3900 plus sea miles and counting since our departure April 19, 2009 from Seattle, WA…we delighted in SE Alaska’s beautiful Inside Passage, survived the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea & the Aleutians which, by the way has the worst weather in the wo…
Home
Shipwright Harbor, 7/11/2009Hours logged: 3.75What would possibly motivate us to end our trip a day early, on Saturday instead of Sunday? Tickets to the Billy Joel / Elton John show at Nationals Stadium in DC!Weather was a little less appealing for th…
Homeward: Familiar Surroundings
Solomons, 7/10/200938° 20.118 N076° 27.631 WHours logged: 4.0At the tail end of a long journey, Michele and I love to stop at familiar, comfortable place. We persuaded Mark to go to one of our favorites, Spring Cove Marina in Solomons. The slips an…
Homeward: Underway Again
Port Kinsale, 7/9/200938° 01.889 N076° 33.455 WHours logged: 4.0Still slogging through the posts from vacation… I think I need to figure out how to blog as I go, so this doesn’t happen!Anyway, a gasket replacement solved the overheating problem, so…
Arrival in Kamchatka, Russia
Nothing big to report here. Just a shortie to let everyone know that we arrived safely in Kamchatka, Russia from Attu. It was 3 days but in REALLY NICE weather. By that I mean calm seas. It was still somewhat foggy and a bit cool, but we…
Gasket Replacements
Sea Strainer Gasket, Impeller Gasket7/8/2009With Mark’s help, we spent some time diagnosing the overheat during our trip from Mattawoman Creek to Colonial Beach. Neat trick: stuck a garden hose in the engine water intake, wrapped it with duct tape to s…
Homeward: Towed In!
Colonial Beach, 7/8-7/9/200938° 13.890′ N076° 57.869′ WHours logged: 5.5As you can see from the photos, today ended badly.We left Mattawoman Creek in the morning with plans for a slow cruise back to Colonial Beach for one night before continuing on. …
Homeward: Mattawoman Creek
Mattawoman Creek, 7/6/2009 38° 33.513′ N | 077° 11.825′ W Hours logged: 4.0We originally intended to set out for home on Sunday afternoon, the day after the 4th. We were feeling lazy and tired (read: hungover), so we stayed an extra night at James C…
Fireworks!
Independence Day 200938° 53.380′ N | 077° 03.463′ WHours logged: 3.0Well, the big day is here! Pennsylvania friends and our usual July 4th companions Tommy, Laura, John, and Cindy came down early. We invested some time in organizing all the food and…
Knuckleheads
Old Town, 7/2/200938° 48.289′ N | 077° 02.343′ WHours logged: 1.0If it’s Thursday night, it’s poker night! Since the boat is right here in DC, I took fellow knuckleheads Adam, Brad, Alex, John, Navin out for a quick dinner cruise followed by poker a…
