Everything has to be tucked away for the winter! *sigh*I’ve never shrunk wrapped a boat before. Dunno if this is going to work or now but it’s done.Not much happening in the boat shed. Pretty much done with it till spring. I did tuck the Camaro in ther…
Day29 Wrightsville Beach NC to Myrtle Beach SC
Yup! 63degree yesterday was cold 53degrees today was freezing, hey we are going SOUTH!!! Now in MB SC yaaah!!! I love it when the sun comes out when we pull into a slip. We shall be here for 4-6 weeks probaly 4 it will be nice to be home for awhile. Ti…
Life’s2Short 2010-11-06 11:07:00
Blackbeard Island, GA to Jacksonville, FLOn Friday afternoon, October 29th, we met Steve & Lisa (our friends from Tampa) in Darien, GA and brought them back to “Life’s2Short” at Bob & Stephanie’s dock. The whole gang got together that e…
Home stretch
34 58 S 175 04 E 7 am Sunday Nov 7 After a partially bumpy night, the seas have once again settled down for our last 12 hours to Auckland. We are running down the east coast of New Zealand about 40 nm off shore….
Our Friend Christien/Carolina Beach, NC
A couple of days with our friend, nice area, lots of boats. He calls this place “Redneck Rivera” pics of his back yard, he is on a golf course, and that pond has small turtles and alligators in it. We did not see any large ones, but we did s…
Thank You Rockport, and Goodbye – We’re Gone!
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 …
