4/4-4/7 – The weather forecast continued to hold true: unsettled weather for a few days, but some pretty good crossing days coming up after Thursday. On Monday we decided to try out the Straw Bar for breakfast. It is a beautiful setting right o…
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Getting the Most out of Cruising Georgia
Whether you’re starting your trek north into Georgia now or in the future there are several places you just don’t want to miss. Some of our favorite have been the anchorage at Cumberland Island mm 710. Once anchored you can…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY SUE
We celebrated Mary Sue’s birthday at our favorite on the Island, Terra Nostra. Great meal, Great Time, Great Friends.
Winter in Florida
April 5, 2011Hello everybody. Again it has been a long time since writing, but we have been having a wonderful time in Florida. I will let the pictures do most of the talking again. Valentine’s Day was fun as we had friends, Paul and Barbara from Rh…
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can fol…
Westward Ho
4/1-4/3 – The forecast was for improving weather on Friday, but not until afternoon. Unfortunately, by afternoon, the tide was low and we were afraid we couldn’t make it out of Black Sound. The consensus was to wait until Saturday morning and leave…
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific, Part 2
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific Part 2: Fitting the auxiliary fuel tanks.
Guest blog entry by Viktor Grabner, crewmember
Don has already written about the challenge of making our fuel last the 3800 nm voyage across the Pacific. He disc…
South China Sea Passage
Here we go…across the South China Sea!
The South China Sea is an arm of the western Pacific Ocean bounded by southeast China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and Vietnam. Yessiree…I didn’t know any of that a short time ago. Funny what you…
GOOD NEWS!!!
GOOD NEWS!!!
On April 2, the day after April Fool’s Day, Don signed back on as Captain of STARR.
The crew is delighted.
