We had a lucky day on Tuesday: sighting egrets and diving dolphins; a favorable current that allowed us to make one bridge opening earlier than planned; proximity to a paddle wheeler (The City of Fredericksburg) that gets preferential treatment at brid…
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Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-10 15:02:00
LAKE COMO – WHAT CAN I SAY – SEPT. 17TH & 18TH – what more can you ask for, a blend of water and mountains – our two favorite things. The drive from Cinque Terre was uneventful and our plan was to head to the west coast of the lake to a small …
Le Bateau Ivre!
Ofcourse, all boat work and no play makes Equinox a dull ship! So, we went out inthe dinghy and found a great little restaurant and waterfront bar in PortoCupecoy in which to dine, drink and celebrate all our repairs: Le Bateau Ivre — which means ”T…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-09 13:04:00
ITALY – SEPT. 15TH & 16TH – CINQUE TERRE (pronounced Chink-wey Tay-reh) is a remote chunk of the Italian Riviera with not a museum in sight, just sun, sea and wine. It is made up of five towns, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Montero…
2011 By the Numbers
May 10 to October 31Here are some numbers for our travels on FLUKE in 2011. This was by far our longest trip yet. We bought fuel 3 times totaling 1121 gallons at an average cost of $3.51 and burned over 1600 gal.The fuel usage numbers include the hours…
All Work and No Play
The pastfew days have been blustery, rainy and gray…obviously perfect for interior boatprojects! We’ve been busy, indeed! Ron changed the oil, filters and impeller onthe 12kW genset while I dusted, vacuumed, shined and cleaned every cabin and inter…
Florida, finally
The sun broke through the clouds, the wind died, it was 80 °, and all the girls were wearing bikinis – not really. But we are over half way to our final destination – where ever that is. We need to decide one of these days.We got to see a submarine, a…
Serenity Makes Her Last Trip of 2011
What better thing to do on a gorgeous though chilly fall weekend….you guessed it, cast off Serenity’s lines and head for the hills – of Port Jefferson that is.When one of our dock neighbors broached the idea of spending the weekend on our boats in no…
The Admiral's Report from Oct 30 to Nov. 7, 2011
You’ve been hearing the big picture from Captain Bob, and now you’ll hear the smaller details from Admiral Nancy. (Continued…)
South Carolina and Georgia
We left Charleston with a lousy weather prediction – big storm to the north off North Carolina, which gives strong on-shore winds. Well, this meant we couldn’t go off-shore around the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. Even worse, we decided …
