Our time in Canada has come to an end. Two Days ago Anna and I crossed back over into American waters and cleared customs on Drummond Island, Michigan. On this day, our 12th wedding anniversary, we took the time to look back at all the wonderful expe…
Lake Ontario to Cape Vincent & Clayton NY
Leaving Oswego crossing Lake OntarioCape Vincent, NY Tibbits Point in Cape VincentDowntown Clay…
Up and Back Down the Connecticut River – 340 Days To Go
July 17, 2010Today, we traveled from Mystic, CT up the Connecticut River back to Petzold’s, the Mainship dealer where we had purchased our boat. Our friends, Vinny and Diana came along for the trip. We made this trip to have some interior c…
Montys’ Bar and Resort
We left Woodwark Bay with the outgoing tide and made the journey to Gloucester Island in 5.45 hrs. I christened the new Breadmaker on the way as well as baking a batch of Rock Cakes. After arriving at the northern end of the island we travelled south l…
Cooking Aboard – Tips Tricks and Recipes by Susan
You would think after living aboard for 18 years, I would know all of the tricks to cooking aboard. I only know what worked for us, and maybe some of my ideas and tips will work for you, too. We started out on a 40 foot sailboat w…
Still Boating
We have been out on the boat every weekend, but nothing too note worthy. Kelley and her kids come for a visit Friday…only got to visit on the boat (no ride). The bay was a little choppy and we thought it might be a little rough for them.Kelley, Hayde…
Ketchikan Interlude
July 23, 2010We are really glad we headed to Ketchikan early. Several of the cruise ships cancelled their stops in Ketchikan due to the high winds in the channel. However, by early afternoon, the front passed by and the skies cleared as we headed to …
July 23-24 – A Tale of Two Cities; Wrangell to Petersburg
We left Wrangell (photo right) in the steady rain at 8 AM in order to arrive at Wrangell Narrows at the appropriate time to transit the narrow 20 mile route to Petersburg. We got there a bit early on account of favorable currents which meant we had to…
Moorea
Moorea still gets our vote for the prettiest of the Society Islands. Since we had traveled here 5 years ago on a holiday, we were not going to stop here with the boat, happily, we changed our minds. When we arrived, we anchored on the top, port side of…
Galley storage
Dirona
has plenty
of storage space—we’ve not yet come close to filling all the lockers despite living
aboard. But it is a boat, and storage space is at a premium. So we’re always…
