Jim & Sherel keep their boat “Sandpiper.”“Sandpiper” with “Life’s2Short” at the dock. The Jaguar’s Stadium is in the background.The Maxwell H…
Turkish “Indian summer”
We’ve been steadily heading south, and two weeks ago we anchored off the quaint village of Torba in perfect conditions – blue skies, no wind and temperature in low 20s, and here Chris O’Brien joined us. The weather went this way following a coupl…
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa
Auckland calls itself the City of Sails and looking around, you would think the America’s Cup was here last week. Right next to our marina is the NZ Maritime Museum. It houses “Black Magic” the ACC yacht that won the America’s Cu…
Tonga
We reached Tonga at Vava’u, then we went to Haapai and now we are in Tongatapu.1. A Pacific island paradise full of friendly people, amazing beaches, coral reefs and exotic species of fish.2. A depressing little third-world country, where everybody is …
SATURDAY, NOV 13 We’re on the move again!!
In the middle of Mobile Bay we are now seeing shrimp boats instead of tugboats and tows. This view is looking out over the Gulf.
Here is an expensive way to get to port. Three ocean going tugboats towing an ocean freighter into …
FRIDAY, NOV 12 Our last day at Dog River Marina
Finally, we got all upgrades and repairs done. We depart tomorrow. For our last evening there, we invited Larry Brown from “Cigano” to join us for dinner. He agreed to bring along his git-fiddle to do some harmonizing after dinn…
Back to Reality
We departed West End Bahamas on Wednesday morning at approximately 6:30AM, it was an absolutely beautiful morning! Captain Alyse decided it was time for me to try and maneuver the boat out of our spot and out of the Marina. That was FUN, it…
Blog update 7 to 13 Nov
8th Nov, travelled from Carolina Beach, via “Snows Cut” down the “Cape Fear river”Made it to Myrtle Beach, had great rate($1.25 ft), water, and electricity.Great day travelling, some very shallow areas!!, and some very ignorant power boaters that go by…
Through the Cape Cod Canal
Live, right now, we have just called up on the radio and cleared ourselves out of the west side of the Cape Cod Canal, now in buzzards bay.The whole day has been sunshine, no wind and pleasantly warm – especially when sat out on deck in the afternoon s…
Alabama River Cutoff to Port Mobile and Eastern Shore Marina
November 8, 2010, Alabama River Cutoff to Eastern Shore Marina, Mobile Bay, Alabama. Today we will make a run of 66 miles from the anchorage at the Alabama River Cutoff to the Eastern Shore Marina at Fairhope, Alabama. To make this trip, we will trav…
