Once we made the decision to loop again, we felt like we were way behind schedule. Generally, “loopers” plan to be in Chicago, getting off the lakes, by Labor Day. Here it was September first and we were no where near Lake Michigan. S…
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NINGALOO REEF
Our night at North West Cape was less than pleasant, actually one of our worst as the wind changed to an Easterly and blew 30-35knts. Thank goodness that we have a Nordhavn, and Thankyou Gary for our Flopper Stoppers. The anchor held well, we had 85m chain out, and once daylight and the outgoing tide came we set off. We were able to hug the Cape and once around we were protected from the wind and the seas abated as we made our way 45nm south. The whales continued to join us on the journey, so…
NINGALOO REEF
Our night at North West Cape was less than pleasant, actually one of our worst as the wind changed to an Easterly and blew 30-35knts. Thank goodness that we have a Nordhavn, and Thankyou Gary for our Flopper Stoppers. The anchor held well, we…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-18 16:40:00
Days 384 – 386 Grafton HarborGrafton, IL Tuesday, September 13 – Thursday, September 15, 2011Loopers following Dream Catcher to Grafton Dream Catcher crosses her wake at Grafton, Illinois &n…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-18 14:35:00
Day 383 Illinois Riverdock Restaurant Hardin, IL Monday, September 12, 2011 Jeremiah passes under the I-72 Bridge, the most Western point of the LoopIllinois Riverdock Restaurant Home of the famous brisketLoopers…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-18 10:35:00
Day 382 Logsdon Tug Service Beardstown, IL Sunday, September 11, 2011 “Jumbo”, shipped from Germany to Florida Jerimiah, Dream Catcher, and Godspeed tied to the barge at BeardstownJumbo tied to tow at Beardstown“…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-09-18 09:49:00
Days 378 – 381 Illinois Valley Yacht Club(IVY Club)Peoria Heights, IL Wednesday, September 7 – Saturday, September 10, 2011 Migrating birds along the Illinois River “Grianan” docked at the IVY …
#55 Milestones and Mistakes
We gave each other an exuberant “high-five” as the Golden Gate came into view. We had completed our longest passage to date; 822 nautical miles in 100 hours, just the two of us. Our goal was to see if we could successfully manage multiple overnights maintaining constant watch without additional crew. Once again, weather became a factor. Compounding that, I made a critical mistake resulting in parlous suspense at a very bad time. As much as I swore never to let it happen to me, it did. In t…
The Montebellos
We arrived at the southern channel into the Montebello group of islands at 4pm and as we entered the reef between Dot and Daisy Islands we had a whale come right across our bow only just missed her!! It was then only a few mile north to Main Bay where we anchored for the night on the low tide. Because of the Nuclear Bombing back in the 50’s, we were unable to go ashore so the following day we moved south, very slowly to the Stephenson Channel, during the high tide. There isn’t a lot of …
#55 Milestones and Mistakes
We gave each other an exuberant “high-five” as the Golden Gate came into view. We had completed our longest passage to date; 822 nautical miles in 100 hours, just the two of us. Our goal was to see if we could successfully manage multip…
