Our last stop in the Loire Valley was the David d’Angers gallery. David was a famous sculptor with pieces in many prominent places around the world. He was an amazing talent, and the gallery was small, but very interesting – located in a fo…
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10/17/2012 – Wednesday – Lake Charles play day
The wind was blowing so we all decided not to dinghy over to the casino, but rather take a cab. We had a great meal and everyone pigged out! As we were finishing, someone said “Stardust is almost here”. Stardust is a 73’ Hatte…
10/16/2012 – Tuesday – Taylor Outfall Canal to Lake Charles
YES! At 6:45 AM, Teak finally peed on the boat pad!!!!!! After holding it for 24 hours she is now an official boat dog! We all pulled up our anchors and by 7:15 we were on our way to Lake Charles (the sailboats started out at 7:00).&n…
A CLASSIC COLD FRONT OVERTAKES ENVOY
At the time of posting we are back in Auckland, New Zealand- but the blog continues, and this post takes us up to 28/9/12.Heading further south from Paxos Island to mainland Preveza a large and classic black-skied cold front with loud thunder and bolts…
A CLASSIC COLD FRONT OVERTAKES ENVOY
At the time of posting we are back in Auckland, New Zealand- but the blog continues, and this post takes us up to 28/9/12.Heading further south from Paxos Island to mainland Preveza a large and classic black-skied cold front with loud thunder and bolts…
10/15/2012 – Monday – Clear Lake to Taylor Outfall Canal, mile 290
Last Trade and Awesome 1 left Portofino at 6:00 AM Monday and (just our luck) the wind was blowing strong from the north. As we headed out the channel, I knew we were going to have a bad trip to Galveston. We did! Winds were blowing…
October 27, 2012
Hi again,
The Travels
of YOUNG AMERICA are looking a lot like the Travels of Linda and Fred. Lately, YA appears to be doing a fair amount
of staying in port. As we’ve said, we
fit cruising into our life, wherever that may t…
NY, MA, ME, Louisville, KY, NY, Evansville, IN
Hi again,
The Travels
of YOUNG AMERICA are looking a lot like the Travels of Linda and Fred. Lately, YA appears to be doing a fair amount
of staying in port. As we’ve said, we
fit cruising into our life, wherever that may …
10/14/2012 – Sunday – Goin’ East Trip
Two trawlers (Last Trade and Awesome 1) and four sailboats (Morning Star, Faith, Cambria & Agoode Ketch) decided to take a trip east. All of the sailboats left a day early to anchor in Galveston so their trip to our first group stop would n…
What a Difference Some Wax Makes
We took a quick overnight trip up to the boat last night to check out the wax that was done this week. It was dark when we arrived so it was hard to tell how it turned out but it seemed good. We’d also brought new trim plates for the trim tab controls …
