That if you look at the Marine Traffic Website, the name of our vessel is not ‘Istaboa’, it’s ‘Memphis’.We made this change deliberately. It’s a long story, but since we’ve made that change, we are hailed on the radio more often and have had more usefu…
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Racor filter inspection
Bill cut open the main primary racor to see if it was okay.Consulting with Bob Senter on Racor filters
Long Beach to San Diego
We made the run from Long Beach to San diego in about 10 hours. It was still dark as we pulled away from the dock and headed south. It was comforting to see Spring Day traveling in our wake. The weather and seas where very pleasant. We had several dolp…
Well…
We had great intentions.Pulling into Beaufort just in time to make the inlet in daylight, we forged ahead with a weather forecast that appeared to be near perfect… and it was for about 3 hours.It looked so good out from Beaufort that we dropped Plan …
The Long Run
Yesterday’s run started out kinda bumpy. Crossing Albemarle Sound turned to be as rough as we’ve been told it would be in a blowin’ WNW wind. The boys didn’t appreciated that at all.After the 2 hour crossing everything settled down. The plan was to mee…
Long Beach
We have been enjoying The Long Beach Yacht Club the past few days and will be throwing off our dock lines to head south early in the morning for San Diego. I will be saying goodbye to the friendly heron that has been perched in the palm tree abov…
Today’s Pics
Those who stay at Atlantic Yacht Basin long enough will see ‘Aphrodite’ come in and tie up. The artisans here are the best in this part of the world at working with wooden boats and keeping their finishes looking like new.She’s a true piece of history …
BACK IN THE GREEK IONIAN WE REFLECT ON CROATIA
Envoy is currently at Cephalonia Island, Greece We had very high expectations of Croatia as Envoy’s former owners and many other cruisers told us it was their favourite destination – with the proviso about the irritation of having to pay for some a…
Today’s Pics
It’s looking like we may buddy boat with Two Drifters for our run south, …. A couple we met back in 2007 in the Abacos and they’re staying here at AYB preparing for the long haul.Two Drifters is a 50 Nordhavn and can make about the same speed as Ista…
Aww Man…
Mr. Las Vegas’s boat sunk.Mr. Las Vegas’ yacht sleeps with the fishes. A 65-foot luxury houseboat belonging to Wayne Newton filled with water and sank Friday morning at a marina on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. No one was on board the boat named …
