Weather is always a factor in whether or not to move and Wednesday’s (8/15) offered a perfect one day window for crossing the northern end of Lake Huron. According to the forecast, if we did not move on Wednesday we would be stuck at Dr…
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Friday, August 17, 2012
After doing a little decluttering, I worked on my genealogy research. No great finds today, but it still was fun. A sailboat named “Summer Breeze” arrived in the dock next to our this afternoon. Karen from “Summer Breeze” and I went f…
Manitowoc
In many Marinas across the Great Lakes we have seen these”grass eating” machines. Grass has been a big issue for the marinas this year. Completing maintenance on the Muriel June in Sturgeon Bay worked very nicely because the Caterpillar parts operation was close, the marina had loaner cars, and the Great Lakes Yacht Service mechanics were outstanding! […]
Metal Boat Festival Presentation
The Metal Boat Society has an annual festival and this year we were asked to present on our experiences of having Alpenglow built. Here is a link to the PDF visuals we used to give structure to our presentation.
Aug. 16 – Valcour Island, NY
Beautiful DayBluff Point North – AnchorageIt was a beautiful day and we spent it relaxing, sight seeing in the dinghy and swimming. This has been the prettiest day we’ve had in over a week…the perfect day to enjoy our wonderful anchorage. We had …
Caught in the Act
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Smith Falls to Westport, Ontario
We departed Smith Falls at 9:00 AM to make the first lockage. We passed through 3 locks today and will pass into a large lake (Rideau Lake) rather than the “cuts” of the canal. Westport is our destination which is 4 miles off the rout…
The Cruising Community Communicates
There are 6,742 cruising boats on the east coast. 5,981 sit at the dock empty, day after day, week after week, month after month, and many probably year after year. OK, I made those numbers up. I guess it’s because it’s ele…
Keith’s First Ocean Adventure: Leg 2 Oceanside to Catalina
On Thursday, June 7, we took off bright and early from Oceanside. Conditions were almost the same as Wednesday, except the wave interval was 8 seconds instead of 10 and they were hitting us on the nose. Eric and Christi … Continue reading →
I've got the boatyard blues…
Most of the identified work aboard DD462-11 is done, or could be done in just a quick spurt of effort, but we are still here; due apparently to local government bureaucracy. (Continued…)
