Like much of the country, the mid-Atlantic had a sizzling hot summer. It seemed as if we went immediately from needing to run the heat to having to run the AC. During the summer of 2010, the DC area experienced 61 days with temps above normal; 26 days …
MONDAY, NOV 1 Getting a few things done.
Time for a little fishing. Although it doesn’t look like it, today was mostly a work day. We had the marina mechanics replace all of the plumbing on the master suite toilet. Works great now. They checked the generator control bo…
Forward tanks and sub-floor framing
Installed the forward tanks (1 grey water, and 2 fresh water) and began work on the forward floor framing. As in the aft cabin, the tanks are 3/8′ wall, roto-molded polyethylene from Plastic-Mart in Southern California. They sit in a “tray” built up ou…
NZ here we come
Fiji 17* 40.9 S 177* 20.7 E It is just after noon on Tuesday and we finally got through customs and immigration clearance. Ann and Bear are off to a local hotel until they fly to NZ tomorrow, while Andy and I are gettin…
great days
Well what a trip through the Dismal swamp it is hard to describe, very narrow only 6 ft water in most places and very beautiful we arrived in Elizabeth City NC. I went for groceries while lane washed the boat and water up her tanks. We talked to new fr…
Solomons, MD to Charleston SC (Sep 19 to Nov 1)
As it turned out, Joe and I were separated for almost three weeks. Since Alex was not born until September 18, I delayed my departure from Charleston for a few days to give Meredith’s mother a chance to visit with him. Lynn and I had a great time tou…
Ft Monroe, VA to Coinjock, NC
31 October 2010- Ft Monroe to Great Bridge, VANormally our stay at the Ft Monroe anchorage is uneventful. This time we had 15-20 kt winds from the west. The boat pitched and rolled all night – no one got any sleep. You could hear the waves under the…
Ft Monroe, VA to Coinjock, NC
31 October 2010- Ft Monroe to Great Bridge, VANormally our stay at the Ft Monroe anchorage is uneventful. This time we had 15-20 kt winds from the west. The boat pitched and rolled all night – no one got any sleep. You could hear the waves under the…
HURRICANE TOMAS
November 1, 2010GRENADA (again)If we ever had any doubt as to the value of building SPEED into DOMINO, running away from Hurricane TOMAS clearly demonstrated the advantage of being able to cruise at 20 knots.We had just spent two weeks traveling North …
Jekyll Island Update
What a beautiful place this is, both the marina and the island. Although the Jekyll Harbor Marina is relatively small, it has some really nice facilities, including an onsite restaurant (SeaJay’s), a laundry, showers/toilets, plus a beautiful swi…
