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

Ft. Meyers Beach

17 May 2013
Jim - Nice Spring Florida DAy
We are in Ft Meyers Beach at a mooring. $15 a nite staying for a week. If we stop running I'll add some info!! GRIN
It has been a fun stay here. The beach is beautiful and the sea breeze keeps it cool. There is a long fishing pier that provides shade for Jim to sit, read and relax out of the sun. Dede is getting very dark--think she's a native. WEnt paddle-bording in between the mangrove island and the live aboard moored boaters. Dede paddled and Jim dinged with his Mary Poppins Umbrella and a cigar. Did about 3 miles up wind--Dede tired!
Dingy botom got pretty fouled being in the water for several weeks so we beached her on Saturday morning flipped her over and scraped her bottom clean. Rides smoother now but still using a lot more gas than usual. The West Marine tank seems to pressurize gas into the engine or something stupid like that.
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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