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Krogens “The Good Life”, “Sea Quill” & “Sylken Sea” at Waterside, Norfolk, VA.

The US Navy call on Sea Quill to escort them into port.

Ah yes, the good life on a boat, even better on a Krogen!

Gilligan & Mary-Anne aboard the Minnow.

Great time at “Gilligan’s Island” (aka Solomon’s).  Again Will & Sue did a fantastic job organizing, Randy & Nick got us all in & out without a scratch and no stress, go slow, island time, works docking too!The Howell’s were shopp…

Irene came and went, with a lot of help and coaching we prepared the boat for a direct hit in Pocomoke, turned out the storm centre passed about 30 miles east of us, I don’t think we saw much more than a sustained 60kts. May have been some higher gust…

This boat is teaching me a lot about boat design.

Well we are now back “Home” in Pocomoke City, MD.  It’s been a lot of fun, cruising, meeting people and planning the next adventure.Now with 9339 NM under the keel and 1510 Hrs on the clock we take a break, do some maintenance and visit with frien…

They start young, Anelize on her cell phone, she’ll be driving, and talking on her cell phone next!

We are on our way into the Chesapeake, off Virginia beach, in the dark, in heavy squalls.  The rain comes down in buckets. We have several AIS targets but most are not a concern.  We here a “securite” call on the VHF, a research vessel is doi…