Point No Point LighthouseColonial Beach, 6/27/200938° 13.890′ N076° 57.869′ WHours logged: 8.0Saturday was a long day of cruising. Our plan was to be underway early, and make roughly half of the remaining distance. Having burned too much diesel on …
First Hop To DC: Solomons
Clouds obscuring our sunset near Cove Point LNG facility.Solomons, 6/26/200938° 19.838′ N076° 27.384′ WHours logged: 3.5We began our journey to DC on Friday evening. For those unfamiliar with the Chesapeake and the Potomac, the journey to DC from ou…
First Hop To DC: Solomons
Clouds obscuring our sunset near Cove Point LNG facility.Solomons, 6/26/200938° 19.838′ N076° 27.384′ WHours logged: 3.5We began our journey to DC on Friday evening. For those unfamiliar with the Chesapeake and the Potomac, the journey to DC from ou…
Superstructure
On the harbour side, the superstructure is taking up quite a bit of space, but some work has been going on; the door at the back of the bridge has been beautifully constructed in aluminium and the exhaust casing which runs right the entire way up thro…
Superstructure
On the harbour side, the superstructure is taking up quite a bit of space, but some work has been going on; the door at the back of the bridge has been beautifully constructed in aluminium and the exhaust casing which runs right the entire way up thro…
Travels of The Rose 2009-06-30 10:50:00
Dick (next to me) and Jere, (above) are HS Classmates who visited us with their wives on The Rose when we docked in Bristol. It has been 48 years since we graduated but you can tell from the facial expressions that nothing has changed! It is 1961 all …
Travels of The Rose 2009-06-30 10:50:00
Dick (next to me) and Jere, (above) are HS Classmates who visited us with their wives on The Rose when we docked in Bristol. It has been 48 years since we graduated but you can tell from the facial expressions that nothing has changed! It is 1961 all …
Is This Too Hot?
I spent the day obsessing about the temperature of the shore power cables. The shore power cables on our boat have a rather clever configuration. The boat has two 50 amp connectors and our slip has two 30 amp plugs so we have run two cables to the dock…
Is This Too Hot?
I spent the day obsessing about the temperature of the shore power cables. The shore power cables on our boat have a rather clever configuration. The boat has two 50 amp connectors and our slip has two 30 amp plugs so we have run two cables to the dock…
New Blog
Welcome, this new blog is a partner to our M/V Discovery Travel Log Blog. In this blog I will discuss technical issues and projects that we undertake on the boat. As with all full time cruising boats, maintenance is a full time job so there should plen…
