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Moonraker
This blog chronicles the adventures of the sailing vessel Moonraker. We left Annapolis again on November 14th for the 2nd leg of our trip - through the ICW to the Bahamas.
04/19/2013 A Progress Update
04/09/2013 Home in Annapolis!
04/06/2013 Mile 0 – ICW
04/05/2013 Way Too Early!
04/02/2013 Back in the USA!
03/31/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Monday AM
03/31/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Sunday PM
03/30/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Sunday AM
03/30/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Saturday PM
03/30/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Saturday AM
03/29/2013 U.S. to the Bahamas: Friday PM
03/29/2013 Heading Back to the US
03/26/2013 Lobster for Dinner!
03/24/2013 Rocking and Rolling
03/23/2013 Hope Town to Green Turtle Cay
03/19/2013 Doing the Abacos
03/16/2013 Shark, Dolphin, Whale!
03/15/2013 On to the Abacos
03/14/2013 Happy Pi Day
03/13/2013 The Bight of Abaco
03/11/2013 Heading North
03/10/2013 Spending Time in a Marina
03/06/2013 Hatchet Bay Cave
03/06/2013 Hanging out in Hatchet Bay
03/05/2013 Weathered Another Storm
03/01/2013 Another Cruising Experience!
02/26/2013 An Aborted Escape
02/25/2013 A Lesson In Patience
02/23/2013 Thunderball Grotto
02/22/2013 Hiking Exuma Park
02/21/2013 Exuma Land and Sea Park
02/18/2013 Camp Driftwood
02/17/2013 We Made It through the Storm
02/15/2013 Normans Cay - the Drug Lords Lair
02/13/2013 Exumas’ Iguanas
02/12/2013 The Octopuses Garden
02/09/2013 What an Exciting Day!!
02/09/2013 Spent the night in Nassau
02/07/2013 Hawksnest Cay
02/06/2013 First Anchorage in the Bahamas
02/04/2013 A Visit from Family
02/01/2013 Fixing Your Boat in Exotic Places
01/31/2013 A Rough Night
01/30/2013 A Lot of Work to Get Ready
01/29/2013 Miami!
01/28/2013 Fuel At Anchor
01/25/2013 Still in Ft. Lauderdale
01/24/2013 For The Hands On Sailors.. Blown Fuse Story
01/20/2013 Hanging out in Ft. Lauderdale
01/18/2013 Moving South Again
01/17/2013 Our Anniversary!
01/14/2013 The Verdict
01/12/2013 Not How We Expected Our Day To Go
01/11/2013 A Day of Too Many Bridges
01/08/2013 Testing Posting Remotely Via Ham Radio Email
01/06/2013 Another Great SSCA Experience
01/03/2013 Moored in Vero Beach
01/01/2013 Happy New Year!!
12/29/2012 A Unique Anchorage
12/28/2012 Spending the night in Daytona Beach
12/27/2012 Christmas in Florida
12/23/2012 We Made It To Florida!
12/22/2012 St. Marys, Georgia
12/20/2012 Jekyll Island/Cumberland Island
12/18/2012 Fort Frederica
12/17/2012 Our First Real Storm
12/15/2012 We finally made it to Georgia!
12/12/2012 A Big Thank You to SSCA!
12/10/2012 Charleston
12/06/2012 The View from the Top
12/04/2012 Off to Georgetown
12/02/2012 The Bridges of South Carolina
12/01/2012 Finally in South Carolina!
11/29/2012 A Lucky Day!
11/28/2012 Still Cold!
11/27/2012 Oriental, NC
11/24/2012 Hooray for the Autopilot!
11/22/2012 A Cruisers Thanksgiving
11/20/2012 Spending a couple of days in Elizabeth City
11/18/2012 Out of the Swamp
11/17/2012 Dismal Swamp Canal
11/16/2012 Mile 0 – Intracoastal Waterway
11/15/2012 Into Virginia
11/14/2012 On The Move Again
11/10/2012 Almost ready to go….
10/30/2012 Hurricane Sandy
10/26/2012 Still in Annapolis
09/16/2012 Home...
09/11/2012 Almost Back to the Chesapeake
09/09/2012 New Jersey Shore
09/06/2012 New York City
09/04/2012 Long Island Sound
08/31/2012 It Was Bound To Happen Eventually
08/30/2012 1,000 Miles Under Our Keel!
08/23/2012 Whales
08/22/2012 Star Island!
08/18/2012 Casco Bay
08/13/2012 Sailing in Maine
08/08/2012 Exploring Provincetown
08/07/2012 New Bedford to Provincetown
08/03/2012 Change of Plans
08/01/2012 Newport
07/29/2012 Saying Goodbye to the Grandkids
07/25/2012 Cruising the Narragansett Bay
07/21/2012 Block Island to Narragansett Bay
07/18/2012 Anchored in Block Island
07/16/2012 Leaving for Block Island
07/15/2012 On Our Way At Last
07/12/2012 It's Really Going to Happen!
07/04/2012 Moonraker Open Boat Party – Saturday July 7th - 9am – 5pm
06/30/2012 Finally in the water again!
06/27/2012 Liveaboards!
06/17/2012 Finally Painting the Bottom!
06/06/2012 Making Progress
05/31/2012 Out of the house!
05/24/2012 The House is Rented!
05/07/2012 Out Of The Water
04/12/2012 It's Starting to Look Like a Boat Again
04/02/2012 A Little Start
03/25/2012 Progress putting the boat back together
03/07/2012 Next Big Step
06/22/2011 Heading North on the Bay
06/18/2011 Norfolk
06/17/2011 Ocean Time
06/15/2011 Up the Jersey Coast
06/12/2011 Two Days in Cape May
06/11/2011 On the way to Cape May
06/10/2011 Leaving for Delmarva Circumnavigation
 
Who: Bill & Donna Shuman
Port: Annapolis, MD
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Moonraker is a 1986 Bayfield 40 designed by the famous Ted Gozzard and built in Ontario, Canada. The rig is a cutter/ketch. Here are some of her specs:

LOA: 45 ft. 6 in.
LWL: 30 ft. 6 in.
Beam: 12 ft.
Draft: 4 ft. 11 in.
Displacement: 21,000 lbs.
Ballast: 8,200 lbs.
Sail Area: 1,009 sq. ft.

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