You may recall our February announcement naming Capt. Stuart Sheppard as our teaching captain on Eliana. Everything seemed to be on track until recently when we received a call from Stuart letting us know he couldn’t do it because of a change in …
More Installations and Marina Yard Party
Saturday June 26 thru Monday June 28, 2010All three days of this weekend were extremely hot and very humid. In the evenings, the weather was very unsettled, so no really good sunsets to share. Saturday, was spent running the satellite anten…
North on the Intracoastal Waterway thru Virginia, and Cheaspeake Bay Maryland
Along the Intracoastal Waterway many markers have Osprey nests and this time of year the babies are still in them with the parentsThe Mileage sign – How far do you want to go today?bridges opening for us to go through are many along the waterwaysLighth…
Tahiti
Papeete is a mere 200 miles from the tuamotus which is pretty short to get our new batteries and other things that were supposed to be waiting for us. We anchored for the first night and then went into Marina Taina the next morning. We …
Harry Potter Lives…..in Florida!!!
We just got back from Universal Orlando where the new Harry Potter exhibit opened last week – all I can say is if you are a HP fan (and frankly even if you’re not…you will become one while you’re there!) – you will be blown away (as we found out – fi…
A freshwater cruise
The week before last, our home was up in the air next to Emerald
Harbor Marine's shop at Canal Boatyard in Ballard.
Although we're happy to be back at Bell Harbor, we had a good w…
Charleston to Elizabeth City, NC (June 22 to July 4)
Feeling like we were ready for a vacation after packing up the house, we left Charleston and started making our way north. As I’m sure most of you know, has been hotter than ****. That seems to be the case all over. Of course all that heat encourage…
Convoy HOOOO!
Our morning in the “Blue Hole” was just as spectacular as the night before that is if you ignored the 10,000 dead bugs on Blue. It took me a good half hour, but I was finally able to wash all the mosquitoes off the decks. I have never seen so many bu…
New Interior
We have made a few changes to the interior. New paint in the heads, pictures on the walls, bedspreads, and personal touches. We still would like to replace the vinyl in the shower area (maybe when the weather cools off) and replace a few fixtures in bo…
