On Wednesday we recrossed the Dixon Entrance by jet and set down at Ketchikan Airport ready to resume our summer cruising. We were accompanied by our friends from San Luis Obispo, the Fontes and the Frenches. This group are Wild Blue vetera…
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MEMORIAL DAY 2012
Hot, hot, hot! We decided to walk to the Navy Pier and see what was going on there. It was a scenic walk.This pier was part of a master plan created in 1909. There were to be 5 such 1.5 mile long passenger and freight docks. This is the onl…
SUNDAY MAY 27TH, 2012
The weather was forecast to be good so we pulled out early for Chicago. Wind, severe storms and record breaking temps in the upper 90’s are predicted for tomorrow. Our plan is to be snug as bugs in a marina with the a/c cranked up.The intense heat on…
New York, New Jersey, and the Hudson River
We left the inlet to go on the Atlantic Ocean open water to travel until we reached Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Another boat left a little ahead of us and reported that the ocean was large rolling waves but a good day to venture out. So we trav…
9452 miles 1000 engine hours 17 months and 17 days
Jim and I with my sister Nancy and brother in law Ron came down to welcome us back home. Our Old time New England marina Some of the photos as we enter Westport Point Harbor Some of our friends that came to welcome us homesuns…
Only A Hundred Miles To Cuba…Time To Turn Around
May 29, 2012
We enjoyed our visit to Black Point, a settlement of 500 souls, just south of Staniel Cay. Unfortunately, our visit was on a Sunday, so everyone was in church, and everything was closed. Six other boats joined us in the anchora…
We made it ! Finally! Our homeport Westport Point MA
We left bright and early 8am, we moved over to the fuel dock we had enough fuel but as Jim said, today its Ball to the wall! The weather today (Saturday) is was suppose to be the best of the weekend so in order to not have to hold up ag…
Wandering North
We headed a bit north from Airlie beach / Hamilton Island area yesterday. It’s been blowing like stink all week and lots of rain down there. There is not much between Whitsundays and Townsville and we expected to day hop and tuck behind penin…
[KensBlog] Preparing for the 2012 cruising season
In this update
Sans Souci’s 2012 Cruising Plans
Traveling to Turkey with dogs
2012 – A big…
SATURDAY MAY 26TH, 2012
Woke to thunder and rain. After meeting our quota of coffee we headed off to Walmart to reprovision. Two cart fulls later we were on our way back to the boat. One cart was full of pop, bottled water, engine oil and a watermelon. But Ross was doing his…
