April 11, 2009Last fall our trip south to Florida was somewhat uneventful. We actually left the Chesapeake Bay the first part of October. We decided to leave a little early and take our time in some of the places that we hadn’t seen before. We had un…
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September 2008 – Getting the Important Bits Right
There was a period of a few weeks when all the old oakum and stuff was taken out from between the planks; from the inside Heroine looked like a seive, and I must say, it is good to know that all of it has been replaced, and the few rotten bits of plank…
2008 Cruise Summary
We’ve hauled Moon Star and wrapped her in plastic for the winter. She is sleeping at Yankee Marina and Boatyard in Yarmouth, Maine. Here is a map of this year’s total trip. This year was around 3500 nautical miles in total.Next year we will be staying …
Travels of The Rose 2008-11-26 16:47:00
Wednesday, November 26, 2008Those of you who follow this blog are aware of the details surrounding my accident on 11/13/08. I am recovering well and we are laying low at our condominium in Melbourne Beach, FL.There is one scenario I have to replay for …
Tennessee, Little Tennessee & Tellico Rivers
We finally made our trip up the Tennessee river to Knoxville and took in the Little Tennessee and Tellico rivers as well. My nephew Andrew and his girlfriend Holly came to Chattanooga to travel with us to Sale Creek in Chickamauga Lake.Downtown Chattan…
Cruising The ICW With DIAMOND GIRL 2008-10-09 11:26:00
October 19, 2008Well 5 months have passed along with the summer, and we haven’t been very faithful about keeping up with our blog. What’s new about that….we’re having such a good time we don’t always have enough time to sit down and write.We …
Brokeback Mountain in Eyemouth
Rather startling progress to report – the bridge and the deckhouse are now one and are sitting on the hard next to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s dredger.The steam dredger is on the left, and the deck structure for Heroine is on the right, in aluminium. Thi…
J & Kendra Tingle with Ben & Charissa Hubbard
Our nephew J Tingle, his wife Kendra and friends Ben and Charissa Hubbard drove down for a quick visit from Chattanooga on Friday, August 15th. They left straight from work and we headed upstream to Jones Creek and anchored for the night. Saturday morn…
British Columbia and the Victoria "Splash"
On Tuesday, July 22nd we flew out to Vancouver, British Columbia and took a ferry over to Sidney on Vancouver Island to meet up with the friends we made while traveling the Great Loop. When we arrived, Chuck and Chris welcomed us to their boat Essi-Ann…
Maine, glorious Maine!
We slowly felt our way through thick fog around Cape Sable & across the Bay of Fundy in tandem with Bay Pelican and anchored at Roque Island, Maine before proceeding to Bar Harbor to clear customs. Moon Star was finally delivered from the fog that …
