This October will be our first anniversary as full time cruisers. We have learned very much in that time. However, we do realize that there is more to learn. You can never be a consummate master of anything.&n…
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Oh, That New Boat Smell
Morse Code III weighing anchor at Dun Cove On Wednesday, Sharon and I unofficially started our trek south. We left Reed Creek on the Chester River by 8 a.m. By 10:30 we were transisting Kent Narrows…
Irene
Irene came and went, with a lot of help and coaching we prepared the boat for a direct hit in Pocomoke, turned out the storm centre passed about 30 miles east of us, I don’t think we saw much more than a sustained 60kts. May have been some higher gust…
Busy Weekend
I couldn’t stay away. Watching from the boat as the Blue Angels practiced Thursday and Friday compelled N and I to visit the airshow at Patuxent Naval Air Base on Saturday to see it all up close – and it was terrific. A parade of different aircraft f…
M/V Nellie Crockett
This is M/V Nellie Crockett of Georgetown, MD. In the above photo she is shown underway during an evening cruise on the East Langford Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore. Built in 1926 (som…
Canakkale
Our first Med Mooring.I was a bit comprehensive about it but it actually works very wel and is a good way to dock (moor) Sammy our tour guide took us to Troy. This is the Trojan horse. Helen of troy!!!!! The “Odeon”
From Marmara Island to Canakkale
From our anchorage in Marmara Island in the sea of Marmara we went to Canakkale.On the way we saw many boats both cargo and cruise liners. The cruise liner was almost 1000 ft long. This (Canakkale) is where we checked in which was the most diffi…
Istanbul
Where the burgie’s fly……..As we approached the Bophorus we snap a shot with the AGLCA burgie proudly flapping in the wind The famous “Blue Mosque” in Istanbul.
Crossing the Black Sea
Tuesday Aug 30 we left Constanta behind us and crossed the Black sea.The Black Sea is not huge but with dimensions like 600 X 200 nautical mile still a considerable body of water to cross. The weather promises to be good for the crossing but even…
Birds Everywhere
I always enjoy bird watching and today was a great day for it. Puffin is back in the water and the birds I watched were the Navy’s Blue Angels as they practiced barrel rolls, loop the loops, inversions and other maneuvers, many at seeming tree-top lev…
