Pamela was a beautiful bride yesterday.The only photos I have are people’s cell phone pics, but you can see how lovely she looked. Everything went without a hitch and everything was perfect. Well, except for the cold and rain and havi…
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I’m Getting Married In The Morning!
I’m getting married in the morning! Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime. Pull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! :)About to don the tuxedo and then hop in the T-bird and head to Saratoga to marry my best friend, my lover, my soul mate! …
Chevy Gets Even With Gertie
I’ve posted before about how Gertie terrorizes all the other animals aboard Drift Away. When Charlie (the three legged cat) walks by, you can bet that Gertie will pounce on him, holding him around his neck knowing that if he lifts a pa…
Kingston to Castleton- Dodging Logs and a Rant on Wakes
Yeah, I know. This dodging logs thing is getting old. Try actually being on the boat! One must have constant vigilance and watch for what lies ahead. Luckily, most of the debris is small, chewed up by the commercial traffic…
Newburgh to Kingston- Dodging More Logs
Tuesday was not the best of days. We intended to leave early but thick pea soup fog and a heavy debris field kept us on the dock. All the fancy electronics we have on board are useless in detecting logs and other hull and prop damagin…
Ossining to Newburgh- Dodging Logs
In my previous post, I wrote about the starboard engine quitting just north of the George Washington Bridge. I spent the next three hours changing filters and cracking bleed screws in the 110 degree engine room to no avail. We li…
A new record! Six hours without a breakdown.
Unfortunately, we were on the water for eleven.City Island was a nice little stop. We walked the dogs up and down the main boulevard, marveling at al the large number of restaurants for such a little place. Back on Drift Away, drinks …
Three Hours Without Breaking Down. A New Record!
So far Drift Away has made four trips under her own power. The first was Westport to Stamford, a total time of two hours. The second was Stamford to Norwalk, which was one hour, and then Norwalk back to Stamford. The …
OK, let’s try this cruising thing again
The boat is fixed. Mac and his helper Nick were here until 8 PM last night finishing up. They pumped out and cleaned the 800 gallon fuel tank, made new gaskets for the tank access lids, installed the new spin on engine fuel filters, a…
Really, you can go potty on the boat.
We spent Tuesday night on a mooring after being Seatowed into Oyster Bay Marine when our engines quit. That would be the first time we hadn’t been on a dock since we’ve had the boat, and the first time the dogs couldn’t get off to do their busine…
