JP checks the damages: all lights, radars and antennas blown!or The Big Surge ProtectorsSeptember 8, 2012Portobelo (Panama) Already three months since a direct lightning strike in the San Blas Islands devastated our electronic suite, and the c…
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Road Trip
Back to our New Zealand adventure. Once back in Picton after completing our circumnavigation of the South Island, Deb and I were both ready for some time off the boat. The last time we had been tied to a dock … Continue reading →
Boy is it windy out there today!
Winds were gusting to 65 km/hr this morning. I was just about to climb back up on the boat for another session of seam sanding when a gust blew this section off the roof of the shed!That’s funny ’cause I don’t remember building in a skylight! 😉 This …
Liftlock on the waterway
This is the Kirkfield Liftlock on the Trent Severn Waterway – the highest in the world of its kind. The cruiseboat Kawartha Voyageur is descending, as seen in the left side chamber. I have never been able to take such good pictures (always onboard a boat going up or down). In these images, Richard Willmott … Continue reading »
Sept. 7 – Cape May, NJ
Long Day in the OceanUtsch’s MarinaWe left our anchorage at 5:58 this morning…sunrise was at 6:32. We had over a hundred miles to cover to make it to the inlet at Cape May, where we will take the ICW to the Delaware Bay. Today would be t…
Hoppie’s Marina, Kimmswick, MO – 9/7/12
The sun was shinning and things looked good to leave this morning until we looked at the weather and saw the storm that was predicted for later in the day. We discussed the options with Blue Heron and decided that we wanted to be securely tied to…
Hoppie’s Marina, Kimmswick, MO – 9/7/12
The sun was shinning and things looked good to leave this morning until we looked at the weather and saw the storm that was predicted for later in the day. We discussed the options with Blue Heron and decided that we wanted to be securely tied t…
CORFU AND THE START OF DOUG & MARY’S VISIT
All is well and we are at Corfu again, having been there in early August, cruised south, and now returned. This posting brings us up to 14 August.In early August we cruised from Levkas up to Corfu, and berthed at the large Gouvia Marina to meet our fri…
Hurricane Alert – Watch Out For Lesley
Hurricane Lesley is forecast to give Maine a wide berth, and make a direct  hit on the eastern corner of Newfoundland. But, keep a weather eye peeled. This is a complex weather scenario and it would not be unheard of for Lesley to shift course more to the west. The 96 hour 500 mb forecast […]
Friday, September 7,2012
Yesterday, just before we left to go out to dinner with Mike and Linda, a dandy storm blew in. We were drenched just walking to the car with an umbrella. Today was another hot one. We paid a visit to Shop-o-rama, went to a boat show a…
