Beautiful CityDowntown DockWe only had four locks to do today to arrive in Ottawa. What a wonderful city, beautiful old builds, bike trails along the Rideau Canal and amazing views of the Ottawa River. We plan to stay here through the weekend. Seeing t…
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Midseason Maintenance Can Increase the Life of Your Boat
You have been told over and over that pre-season maintenance and service will ensure a trouble-free boating season. But will it really? A safe and happy boating season is a combination of preparation and prevention. It’s so easy to hit the water as oft…
THE UNSPOILED ISLAND OF NISOS KITHERA
The island of Kithera lies off the south-eastern coast of Peloponnisos, and is one of the most unspoiled of all Greek islands.We spent the first night at Dhiakofti, which is not particularly interesting ashore, but the anchorage is delightful – a lar…
Still in Virginia
We have been ‘on the hard’ in Deltaville Boatyard, Deltaville, VA since June 12! A very long time, but we are well, mostly keeping our sense of humor, and getting other stuff done on the boat — there is ALWAYS other stuff it seems. A portable air con…
Oh My Gosh, We are in Maine!!!
So first stop was an anchorage called Seal Cove – today, Rick saw two whales, and we saw a seal and a turtle. – the anchorage was a little bit rolly, but we put out our “at anchor flopper stoppers” and all was good. The second nights …
Moor $tuff 2012-08-02 05:39:00
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
82°21.478’ W
41°25.411’ N
Vermilion Power Boat Marina
Vermilion, Ohio
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| Leaving Geneva State Park |
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| Perry Nuclear Power plant |
What a great day, we covered 80 miles which places us closer to Put-in Bay where our friends Jerry and Rose have a boat. Tomorrow we will complete our trek across Lake Erie in 4 days arriving before the predicted storms arrive Friday! Five foot waves are not part of our boating routine and when possible we stay in port and play it safe!
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| Fairhope lighthouse |
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| Cleveland skyline |
Today was a rerun of yesterday! When we left the harbor Barb said not a word but her silence was enough. The boat was rocking and pitching in the 3 foot surf with rollers hitting us on our starboard quarter. I suggested that we give the lake a half hour to improve before turning around and heading back to where we came from. The lake did improve and Barb said lets give it a go at least until the next safe harbor. By the time we were close to the next harbor the seas had improved to a point we kept on going.
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| Entrance into Vermilion |
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| Homes along the way to our dock |
This harbor was chosen because we were running low on clean clothes and fresh water and we were dead tired! This marina had a laundry and all the fresh water we could use plus being quiet and restful. The water tank has been filled and the laundry completed. We are now ready to move on tomorrow.
The city of Vermilion is one big harbor with canals filled with boats everywhere. All the homes are white with well manicured laws running up to their face docks where they moor their boats. I have never seen anything like this before — this is one incredible location!
Itchenor
Sunset at Itchenor, taken by Mike after a visit to the pub.Arriving at Itchenor provided us with an opportunity to practice picking up a mooring a few times.The first mooring I was sure the space we had was going to be a bit tight for us and other vess…
Moor $tuff 2012-08-02 04:39:00
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
82°21.478’ W
41°25.411’ N
Vermilion Power Boat Marina
Vermilion, Ohio
 |
| Leaving Geneva State Park |
 |
| Perry Nuclear Power plant |
What a great day, we covered 80 miles which places us closer to Put-in Bay where our friends Jerry and Rose have a boat. Tomorrow we will complete our trek across Lake Erie in 4 days arriving before the predicted storms arrive Friday! Five foot waves are not part of our boating routine and when possible we stay in port and play it safe!
 |
| Fairhope lighthouse |
 |
| Cleveland skyline |
Today was a rerun of yesterday! When we left the harbor Barb said not a word but her silence was enough. The boat was rocking and pitching in the 3 foot surf with rollers hitting us on our starboard quarter. I suggested that we give the lake a half hour to improve before turning around and heading back to where we came from. The lake did improve and Barb said lets give it a go at least until the next safe harbor. By the time we were close to the next harbor the seas had improved to a point we kept on going.
 |
| Entrance into Vermilion |
 |
| Homes along the way to our dock |
This harbor was chosen because we were running low on clean clothes and fresh water and we were dead tired! This marina had a laundry and all the fresh water we could use plus being quiet and restful. The water tank has been filled and the laundry completed. We are now ready to move on tomorrow.
The city of Vermilion is one big harbor with canals filled with boats everywhere. All the homes are white with well manicured laws running up to their face docks where they moor their boats. I have never seen anything like this before — this is one incredible location!
July 31 – Rideau Canal
We had a long day; we went through 10 locks and lowered another 92’. Most of the scenery today was farmland…nice but nowhere near as pretty as the first half of the Rideau Canal. We are docked at the bottom of the Long Island Locks. We docked…
July 30 – Merrickville
Meeting New PeopleThe PondWe went through eight locks today two on the Tay Canal and six on the Rideau, we dropped 99’. The scenery today became more like what we saw along the east coast through the Carolinas, more marshland with trees in the …
