This is the small island off the Brooks Peninsula. We went between the peninsula and the island. (View Post…)
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Around Brooks Peninsula and Cape Cook
This was the day to go around Brooks Peninsula and Cape Cook, one of the points on the West Coast where the weather and ocean swells are the greatest. The weather was up when we awoke. The weather forecast said it was going to be 20-25 knots and then…
Rockfish in the Pouch for dinner
That night we had rockfish grilled in a pouch. Ummm! (View Post…)
#44 May 2012 Wild Dunes/Isle of Palms/Charleston, SC – Great Bridge/Chesapeake, VA – Solomon’s Island, MD – Severna Park, MD – Chesapeake City, MD – New York City
…and so our short time in Charleston is done.
Farewell to our friends in Charleston and Wild Dunes. We’ve cast off our lines to begin our trip to New York and Canada. Our stop there was brief–only long enough to provision, wash boat…
Appletree Pt Bay on Memorial Day
For the next two weeks we will be cruising Lake Champlain checking out systems, working the anchor in different places and testing all possible systems for any failures. Today at Appletree Pt Bay, we brought the dinghy down and tested its engine. Chris Gillman did some wheelies with it around the bay. Engine works! Eric […]
Rhinoceros Awklets
These are diving birds that feed on herring and other bait fish. When they locate herring, they dive to keep them in a ball and then feed on them. When breeding, the males have horns on their beaks. It is how they get their name. You can see them i…
Stellar sea lions
These seal lions winter from Puget Sound, south, and then come north to raise their pups on the salmon that come in the summer. (View Post…)
haul out
The haul out. (View Post…)
Looking out Joe's Cove, our anchorage in the Broken Islands
This was the view in the morning when we got up. (View Post…)
Gearing up!
Getting ready to go out fishing in Rubber Ducky. (View Post…)
