It’s Saturday, October 20 and we are back and finally in cruising mode. For several days and continuing right up through early this morning, the weather forecasts have continually changed and we kept delaying the start of our trip south from Solomons …
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The Boat is Back
We had a horrible drive to Antioch last night with just horrendous traffic. We finally arrived as it was getting dark and gave the mechanics a call. David from GYST met us at the boat and went over what they’d done and their recommendations for further…
Columbus Marina, Columbus MS
(Tuesday Oct 16 – Dist: 59.6 mi; Locks: 4; LWT: 20 mins; TTT: 7:40 hrs)
It was a very long day again but pleasant enough. Leaving Midway in the morning were 4 boats including a 22′ sailboat with a 8 HP outboard. It could only do about 5 …
Big Fuses
“BIG FUSES” or RF SURGE PROTECTIONPanama CityOctober 20, 2012With my captain away, I have nothing better to do than catching up on my writing. Yes, I’m way behind, still reeling from the havoc of the lightning strike. What have we le…
Got tired of tripping over sh*t
so added a little organization to the boat shed.Just happened to be on sale yesterday at Crappy Tire so I snapped it up. I added the shut off valve and the pressure regulator that I had left over from other projects.My Jeep has developed a case of “Dea…
Pic O’ the Day
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Well…
I started off yesterday by getting up early. This week’s assignment at digital-photography-school.com is “night landscape”. I had practiced the night before by shooting dock 12 off the stern of Drift Away in low light. Not bad.S…
What a difference 48 hours makes
We decided to make a run for it and en-route, since the weather was holding and the waves weren’t too bad, we kept on going directly into Hampton VA 48 hours later. We started with taking spray over the windshield and side of the boat in Long Island Sound. Those pesky 30 knot winds have … Continue reading »
Getting Anxious
The weather here in Guelph is typical mid fall, the leaves, the smell, the wind, the cool mornings, the rain off and on. Typicall fall weather. I like it but………..time to get the boat south?
Brilliant!!
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