May 27 – Sunset Moonrise Cruise

We wanted to take the boat out for a sunset/moonrise cruise, but a little band of thunderstorms kept us at the dock. The little disturbance was just off shore and prevented us from seeing the moon come up on the horizon. We sat on the fly bridge and en…

Adventure

Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-05-28 04:57:00

We made it to the Panama Canal. Looks like our passage will be Saturday.Here is the Web Cam Address. I will try to give more definite time when we know morehttp://www.acp.gob.pa/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=CerroLuisa

US Naval Academy Commencement Week

Commencement Week for the US Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland is a major event for both the Graduates and Midshipman at the Academy, and also for the city of Annapolis. Besides the influx of families and friends of the staff, instructors and the…

GSSR 2010 No. 8 – Do anchors float?

Greetings all!

This is just a quick blog update to let everyone know that we are still at the dock in Nagasaki. The GSSR group will not be moving again unt…

Crab Heaven

24-25May10 Neka Bay (58’03.089N, 135’39.833W) (Continued…)

Juneau

22May10 Auke Bay (Continued…)

Calming the jitters

21May10 Taku Harbor (Continued…)

News from the Grove

So what have we been up to these first few weeks in Coconut Grove you may be asking – lots of scoping out the neighborhood trying to get a feel for our new hood (let me help you, it’s WAY different than KW) and lots of drying out the liver that was sor…

First Whale Sightings!!

Finally we were able to leave Great Sandy Straits marina at 9.30am this morning after painstakingly waiting for Llew( Marine Electrician) and Andrew(Nordhavn) to solve our intermittent problem with the igniters on the Viking Stove. &nbsp…

Fernadina Beach to Charleston

Our arrival in Fernandina Beach from Daytona was uneventful. The USCG was broadcasting a warning about shoaling at the intersection of the ICW and Mantazas inlet with depths at low tide of 3.5′. If true then that was a real problem depending on our tim…