Tag Archives | trawlers

Take me on a magic carpet ride

well not really. It’s a 90 lb roll of fiberglass hovering above the hull!All the keel seams are sanded and just need to be wiped down. Gotta wait for a lil’ breeze to do that so the fumes don’t knock me out!Just takin’ a lil’ break now waiting for the …

Who is the Master of our Boat?

No blog yesterday.  Here’s why.Pam and I went to Brunswick’s First Friday, a monthly downtown party held on the first Friday of each month.   It’s sort of like the First Night celebrations held on New Year’s Eve all around the country, b…

No Rest

Al is home for his second weekend. So far things are going smooth. His daughters arrived yesterday from Montreal. Before they arrived I had Al working on some communication home work. He was not keen but I told him weekends home were not vacation a…

Cairo, IL, Angelo Towhead Anchorage – 9/8/12

Our plan today was to try and get 158 miles to the mouth of the Ohio River since we lost a day yesterday due to the storms.  We pulled our cords and lines at 6:20 a.m. (first light) and took off south.  A 70 ft Hatteras that was in front of …

Cairo, IL, Angelo Towhead Anchorage – 9/8/12

Our plan today was to try and get 158 miles to the mouth of the Ohio River since we lost a day yesterday due to the storms.  We pulled our cords and lines at 6:20 a.m. (first light) and took off south.  A 70 ft Hatteras that was in front of u…

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Our inverter has been acting up lately.  When we were anchored out, it would only last about 4 hours and then it would beep to tell us it was out of juice.  So, today Mike and John got down in the engine room and tested the batteries to see i…

$10,000 Fine

    What’s wrong in the above photo?  If you are a boater and have navigated through bridges, you should have spotted it immediately.  If you’re not a boater, welcome to ICW Bridges 101.  Boats have 2 drafts, the all impor…

Little Fuses

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…

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 …