Every year TMCA (Texas Mariners Cruising Association) heads over to Double Bayou for our annual French Picnic. All boats nose into the bank and set anchor in the field. Participants bring a dish to share and as night falls the big bonfire blazes.
Sea Wise /Caribe Dingy install
After many adjustments the dingy and the davit finally came together.
The Outboard had to be raised to clear the bottom (port side) pontoon.
Now to have the cover modified and wait for the conversion to electric and then we are done.
Grenada Nov 2009
It is grand to be back in Grenada with clean water and friendly locals and customs agents who actually smile and welcome you to their country. The grime that we had accumulated on the water line from spilled fuel and petroleum products in Chagaur…
October – Returning South – Part 2
As we headed south, we stopped and visited our friends Jan and Vinny Gaglioni, owners of Crystal Bee Supply, Peabody, MA. We use to keep Honey Bees in our early days. Jan and Vinny were our teachers and mentors when we first started the Hobby.Heading s…
September – Road Trip North Part 1
In early September, Wink, Wilma and Sara the Boat Dog took a road trip north. Our first stop was Charlotte, NC where we visited with our good friend Nancy Burns. Nancy use to be Wink’s Assistant when we lived in Hernando, Mississippi and they both …
August – Green Cove Activities
Wilma spent the first week back from Texas cleaning the left over dregs from the Blind Mosquitoes infestation that started in June and lasted until after we left for Texas. Luckily, our friend Tim from Cloud X, hosed off the boat once the mosquitoes le…
In Flanders Fields
In November, my sister Mary and I realized a dream, by visiting our Grandfather’s grave near Ypres, Belgium. Mary, Phil, Dave and I took the Eurostar train from London to Lille, France. Our grandfather was killed in WWI, 3 months before our mother’s …
AGLCA Rendezvous & Tenn-Tom Waterway
After we left our friends at Kentucky Dam Marina we made a long four day run up the Tennessee River against a 2+ mph current to get to Joe Wheeler State Park for the America’s Great Loop Cruisers rendezvous. We came in a week early so that I coul…
Tenn-Tom Waterway to Gulf Breeze, FL (Nov 10 -19)
After we entered Yellow Creek from the Tennessee, we stopped at Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina. Neil and Peggy (Early Out) were there to have some repairs done on the boat, so we spent a fun evening together. We actually stayed two nights because Ida was …
Sea Wise Davit Update 1
The installation of the Sea Wise Davit is more complex than it seems. Alignment of the attachment brackets on the dingy and associated hardware on the swimstep is very precise.