The electronics are now all installed and working fine. We have taken the boat out into the Solent a few times and pretty much shaken down the engines.
The Avon Jet Tender is now in place in the chocks on the boat deck. We have been out in the…
Cumberland River
Just to catch people up….we have departed Goose Pond Marina in Scottsboro, Alabama to make a cruise of the Cumberland River. We will take the Tennessee almost to the Ohio and then turn onto the Cumberland. We will go past Nashville and, hopefully, …
Comments from the Captain
Observations and other inane ramblings:Summer has arrived and it’s only September. We have finally hit a stretch of beautiful days, clear, low 70’s, light breeze.The water in northern Lake Michigan is even clearer than Georgian Bay, and very green….
Cape Dory Raftup 2009
Clements Creek, 8/29/200939° 01.03’ N076° 32.11’ WHours logged: 5.5We had planned to stay at the dock, nursing our damaged deck and loose stanchions, but an impromptu Cape Dory 28 raftup (led by Brandywine, of course) convinced us to break out th…
Lake Michigan (Aug 27 – Sep 8)
We spent a week in Racine. The asian carp situation was not resolved and in fact seemed to be heating up, so there was no push to leave immediately. We did some shopping by bus, Joe ordered a couple boat things since he could receive them at the loca…
North Channel into Lake Michigan
We are just about to enter Lake Michigan from Lake Huron. It is a beautiful sunny day …. cold and breezy … but then it is September! Already! We feel as though we are advancing into a whole new leg of our journey, since we are now heading south. I…
Windshield Canvas
Our windshield canvas is done! Something like, oh, maybe a year or two ago, we got an estimate for a new windshield canvas. $600. Uh, no. It’s just a rectangle, right? Well, it turned out to be a bit more difficult than we thought (not a rectangl…
Dinghy on Davits!
Happy birthday to me!On Wednesday the 19th, Mark picked me up at work (we both work near New Carrollton), we picked up the pram at his place, and took it down to Shipwright. Michele met us there, and a short time later, we had the pram on the davits. …
Solomons, MD to Annapolis, MD: 06/09/09 – 08/30/09
We’ll, we ended up spending a good chunk of the summer in Annapolis taking our medical insurance out for a spin! After I experienced some stress-inducing GI symptoms that don’t need to be discussed further, the local Doctor determined that in spite of his belief that there was nothing to be concerned about, an endoscopy [Read More…]
Travels of The Rose 2009-08-30 10:25:00
Our daughter Pam celebrated her birthday with pulled pork and ribs!Grandson Victor spent time onboard without any siblings, a big step.Sofia volunteered to be the 1st to sleep on The Rose this season.Grandma with Evelyn. Check out the crown and tu-tu…..
