Tag Archives | trawlers

Potomac to Beaufort, NC.

10/12/12 Friday     A beautiful sunrise greeted us as we pulled the anchor off the bottom of Breton Bay.Breton Bay Morning.Cruising at trawler speed got us back into the Chesapeake a couple of hours after our departure. Before hitting the Bay…

Potomac to Beaufort, NC.

10/12/12 Friday     A beautiful sunrise greeted us as we pulled the anchor off the bottom of Breton Bay.Breton Bay Morning.Cruising at trawler speed got us back into the Chesapeake a couple of hours after our departure. Before hitting the Bay…

Strange Farewell

The last stop in Indonesia was a favorite of last year, Karimjawa. We did an easy reef dive to get July used to diving with me and then headed for a wreck we did last year.  I pulled up to the wreck and the current was low, seas calm and all looked g…

Munda

                We have sailed to the vicinity of New Georgia Island and anchored off the Zipolo Habu Resort on nearby little Lola Island. Rod is reliving old times here. On his travels through … Continue reading →

Hampton River

Okay, this will sound like bragging, but we did in fact have another beautiful day on the Chesapeake Bay after leaving Reedville VA/Cockrell Creek. A mild wind was behind us, the current was in our favor, and though the waves built at times to 4 feet,…

Classic Coastal Cruisers

HAH!  Gotcha.  You thought I was referring to boaters in the subject line.  Classic Coastal Cruisers is actually a car club here in Georgia.Years ago, as I mentioned in a previous blog, I received a letter from a friend who was in Americ…

Downtown today

Took these while docked downtown Bobcaygeon:  

Ohio River Down Bound Part III (Sept 25 to Oct 6)

Although our intention had been to leave Louisville on the 25th, we didn’t – due to predictions (which proved accurate) of severe thunderstorms.  Instead, we’d planned on dinner at Tumbleweed, a marginally good restaurant right by the dock, but …

Ohio River Down Bound Part III (Sept 25 to Oct 6)

Although our intention had been to leave Louisville on the 25th, we didn’t – due to predictions (which proved accurate) of severe thunderstorms.  Instead, we’d planned on dinner at Tumbleweed, a marginally good restaurant right by the dock, but …

N2K View From 35,000 Feet – Or, Maretron Cloud Remote Monitoring Is The Answer

As reported earlier, we have been using Maretron’s N2K View aboard Wind Horse to get up to speed on this product, which may be seeing more sophisticated implementation in the FPB fleet. While we are not great fans of overly complex things – we work hard at keeping our systems simple (relatively speaking) – our […]