The water level is a foot below last year and we felt we pushed through the mud through the East entrance to the Collins Inlet last year, so we decided to enter from the west. Quite a bit of additional mileage, but who needs to run aground. (We ran agr…
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Bustard Islands, Whoa Baby!
Last year we anchored in the Bustard Islands and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We planned to cruise up the Gun Barrel into the harbor, but decided to travel a bit farther south (east) on the small boat channel and enter between two islands. Worked grea…
Back Home In Stuart
All went well with the AC project, now we’ll see if it works as planned. Yacht Tech added a flushing valve so I can back flush the whole system and blow out the grass in the water lines with fresh water before it start growing. Got my fingers crossed i…
Care And Feeding Of The Ford Lehman Diesel
The time is finally growing short for our departure on our next great adventure. Since we sold our dear friend Sea Trek, our Mariner 40 ketch, we have been preparing Beach House for our Bahamas/Great Loop adventure. The first thing we did was join the …
Help in Baja
August 11, 2012Portobelo, PanamaPunta Cono (courstey Baja Nomad)HELP is needed to rescue a family and their sailboat, beached in Baja….We may be thousands of miles away but the cruising community is a vast network. This call for help came acros…
Mackinaw City Marina, Mackinaw City, MI – 8/10/12
On Thursday afternoon small craft warnings were posted to last from 11 p.m. through 11 a.m. Friday but when we got up this morning things didn’t look bad at all and since storms were predicted to come in on the weekend which would keep us here several …
Quick Trip
After our last anchorage we headed to Deltaville, Va. and Dozier’s Marina. Why you ask? Two reasons. 1. Because it’s so hot & humid. 2. To make a quick trip home for my Dad’s surprise birthday party & mini family reunion.Her…
Now the North Channel – Killarney to Little Current
Subtitle: A “little” current at Little Current.We awoke Thursday morning in Killarney with a warning for increasing winds for the next four days (Thursday to Sunday) over Lake Superior, Lake Huron, the Georgian Bay and the North Channel. The…
Chateau Montebello, Quebec
The Chateau Montebello is the largest log structure in the world, our next destination. It was built in 1930. Presently it is a Fairmount Hotel with an adjacent marina which is in a protected basin. We elected to spend two nights he…
Tourists on Mackinac Island and Visitors
Our friends, Don and Nella Pearson arrived on the Mackinac ferry at 2:30 yesterday bringing our mail, Alan’s orders for extra parts, and smiles on their faces. The Pearsons were our friends from the West Houston neighborhood and we raised our children together in Memorial Glen. Today they live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So […]
