July 23, 2010We are really glad we headed to Ketchikan early. Several of the cruise ships cancelled their stops in Ketchikan due to the high winds in the channel. However, by early afternoon, the front passed by and the skies cleared as we headed to …
July 23-24 – A Tale of Two Cities; Wrangell to Petersburg
We left Wrangell (photo right) in the steady rain at 8 AM in order to arrive at Wrangell Narrows at the appropriate time to transit the narrow 20 mile route to Petersburg. We got there a bit early on account of favorable currents which meant we had to…
Moorea
Moorea still gets our vote for the prettiest of the Society Islands. Since we had traveled here 5 years ago on a holiday, we were not going to stop here with the boat, happily, we changed our minds. When we arrived, we anchored on the top, port side of…
Galley storage
Dirona
has plenty
of storage space—we’ve not yet come close to filling all the lockers despite living
aboard. But it is a boat, and storage space is at a premium. So we’re always…
York, ME
Click here to see our location in York Harbor We finally made it to Maine! Our first stop was in a pretty, small harbor called York Harbor on the York river. But let me back up…we left Salem, MA on Wednesday, July 21. It was a pi…
Orillia Ontario
The city of Orillia and the Chamber of Commerce run and maintain the Port of Orillia Marina – and what a wonderful job they do! Everything is first rate from the staff to the shower/restroom facilities to the picnic areas to the quality of the docks…
Craig to Ketchikan
Fog Formations in Clarence StraitPatrick At El Capitan CaveSome of the 370 steps to cave entranceThe entranceLots of tubes and branches, don’t get lost! Some of the flowstone formationsThis formation is called “drool”Ben and one of the USFS Guides in …
Fox Island, North Channel – Photos Speak for Themselves
Just another great cruising spot on the Great Loop route.
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Fox Island, North Channel – Photos Speak for Themselves
Just another great cruising spot on the Great Loop route.
The post Fox Island, North Channel – Photos Speak for Themselves appeared first on Great Loop Cruising Blog – Info and Photos on Doing the “Loop”.
Lake Charles – Houma
Well things did not quite go as planned. We left Lake Charles Tuesday morning. Down to the ICW then our first lock took about 1 hour. After we passed through the first pontoon bridge we heard the second pontoon bridge call out that the cable just broke…
