The title of this article implies that I had more work to ready the boat for the show. Well, this was clearly not the case. Except for the installing the “formal” bedspread in the master stateroom, removing the canvas covers and putting a f…
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Newport Boat Show: Part 2 – Wickford to Newport
Wickford was the perfect place for staging the boat for Monday’s cruise over to Newport. It was convenient for Scott and Lesley to leave a car (i.e., not requiring them to cross the bay) and only 11 nautical miles to Newport across Narraganset Ba…
Newport Boat Show: Part 1 – The Fun of Getting There
My deal with Outer Reef allows them to display the 63 in four boat shows. We knocked off three in February and March (Miami, Palm Beach and Lake Park) during the process of commissioning and outfitting. That left us with one more show and 2…
A Magical Evening with Chicago Boat Friends
My friend Pam thought it would be fun to get together with our boating friends and arranged for an evening cruise of the Chicago river on Sea Sharp, Dick Hoffman’s 48 Sundancer. Sea Sharp is a sistership of the original Guided Discovery. Th…
Closing a Chapter: Selling our Chicago Property
Diana and I bought our townhome on Wrightwood Avenue in August of 1996 and lived there until October of 2010 when we departed for the Great Loop. Since then we have only been there occasionally. In fact in the last four years we’ve used the…
More about Magnificent Wheeler Yachts
You may recall that during our July trip to Nantucket I had the pleasure of connecting with Gene Wheeler, the son of one of the brothers that owned the Wheeler Shipyard. As a result of that discussion, Gene had the family search their records for photo…
Boston Adventures: A Trip into the Past
When Diana proposed a Saturday afternoon trip to visit the Larz Anderson Automobile Museum in Brookline I immediately said YES! Notwithstanding the fact that I love car museums, this one in particular brings back strong memories from my growing up year…
Mixing Business with Pleasure – Side Trips to Marblehead & Swampscott
Two side trips, one to Marblehead and one to Swampscott, were facilitated by Diana having brought the car up to Salem. The first was to Marblehead on Tuesday afternoon.The Taurus parked in the historic districtMarblehead Historic DistrictMarblehe…
Mixing Business with Pleasure – Cruise to Salem Mass
The Caterpillar engines were due for their first 250 preventive maintenance service and the question arose as to where the service would be performed. Location became an issue due to the scope of the service, which includes a valve adjustment and…
Nantucket Adventures: Welcome to New England Weather
Below are the predictions I made on Sunday evening for the cruise back to Hingham on Monday. Let’s see how the day played out.The waterway salong our routeTomorrow we retrace our steps and cruise back to Hingham. The weather looks OK enough…
