We are at Morehead City Yacht Basin in Morehead City, NC enjoying a rare gale-free day. Our stay in Solomons ended up being much longer than anticipated. One front after another came through with strong winds, driving rain and big waves on Chesapeake Bay. Even though the winds were from the north, crossing the mouth [Read More…]
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How Deep Is Your Love?
Today was another glorious day and since the seas were so calm, off we went to do some scuba diving! We had a map of dive sites, of sorts — no coordinates or any specifics, but a map with rough, general estimates of the different sites. We used the d…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-06 09:43:00
ITALY SEPT. 12TH & 13TH – CHECK ONE MORE THING OFF OUR BUCKET LIST! For at least the last five years we have talked about revisiting Italy, (for Deb it has been 30 years and for Rick more like 40). Of, course, we crammed way too ma…
Le reve report 2011-11-06 09:08:00
Good news from Yacht works.The Nanni (our get home engine) took on water through the exhaust. Apparently when it was installed the air lock was not high enough and sea water found its way in through the exhaust and ended up in the oil pan. this caused …
Charleston, SC
No trip up or down the coast would be complete without a stop here. We just love the town. Karen & Esa join us for a few days, great time! We meet up with Steadfast and Almost Perfect, dinner at Magnolias. If you stop here c…
Lolos & Lounging!
The beach at Grand Case, looking northOne of the many lolos in Grand CaseAfter a few days of boat work, we took the weekend off! Saturday we spent in the dingy, cruising up the northwest coast along the French side, snorkeling and beach-combing. I’d fo…
Hallelujah
Let’s face it, if you have something that is broken and you swap out enough parts, you may sooner or later fix it. To date, we have replaced the high pressure switch, acid washed the membrane, replaced the membrane, repla…
Drama on the Alligator River, North Carolina
As Puffin worked south down the Alligator River yesterday, a bird flying just off the water caught my eye. It didn’t look like a gull. It was bigger and its wings were batting the air as it reversed direction and then reversed direction again almost …
Marine Services
Good technical marine service exist here in St. Maarten, so happily, right away on Wednesday we had Gordon from FKG aboard checking into the davit’s “no boom down” issue. Seems we might have it diagnosed; the valve assembly is working properly, as is t…
The Rest of the Way Home
October 24 – 31, 2011At first light, on October 24, we had a great start since when we pulled up the anchor we didn't have one of the underwater cables attached to it which would have really complicated our departure plans. The passage out of B…
