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July 16, 2012 – We are finally free to use Arcadia II

Way back in April, I proudly reported that we’d bought Arcadia II. I haven’t posted anything since because, until very recently, we have not been able to use her.We bought the boat for use in the Pacific Northwest and don’t expect to bri…

July 16, 2012 – We are finally free to use Arcadia II

Way back in April, I proudly reported that we’d bought Arcadia II. I haven’t posted anything since because, until very recently, we have not been able to use her.We bought the boat for use in the Pacific Northwest and don’t expect to bri…

Pic Of The Day… with a story.

This one will kill ya…They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but to John Unger, a Wisconsin resident, his dog, Schoep, means everything.Unger adopted Schoep, named after the famous Wisconsin ice cream, when he was just a puppy, and the two have been …

Over Night on Smooth Water

It’s Aug 8th now and we have been motoring for three days and haven’t turned the boat’s stabilizers on once! The water is that smooth. One whole week of fabulous weather   Currently we are on a 60 hour nonstop passage that is taking us from th…

Over Night on Smooth Water

It’s Aug 8th now and we have been motoring for three days and haven’t turned the boat’s stabilizers on once! The water is that smooth. One whole week of fabulous weather   Currently we are on a 60 hour nonstop passage that is taking us from th…

Traveling South from Whitsunday

Our first day of travel got us to Scawfell Island around 2:30pm. Pulling up to the lee side of an island with a sandy beach is not a Canadian West Coaster’s idea of “gunk holeing” (terminology used to describe hopping from anchorage to anchorage on…

Traveling South from Whitsunday

Our first day of travel got us to Scawfell Island around 2:30pm. Pulling up to the lee side of an island with a sandy beach is not a Canadian West Coaster’s idea of “gunk holeing” (terminology used to describe hopping from anchorage to anchorage on…

Pic Of The Day

A newborn baby gorilla at Melbourne Zoo gets a checkup at the hospital and shows surprise at the coldness of the stethoscope.Didn’t ya hate that when you were a kid? Nope, we’re still not doing anything remarkable. We are cranking up and running down t…

Winter is fading. . . .

We have returned to Opal Lady and left the cosy fire of our temporary hillside hideaway in Tasmania. We are busy catching up on boat jobs, visiting family and friends and yesterday we had a very different experience . . . . .. . .
My Mum and Dad are gr…

Winter is fading. . . .

We have returned to Opal Lady and left the cosy fire of our temporary hillside hideaway in Tasmania. We are busy catching up on boat jobs, visiting family and friends and yesterday we had a very different experience . . . . .. . .
My Mum and Dad are gr…