Apalachicola C-Brat gathering at John’s place on the River

By on October 23, 2009 in Simplicity

Put the boat in at Apalachicola ramp and cruised over to Papa Joe’s for some lunch. After a great meal we cruised over to John’s for the C-Brat weekend of fun.

Flir Problems

By on October 21, 2009 in Makai

The FLIR Night Vision camera system developed a problem.  When the system is powered up, the initial screen  (system information, etc.) displays for about 10 seconds and then the screen (Raymarine E80) goes blank with just the word Flir in dim grey letters  displayed at the top right of the screen.  When left on for […]

Dingy Davit Replacement

By on October 19, 2009 in Makai

Looks like I didn’t follow a version of the old adage “measure twice, drill once”.  If we had of purchased the right dingy initially, we would not be going through replacing the dingy davit.  We are fortunate in that our Mainship broker, Don Ross of Heritage Yachts came to our rescue with the idea of […]

Harvest Moon, Pocomoke City

By on October 19, 2009 in Sylken Sea

I think this was in October, taken from our dock in Pocomoke City, MD.

Travels of The Rose 2009-10-18 17:28:00

By on October 18, 2009 in The Rose

In case some of you have the impression that we are taking a step backward by leaving The Rose and spending the winter on land…..think again. The location and view from our home isn’t hard to handle at all. This is looking north from our balcony……..

Travels of The Rose 2009-10-17 11:20:00

By on October 17, 2009 in The Rose

     This was a “shortcut” between the BR Pkway and Weaverville.Paul and Sue Graham from “Odyssey”, GH37 in Brunswick, GA                 &nbs…

October 2009 – Allen’s Landing Trip

By on October 15, 2009 in Last Trade

Cumberland River 10/1 – 10/14

By on October 15, 2009 in M/V SEASEA

We went above Nashville for a few days after the currents had subsided a bit and anchored in Drake’s Creek.  We noticed activity on the other side and found out that there was a “Camp” being set up at the house of Daniel Smith, the oldest stone ho…

Rivers, Rain, Coal & Cold

By on October 9, 2009 in Moon Beam

We hurried out of Chicago to beat forecast 40-50 knot winds and 18 foot (!) waves. Reached the safety of Calumet River Sunday morning and pulled into Crowley’s Boat Yard to have our radar arch lowered so we would clear a couple of 17 foot bridges ahead…

Chez Nous

By on October 9, 2009 in Sylken Sea

We leave the rendezvous with Karel & Mijong of “Chez Nous”. This is “Chez Nous”, a 48′ North Sea much like ours.