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…
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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 …
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…
Down Below
The main business of the day, if you will forgive; we have new bogs. Our racing friend from Germany, Marcus, has kindly made available to us these top-notch Italian electric flush lavatories which incorporate a bidet, which is pretty fantastic, but i…
More Fun, More Rain
Sufficient rum drinks and dinner ashore made yesterday’s afternoon thunderstorm adventure fade away, and prepared the crew for more fun on the Sea of Abaco. So we leave Marsh Harbour in the morning with an intermediate snorkeling stop, and ultima…
More Fun, More Rain
Sufficient rum drinks and dinner ashore made yesterday’s afternoon thunderstorm adventure fade away, and prepared the crew for more fun on the Sea of Abaco. So we leave Marsh Harbour in the morning with an intermediate snorkeling stop, and ultima…
Trip Prep
Herrington Harbour South, 6/21/2009Hours logged: 1.25Strong winds and thunderstorms kept us at the dock most of the weekend. We spent most of Saturday getting some chores done on the boat, but we had enough clear weather Sunday morning to make a quick…
Michele, Unleashed!
Knapps Narrows, 6/13 – 6/14, 2009 Hours logged: 4.0Michele will have to fill in the details. While I was off visiting Chris in Chattanooga, Michele took her friend Lina to Knapps Narrows! All went well, apparently, except that Michele apparently doe…
