September 30 – October 7After leaving the Hudson River, we first anchored off the east side of Staten Island near Huguenot Beach, an area of single family residential homes, most of which are very large, but built right on top of one another. We ha…
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Moving forward… I hope!
Well, another high speed day, with many things getting done aboard Equinox! Ron changed out the transmission oil on both transmissions while George finished wiring in our new freezer and replacing the aft bilge pump. They did other things as well, but …
First Anniversary
Today marks our first anniversary as full time cruisers. It has been a tremendous adventure, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Just yesterday, after anchoring in a very small creek with swift currents, Sharon m…
Progress, progress, everywhere!
Whew!! Hours oflabor later (and not only our own), Equinox is showing signs that thingsare progressing. Hooray!! Of course, I find satisfaction in the little things aswell as the large, so perhaps I’m overly optimistic? Nevertheless, things aremoving f…
Got no bugs on me!
Least of all this one. Not an invited guest…EVER!Being the Galley Queen that I am, I spent Monday hauling pantry items back aboard, continuing to re-package, label and stow. Back and forth, back and forth, toting dry goods I went…relentless! As I w…
Property Tax
My sister Barb always says “no news is good news”, that applies to Big Run. We have been in Wrightsville Beach since last Wednesday and there is not much to report. We came to Wrightsville Beach because we needed re…
Heavy Lifting
It hasn’t exactly been all that exciting here the past couple of days, but rather, exhausting! And also very satisfying! It feels so good to be in the pre-departure frenzy stage — a place we’ve been before, so we can appreciate the odd combinatio…
Cruising Down the Dirty Hudson
September 27 – 30, 2011It's about 160 miles from Troy, NY to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. It takes us 4 days because we can only go 25 miles the first day, there are a limited number of places where we can safely anchor, the tidal current on t…
Free At Last!!
Gleaming PropSpeed on the props next to Spurs with new zincs…well done! Free at last! No, we’re not off cruising south…yet. But, we are OUT of the boatyard, finally, and FREE at last. Happily, we’re now back in Outrigger Harbour where we aim t…
Part 2 of Our New England Trip
First, an apology. Upon review of my last post, I realized that somehow the dates got mixed up. The actual Newport Boat Show dates were Thursday, September 15 – Sunday, September 18th. Sorry for any confusion. I probably should …
