Had a good visit with family in Lake Charles, moving on after week one.Going for another Tuesday departure from Lake Charles, La. Hope to make Avery Island/Morgan Shell Landing. Stopping for fuel along the way. It’s about an 11 hour run. plus two s…
Waterford, NY to Canajoharie, NY
The Mohawk, Hudson, and Champlain Valley gateway of HistoryWaterford Visitors Center and boat dockageA shipyard that build Barge Canal boats &…
Surprising Suriname
July 14, 2010 Domburg (Suriname)05:42.204 N / 055: 04.881 WYesterday, the refrigerator’s water pump died. No problem. We still have the freezer and we can make do without the fridge until Tobago, 450 miles away. JP might have…
Anchored in Mud
July 10, 2010KOUROU (French Guyana)05:08.89 N / 052:38.79 WIn the last six months, we’ve been anchoring in all sorts of places. All along, JP has developed his own anchoring styles for each type of bottom and situation. He sure was prep…
Jailhouse Rock
July 5, 2010Ile Royale (Slavation Islands) – French Guyana 05:17.106 N / 052:35.373 W Ciao Brazil! Hello France! What? France in the middle of South America? Indeed! French Guyana is so French that I was able to in…
Amazon Exit
July 2, 2010 Off of Cabo Norte02:51 N / 048:53 WWe left Sao Sebastian de Boa Vista just after sunrise, making sure to go out with the tide. The beauty of the Rio Para is that the river’s current pushes you to the sea and if you time i…
Amazon’s Reception Committee
June 29, 2010Sao Sebastian de Boa Vista (Amazonia)01:42.91 S / 49:32.00 WOur night at anchor in front of Ponta Negra was incredibly busy. Barges were going up and down all night, shining their floodlights on us. I’m sure glad they didn
Amazon’s Ebbs and Floods
June 28, 2010Ponta Negra – Amazonia01;38.02 S / 049:13.69 WWhat better place to learn about tides and tidal currents than the Amazon River system at full moon? Watching our friends beating against current out of Belèm, making good only a kno…
Good Morning Roy.
It is hard to know where to start, it has been a wonderful week on Blue. The weather continues to be great and the anchorages continue to impress. The day after our last blog entree Anna and I made a short jump on the outside of the small craft channel…
July 17-18 – A Weekend in Naha Bay
To give Dave Nagle’s brother and sister-in-law a brief taste of Alaska cruising, we did a short 20 mile trip from Ketchikan to Naha Bay. There is a public dock there and trails that go to some upland lakes. The dock is a bit small so Dave went in fi…
