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[KensBlog] Preparing for the 2012 cruising season

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Sans Souci’s 2012 Cruising Plans

Traveling to Turkey with dogs

2012 – A big…

SATURDAY MAY 26TH, 2012

Woke to thunder and rain. After meeting our quota of coffee we headed off to Walmart to reprovision. Two cart fulls later we were on our way back to the boat. One cart was full of pop, bottled water, engine oil and a watermelon. But Ross was doing his…

FRIDAY MAY 25TH, 2012

THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES!! But not before overcoming a huge obstacle. What started out like an average day back in March, ended with Ross at Mayo and diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. With his deep faith, great attitude and a boatload (couldn’t …

Sunshine…Finally!

Sunshine…Finally!
May 26, 2012
The tropical low that gave us 4 days of rain and wind has finally pulled far enouth north, so the clouds broke, and alas…a gorgeous day.  Unfortunately for the folks from Carolina to Jacksonville, it also develop…

Pre-season Shakedown and Costa Concordia

Over the winter months Ian made one or two trips to Mad Sunday, including supervising the lift-out for anti-fouling maintenance which was undertaken most proficiently,by Rizzardi, at the Porto Turistico di Roma. So, with MS all gleaming and p…

Pre-season Shakedown and Costa Concordia

Over the winter months Ian made one or two trips to Mad Sunday, including supervising the lift-out for anti-fouling maintenance which was undertaken most proficiently,by Rizzardi, at the Porto Turistico di Roma. So, with MS all gleaming and p…

Part 2 of our 110 trek from AC to Long Island Sound

This is just one of the quaint homes on the BayWed May 23rd continued……..Once through NYC we took a starboard turn onto the East River and through Hell’s Gate to this point it was 90 miles went pretty well though it was pro…

NYC to the East River and onto Hell’s Gate

Heading out of Atlantic CityWe finally are moving up the coast of NJ in dense fog, but the seas were a gentle 3-4′ nice rollers, we left Atlantic City on Wed am and travelled a whooping 110 miles through NYC and down the East River through Hells Gate. …

Hamilton Island

The main hub for the Whitsundays is Hamilton Island. It’s where we greeted and dropped off our guests (the Bergquists) and spent several days enjoying what the island had to offer. Hamilton Island is quite the tourist destination – akin to Mackinaw Isl…

Delaware and New Jersey

We are now making great headway in a northerly direction.  We started out from Baltimore and as we left the harbor I took this picture as a lasting memory of the city.  It is the famous Domino Sugar sign that is larger than life and right at …