Daily we progress and tick more items off a very long list without adding too many more. An unexpected issue has arisen with the Yanmar wing engine. Each year its prop shaft seal (which stops seawater coming into the boat) has to be checked after remov…
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PROGRESS WITH ENVOY
It’s been showery and chilly here with daytime temps under 20dC, but we’re snug aboard Envoy on the hardstand. With Envoy’s cover on it’s a bit like living in a cave, but yesterday we removed the cover, so we now have natural light and can see …
TRAVELLING TO GREECE TO RETURN TO ENVOY
Tonight we’ll sleep aboard Envoy for the first time in 2013, on the hardstand at Lefkas marina. Our first impressions are that Envoy is much how we left her last October. The only damage noticed so far is to Envoy’s aging storage cover, which is we…
THE THINGS YOU REGRET ARE THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO
“THE THINGS YOU REGRET ARE THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO” are the banner words of Kadey-Krogen Yachts’ advert in Passagemaker magazine, along with “Working hard is one thing, living your life to the full is another. You get only so many spins arou…
CRUISING ABOARD CONSORT PART 2
A CRUISER’S DELIGHTWe spent the first few days relaxing, fishing, swimming and exploring some of Barrier’s magnificent sheltered anchorages, and soon found that a couple of hours fishing still got our adrenalin rushing and provided a delicious dinn…
Marine Traffic ("AIS") iPad app
An excellent iPad app is Marine Traffic at $3.99, and if you don’t have AIS this could be useful to have. The app is a community service project hosted by the University of the Aegean, Greece. Volunteer base stations around the world equipped with AI…
CRUISING ABOARD CONSORT PART 1
This blog is specific to cruising aboard our Nordhavn 46 passagemaker, Envoy, and we have so far chosen not to deviate from that format or include coverage of our activities while away from Envoy.During the northern hemisphere’s winter we’ve been b…
SUMMARY OF ENVOY’S 2012 CRUISE AND CRUISING PLANS FOR 2013
We returned to Envoy in Marmaris last April and spent longer than expected (five weeks) getting Envoy into cruising trim. Normally we’d expect to be ready to cruise in two to three weeks, and the main issues we had were awaiting the arrival of new ba…
SUMMARY OF ENVOY’S 2012 CRUISE AND CRUISING PLANS FOR 2013
We returned to Envoy in Marmaris last April and spent longer than expected (five weeks) getting Envoy into cruising trim. Normally we’d expect to be ready to cruise in two to three weeks, and the main issues we had were awaiting the arrival of new ba…
FINISHING SEACOCKS
FINISHING SEACOCKS (posted /2/13)Next post will focus on Envoy’s cruising plans for 2013.Well-known and respected marine technical author Steve D’Antonio reviewed the last two posts re seacocks and added the following additional information.Ideally, …
