Laundry and preparations to leave

December 15, 2014 · by Lorraine | in 2014, Caribbean, Grenada, weather | tagged FaceTime, rain, Spice Island Marine, Tiki Bar, Victoria | Leave a comment

Saturday, December 13 Prickly Bay, Grenada We woke to partly cloudy skies and cooler with dark clouds east of us. By 750am, we had rain. It continued to rain on and off through 10 am. We enjoyed the cooler weather which mind you was still in the lower to mid 80’s. Typical the daily forecast […]

Getting water

December 10, 2014 · by Lorraine | in 2014, Caribbean, Grenada, Knitting, Lorraine's Projects, Water, weather | tagged Budget Marine, callaloo, dinner, jerry jugs, rain, socks | Leave a comment

Tuesday, December 9 Prickly Bay, Grenada We started our day in the usual way listening to Chris Parker weather which told us probably Sat or Sun is the day to leave to start going north. Then we listened to the Cruiser’s Net. Nothing going on today we are interested in except for,shopping buses, and we […]

Jenny’s Farmer’s Market at Secret Harbor

December 9, 2014 · by Lorraine | in 2014, anchorages, Caribbean, Cruising Events, Cruising Friends, Grenada, Knitting, Lorraine's Projects, Mast light, Provisioning | tagged Budget Marine, Chris Parker, Cruising friends, dinner, green Beans, jerry jugs, Pink socks, rain, rain showers, Restaurants, Roti, Timber's, Verizon Wireless, Vision Quest | 1 Comment

Monday, December 8 Prickly Bay, Grenada We had some rain showers last night that were just enough for Phil to close the hatch and me to put up the side panels and close the dodger window—and then stop. After a while we opened the forward hatch, and kept the fan on. Early this morning, after […]

Rain Rain Go Away

October 13, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Cruising Friends, Marinas, north Carolina, Oriental, United States, weather | tagged boat leaks, Cruising friends, high water, Open mic, rain, restaurant, Rode Trip, washing clothes, Weather | 4 Comments

Wednesday, October 9, Day 91 It continues to rain and rain and rain today, but at least it’s not as hard and in the afternoon it became more scattered. After listening to the weather and hear that the Low is still centered over Cape Hatteras near us, we decide to stay another day. Here we […]

To the Middle of No Where

October 3, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, anchorages, Ohio, United States | tagged rain, Rivers, Sounds, swing bridges, trawlers, waves, Weather | 3 Comments

Saturday, September 28, Day 81 This morning dawned with lots of fluffy clouds in the sky and a lull in the wind. I looked at the calendar and realized that our friends Don and D were going on a trip a week from Monday. Wow in only ONE week! So if we wanted to see […]

Great visit with Patty and Gary

August 4, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Cruising Friends, Places Seen, United States | tagged Cruising friends, rain, sights seen, Weather | 4 Comments

Saturday, August 3. day 30 We woke up to a gray and rainy skies with winds that are predicted to be in the mid-teens with gusts in the 20’s. This is nothing that the boat and crew can’t handle, but not something we would choose to sail in unless we had a good reason, and […]

Fun at Tim’s Shipwreck Diner Northport

August 2, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Boat Projects, Knitting, Long Island Sound, Lorraine's Projects, New York | tagged diners, free dock, Mast, rain, Sailing, Windex | Leave a comment

Thursday, August 1 Day 28 This morning while the mooring field was calm, Phil winched Lorraine up the mast to put the windex on. Going up with the windex in a bucket, it caught on the inner stay right where it connects I to the mast. It was this close (see my fingers together?) to […]