Tag Archives | Kadey-Krogen

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 …

Solomons, MD to Morehead City, NC: 10/24/11 – 11/07/11

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…]

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…