Feeling like a day back on the Wet Coast as a gentle drizzle falls on a cloudy day in Beaverton Ontario. Compiled a slideshow of our trip down the Trent Severn Waterway to Lake Simcoe: WebCam stills: Bobcaygeon to Beaverton
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Hoppies Needs Your Help!
Plan on doing the Great Loop boat trip someday? Please think about signing AGLCA’s petition to help Save Hoppies. Hoppies, located on the Mississippi River at Kimmswick, MO, is an important part of American river history. For several decades they have played a major role in helping boaters transverse the…
Solar Output In Foggy Maine – Will Assumptions On The FPB 97 Stand Up In This Environment?
The big question with our solar power calculations has been: what would we see in the real world? The 320 Watts per panel (of which there are four) is the theoretical maximum. You then degrade for shadows, less-than-perfect angle of panel and sun, dirt on the panels, and clouds. We have assumed Maine would be […]
Hoppies Needs Your Help!
Plan on doing the Great Loop boat trip someday? Please think about signing AGLCA’s petition to help Save Hoppies. Hoppies, located on the Mississippi River at Kimmswick, MO, is an important part of American river history. For several decades they have played a major role in helping boaters transverse the mighty Mississippi, by providing the…
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The Bad Guys are Still Running
A couple of nights ago, I went to bed early. I was bored. Pamela and Megan were in Louisiana. It was just me and the three dogs. Gertie was outside. I closed all the doors because of rain, leaving the helm station do…
Mackinac Island Harbor, Mackinac, MI – 8/9/12
We got up this morning to a howling wind and along with Queen Kathleen, decided not to venture out into the rough water. All was not lost though, while Ricki worked on pictures all day I replaced the water supply line inside the ice maker that st…
Aug. 9 – Montreal, QC
Old MontrealYacht Club MontrealWe spent the day exploring Old Montreal. Old Montreal is a part of downtown Montreal that has been preserved in much of its original state, with the oldest buildings dating back to the 1600’s. This historic neighborhood i…
Pic Of The Day
Actually, two pics today…My blogging buddies aboard Drift Away and Broulee have posted some beautiful photographs. Couldn’t decide which to use… so I used both.Drift Away posted this one. I’ve actually seen this vista before, they are tied up…
More Of The Same
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Interlude on Land: Northern Mich. & the UP
From Drummond Island, we meandered though the islands at the southwest end of Manitoulin Island toward Lake Michigan, though our entry into that massive, inland ocean was not to be for several days. On our way to Mackinaw City, we passed by the famed Mackinac Island and were passed by several Mackinac Island ferries!! It […]
