The boat is ready to go and so are we. It has been a lot of hard work in challenging weather conditions – very hot, very cold, very windy, etc. But it’s done and everything seems to work just fine. Brenda has returned from her sojourn…
Day28 Beaufort NC to Wrightsville Beach NC
Brrrrrr I never knew 62 degrees could be so cold! When we started out this morning it was a brisk 53 degrees and cloudy later the sun came out and the temps rose but it didn’t feel like it. We pulled into …
#28 Viva Mexico
We’re now in Mexico, about 70 miles off shore headed south southeast. We plan to round the cape and head back north to Santa Rosalia in the Sea of Cortez, about 1,050 nautical miles (5 days nonstop). By then we’ll be in the Mountain Time Zo…
Tonga to New Zealand
We are into day 4 of our passage. The conditions to begin with were not so great, 2.5 to 3.5 Meter swell, at 8 second intervals, with wind waves and 15 to 20 knots of wind. The four of us went through many packages of crackers in order to keep our sto…
Infamous Demopolis
(Friday, Nov. 5 – Dist: 54 mi; Avg Speed: 9.0 mph; TTT: 7:00 hrs; Locks: 1)
As you can see on the trip down to Demopolis there is a unique shoreline of white cliffs. These are called the White Cliffs at Epes. It was a pleasant change from the …
Back to reality
Saturday morning 31 17 S 175 33 E Well, we had 36 hrs of smooth ocean bliss and time to wax philosophical. Seems like King Neptune once again seduced us into thinking it was going to be easy. A few hours ago we …
more pics-Carolina Beach area
Not really “at the beach”, but down in the cove at the end, if you “google” the areayou will see the long beach. Population 6000, grows to 20000 in the summer.
Palm Trees, pelicans, white sand beaches – now this is the cruise!
So we are saying goodbye to the river systems and hello to the intercostal waterways. The next body of water after that will be the area known as the big bend. That will require some weather windows to cross the Gulf of Mexico.Here is one o…
Good news
November 5, 2010BEQUIA (Grenadines)You can imagine that we were very worried about the status of the Dream Grenadines Catamaran, especially after the reports that it had sank off of St. Lucia. We finally found the cat’s owner and emailed him.&nbs…
A lot of new pics(1 special pics for Tina) xxxooo
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