View from Long Island Breeze Bar Salt Pond, Long Island, BahamasSitting here quietly, enjoying my coffee in the peaceful solitude of our salon, I hear the bilge pump kick on… then kick on again… and again.After investigation, I realize there’s a si…
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Sept. 19 – Baltimore, MD
Just Hanging OutHenderson’s Wharf MarinaOn Wednesday mornings some of the women who live in the marina get together for breakfast. This morning Pam, Sally and I joined them. We spent two hours enjoying breakfast, drinking coffee, visiting …
Can Life Get Any Better Than This?
Yesterday was my birthday. My 62nd birthday. This is good news/bad news. Which do you want to hear first? OK, first the bad news. I’m getting old. What’s the good news? It’s better than the alternative. Also …
Swallowing the anchor.
After 32 yrs in the Coast Guard this is my last day! The second happiest day of a sailor’s life, walking down the gangway for the last time. It’s been an adventure. Now it’s time for the real fun to begin! 
Things are not always as they appear.
9/16/12 Sunday Time to continue moving North. We pulled out into the Bay along with everyone else who owned a boat in the area. We cruised past Poplar Island and headed up Eastern Bay where we were met by an armada of sailboats heading ho…
Things are not always as they appear.
9/16/12 Sunday Time to continue moving North. We pulled out into the Bay along with everyone else who owned a boat in the area. We cruised past Poplar Island and headed up Eastern Bay where we were met by an armada of sailboats heading ho…
An Update from Sea Spirit and the Freedmans
It has been 14 months since my last confession blog entry, and a lot has happened. The last time I wrote, we had just returned from our Spring 2011 three month cruise in MV Sea Spirit, our 63 foot Sea Spirit trawler yacht. That trip took us from Ft. …
An Update from Sea Spirit and the Freedmans
It has been 14 months since my last confession blog entry, and a lot has happened. The last time I wrote, we had just returned from our Spring 2011 three month cruise in MV Sea Spirit, our 63 foot Sea Spirit trawler yacht. That trip took us from Ft. …
Final Days on Lake Michigan
As much as we love the Great Lakes, time has come to move on. We came here in 2009 with the intention of only staying a few months. Little did we know that the spectacular North Channel and the lovely ports along the shores of Lake Michigan would quickly lure us into staying longer. We […]
2012 By the Numbers
April 27 to July 20Here are some numbers for our 2012 Bahamas trip on FLUKE. This was our longest Bahamas trip yet in both days and miles.The fuel usage numbers include the hours running the generator, primarily to recharge the batteries, but sometimes…
