The Metal Boat Society has an annual festival and this year we were asked to present on our experiences of having Alpenglow built. Here is a link to the PDF visuals we used to give structure to our presentation.
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Aug. 16 – Valcour Island, NY
Beautiful DayBluff Point North – AnchorageIt was a beautiful day and we spent it relaxing, sight seeing in the dinghy and swimming. This has been the prettiest day we’ve had in over a week…the perfect day to enjoy our wonderful anchorage. We had …
Caught in the Act
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Smith Falls to Westport, Ontario
We departed Smith Falls at 9:00 AM to make the first lockage. We passed through 3 locks today and will pass into a large lake (Rideau Lake) rather than the “cuts” of the canal. Westport is our destination which is 4 miles off the rout…
The Cruising Community Communicates
There are 6,742 cruising boats on the east coast. 5,981 sit at the dock empty, day after day, week after week, month after month, and many probably year after year. OK, I made those numbers up. I guess it’s because it’s ele…
Keith’s First Ocean Adventure: Leg 2 Oceanside to Catalina
On Thursday, June 7, we took off bright and early from Oceanside. Conditions were almost the same as Wednesday, except the wave interval was 8 seconds instead of 10 and they were hitting us on the nose. Eric and Christi … Continue reading →
I've got the boatyard blues…
Most of the identified work aboard DD462-11 is done, or could be done in just a quick spurt of effort, but we are still here; due apparently to local government bureaucracy. (Continued…)
Cruisers don’t have plans, just intentions
Seems the norm here, this time of year, is fog – we planned to leave Sommes Harbor on Sunday, but looked like fog would not get us anywhere further (Carina left, but only made it to Southwest Harbor a hop skip from here). We were hoping to leave …
Thursday, Augus 16, 2012
The storm began this morning around 6:00 A.M. Lots of thunder and lightning and then the rain came. So, today I spent most of the day sewing. I finished a shirt for John. I’m not certain that he will wear it because it is so lou…
Truly on our own
My travels so far have taken me to many exotic and strange lands, some seemingly so different it is hard to believe on the same planet. I have crossed the largest ocean, several major seas, and visited 15 new countries. All this and…
