The Owls Head Transportation Museum is a half-hour drive south of Belfast, near Rockland, Maine. We visited on the recommendation of our friend Matt Baker. It seemed unlikely to James that a world-class museum would be found out in Owls Head, but this one is exceptional. It has everything from bicycles to Michael Schumacher’s Formula…
Wylie’s Vision – A Caillon for Sarasota
Reader Note: Two articles in succession starting with the word “vision.” Perhaps you’re thinking that I’ve run out of original titles. Just a coincidence but in this case the use of the word “vision” is highly appropriate. Read on to see why.Background…
FPB 78-1 Cochise Is In The Atlantic
Cochise has just completed the Panama Canal transit and is in the Atlantic Ocean. Of all our transits this was… …Read More
For Lightning Bugs Everywhere
For those of you wondering if it is worth the hassle of bonding the metal on your fiberglass yacht, we …Read More
Southwest Harbor to Belfast
We departed Southwest Harbor for Belfast in a fog so thick we could barely see 100 yards in front of us. We ran at six knots with our big floodlights lit all around and the fog horn sounding. Dodging the moored boats and lobster traps in the thick fog was difficult, but the lobster boats…
A Pirate’s Paradise
Our first visit to Panama was in the same era that the North Koreans first decided they wanted to reunite …Read More
Southwest Harbor, Maine
The Hinckley company was founded at Southwest Harbor, Maine in 1928 and continues to operate there today. We spent two excellent weeks there at Dysart’s Great Harbor Marina, where the docks are full of beautiful Hinckley jet-drive boats. We completed several large boat projects, including changing our engine mounts, and also spent time visiting nearby…
Are We really Doing This!?!
So about this time in years past Pam & I have been getting ready to return to Tourist for the winter months. This year we’re preparing Tourist for a long winters nap instead of getting her ready for another season. WAIT! D…
Are We really Doing This!?!
So about this time in years past Pam & I have been getting ready to return to Tourist for the winter months. This year we’re preparing Tourist for a long winters nap instead of getting her ready for another season. WAIT! D…
Three Practically Perfect Days
Boaters often talk about the folly of keeping schedules. The discussions typically involve delays waiting for weather windows, bailout points when offshore, and tales about times when weather limits were pushed a bit too far. They focus on how bad weat…
