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Patriots Jet Team

One of the people we are with identified the team that gave us our free aerobatic show yesterday:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Jet_Team

All That Dog Gear

After 10 years of cruising with 3 different dogs you either learn a thing or two or you go crazy – or maybe a bit of both. We are frequently asked how we handle two large dogs on a boat, both by cruisers with a dog, ones contemplating cruising with a d…

Bring a Kitten to Happy Hour

First, I’d like to give a big thumbs up to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and in particular Ranger Bryson.  I had sent in the paperwork to get the Whaler registered here in Georgia over a month ago.   I hadn’t heard anythin…

Ashod Stuff

Shalom,
  It’s Sunday; the first day of the work week. 
In Hebrew my name is Rut.  There’s no th sound here.  When I have to give my name in a cafe and I say Ruth, they just look at me surprised.  Eve told me to sa…

June 23 – Brewerton, NY

Long DayBrewerton City DockIt was a beautiful day to be on the water. Our cruise today in the Erie Canal was through a manmade cut instead of the Mohawk River. It was very pretty, rural and peaceful. We only saw a few other boats and we were the only b…

Port d’Escale, Montreal,QC – 6/23/12

Since we have spent the past 2 days on the canal without a WiFi connection, I had to type the blog into a word document and cut and past it into the blog.  6/21 & 6/22 have been posted individually before this one.Since we had 60 miles to go t…

Saint-Ours, QC – 6/22/12

6/22/12The locks on the canal operate from 8:30 until 7 p.m. starting today for the season so we were prepared to leave at 8:30 when they opened.  In Canada you indicate that passage is wanted by tying up on the blue line painted on the lock wall …

Making Repairs and Other Adventures

We left Bimini, Bahamas for a 75 nautical mile crossing to Palm Beach, FL – a slow trip with just one engine, but we would get a bit of a speed boost from the Gulf Stream which was running about 3 knots.  We departed early with the sun, enjoying a…

Chambly Lock, Chambly, QC – 6/21/12

6/21/12We left Gaines marina at 8:10 a.m. and headed for the Canadian Border and clearing custom.  Quest followed Marc’s Ark past the US Customs facility and into Canada.  The customs station is not very far inside Canada and the channel to…

At anchor in the sun

Another warm sunny day. The prawning was quite good and the crabbing went well also. Did a little kayaking and a lot of soaking up the sun. Claydon Bay was once the site of a large logging camp with over two hundred men and their families living in…