We are back in Solomons after a pleasant cruise north from Marathon. Well, there were two aspects of the cruise that weren’t so pleasant, but we’ll get to that in a minute. As March slowly turned to April, more and more winter residents of Marathon began heading for various destinations to the north. Each departing [Read More…]
The Phantom Flan Flinger.
As I promised myself, I managed to finish work, climb down from those perilous ladders and whisk myself away to Wendy for Friday morning. The downside of pushing myself so hard was that by the time I made it on board and embarked all the tools, absolut…
May 3, 2010
Well, it has been a week. Unlike any other we’ve spent aboard, but that is what the cruising life is all about. Hey, you never know!Our navigation computer was away from the boat for as long as we were. It completed the Loop by gett…
Night-running monitor covers
We have three Lenovo
ThinkVison L1900ps for navigation monitors. They have a low-profile bezel and
controls in the front, so can readily be flush-mounted into the pilot-house dash.
The display is crisp and clear, and we'…
Life’s2Short 2010-05-03 07:57:00
Manatee Pocket to Jacksonville LandingOn Thursday, April 22nd, we left Manatee Pocket, near Stuart, FL, and traveled six hours to Pine Island, an anchorage just off the Intracoastal about half way between Stuart and Cape Canaveral. Along the way we cr…
Selby Botanical wow
One of the last and maybe one of the best visits we made was a trip to the Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota. Maybe it was the time of the year, Spring, maybe it was just a cool place, but whatever the reason it was amazing.Colors, textures and light…
Port Stephens to Scarborough, Brisbane
Sorry for the delay, but will be on to this very soon! Life got really busy for a while!!
Goin’ To The Boat Show And We’re Gonna Get Married…
We’ve decided on the Wooden Boat Festival in September for our wedding this year! We agreed that it will be just immediate family; I’m always shocked at the way a guest list can get out of hand so quickly. You invite one person, then there’s the next, …
Onward to Manihi, Moorea, and Tahiti.
We have left the mysterious and beautiful Nuku Hiva, after taking on 9000 litres of diesel. We are now heading in the direction of Tahiti, where I hope to hire an army of cleaners. My crew are very proficient at the practical stuff but they have made L…
