Now we are the M/V HOPE

New boat Grand Banks 42 as of March 25 2014

13 August 2015
15 July 2015 | Rouses Point USA
09 July 2015 | Ottawa, Canada
04 July 2015 | Burritt’s Rapids-Rideau River 30 Mi West of Ottawa
30 June 2015
28 June 2015 | Kingston CANADA
28 June 2015 | Kingston CANADA
24 June 2015 | Oswego New York Lake Ontario
23 June 2015
21 June 2015 | Brewerton NY
19 June 2015 | Oswego Canal
19 June 2015
15 June 2015
12 June 2015 | Canajo, NY
11 June 2015 | Amsterdam Town Dock

Light House Trip

18 April 2012 | Anastatia Island St Augustine
Jim - 80 but windy
Went to light house --Dede Went shopping and history exploring on the trolley bus. She has a lot to tell you.
My story is that I did not climb the 275 stairs to the top. I went in my USCG hat but refused to climb to the top--felt good not to have to go up and polish the brass!!(not that I did that often -Castle Hill Light is 40' feet high 35 steps!)
The anchorage here in St Augustine is well laid out--only complaint is that with wind and current opposed the boat sets funny and ride is bouncy. Current is always running 2-3 kts in or out but the wind has been up and down hitting 20 almost all afternoon and hanging in till 10 pm or so.
Weather forecast is for a front to pass across sometime between now and Sunday with possible strong storms and 40 kt wind. We are staying put till the all clear signal from NOAA.
The city I will leave up to Dede to describe.
Comments
Vessel Name: HOPE
Vessel Make/Model: Grand Banks 42
Hailing Port: East Greenwich, RI
Crew: Jim & Dede McGuire
About:
Jim is currently retired from Rhode Island College where he was a professor of Adult Vocational Education and Management. Dede is currently back into nursing after many years in upper level health care administration. [...]
Extra: This blog shifted "gears" April 4th 2014 from wind power to motor power and "GEARS"! We still adventuring and are setting off soon for a Down East Loop up the Hudson, NY canal system, St Lawrence Seaway down Lake Champlain and back to RI

Hope's Crew

Who: Jim & Dede McGuire
Port: East Greenwich, RI