First the Good: Finding people and asking people to sign the quilt was a lot of fun. It gave us an excuses to knock on the boats and bump into people all over the place, especially people who were from Ohio, and Midwest area of the United States and people that had C&C sailboats. Lorraine […]
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In the fall of 2010, Phil and I left Grand River Yacht Club and started on our trip to the Bahamas via the Erie Canal and the Hudson River. Something not everyone knows about me is that I’ve been sewing and doing fiber crafts what seems all my life. As an adult, I got tired […]
For anyone that hasn’t been in Pipe Creek, Bahamas, Joe (the Mayor) and Carol on S/V Just Ducky have been there for several years. While there in 2011, I saw Joe put a white pad hanging from the toe rail out to protect his refrigerator from the heat of the sun on the topsides. I […]
On our last trip we only had one way to charge the batteries and that was using the 120 amp alternator on the main engine. We ran the boat engine for about 1 1/2 hours a day and our engine isn’t very quiet so wasn’t always pleasant to listen to. So to try to take […]
March 15, 2013 Today in 15 knot winds from the West in 34F weather, Phil took off the cover. I would like to say that WE took off the cover, but nice guy that he is, I stayed in the car with the engine on and heater running not coming out until it was time […]
Now that Phil and I are going on a new trip south to the Caribbean, we wanted to start a new blog. This is a work in progress so please be patient with us. Suggestions and comments are always welcome. We will be working on adding photos and other widgets as time goes on. I […]