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S/V NELLEKE
The ship's blog for SV Nelleke out of Shelburne, NS
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Happy Canada Day
01 July 2023
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Point Independence Yacht Club mooring field - Onset, Massassachusets
Back in Onset
29 June 2023
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Onset MS
Block Island
28 June 2023
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Great Salt Pond Block Island Rhode Island
Back in Port Jeff
27 June 2023
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Port Jefferson, NY
Past the City
26 June 2023
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Port Washington NY
Sandy Hook
25 June 2023
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SAdt Hook NJ
Progress just not as much
24 June 2023
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Barnegat Inlet
Getting Ready
23 June 2023
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Cape May, NJ
Huffin' and Puffin'
22 June 2023
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Cape May, NJ
Sittin' out the storm
21 June 2023
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Cape May, NJ
Cloudy warm and increasing wind
20 June 2023
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Cape May, NJ
Back in Cape May
19 June 2023
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Cape May, NJ
Schafer's Marina
15 June 2023
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Schafer's Marina, Chesapeake City
2nd for the day
13 June 2023
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Annapolis MD
On a mooring in Annapolis
13 June 2023
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Annapolis MD
Alongside at Reedville
07 June 2023
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Reedville VA
(No Title)
06 June 2023
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Little Bay VA
We're Off
05 June 2023
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Little Bay
Shopping Again
04 June 2023
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Mathews VA
Away from the dock in a runabout
03 June 2023
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Mathews VA
A Wonderful Day for us
02 June 2023
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Mathews VA
One week in Mathews
01 June 2023
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Mathews VA
A Busy Day
31 May 2023
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Mathews VA
Another wet day
30 May 2023
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Mathews VA
Hanging in there
29 May 2023
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Mathews VA
A day on the sick list
28 May 2023
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Mathews VA
Day Before the Storm
27 May 2023
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Mathews VA
A Day of Crabbing
26 May 2023
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Mathews VA
DYC to Mathews
25 May 2023
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Mathews VA
We're in the wate!
24 May 2023
•
Deltaville VA
Set to launch
23 May 2023
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Deltaville VA
The next day
22 May 2023
•
Deltaville VA
Suspended Cruise Begun Again
21 May 2023
•
Deltaville VA
Ah me…..
10 November 2022
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Shelburne NS
Yippie! Yahooo!....
04 November 2022
Here we are in Reedville....
03 November 2022
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Fairhaven VA
Missed another day.....
02 November 2022
•
SIYC Solomon Islands
Now it’s Halloween Eve....
31 October 2022
•
Eastport MD
All Hallows Eve, Eve...
30 October 2022
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Annapolis Maryland
Away from Cape May...
29 October 2022
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Chesapeake City MD
Ooops......
28 October 2022
•
Cape May, NJ
Small step for me....
26 October 2022
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Cape May, NJ
A new day....
25 October 2022
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Cape May, NJ
Shriek!
24 October 2022
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Cape May, NJ
Sunday. The morning after...
23 October 2022
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Cape May, NJ
(No Title)
22 October 2022
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Cape May, NJ
Very brief post for today
21 October 2022
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Atlantic City NJ
There is an old saying.....
20 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Sigh. I guess we are back to our regular practices....
19 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Still here....
18 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Our one month anniversary.....
17 October 2022
•
Great Kills, NY
Post Rant blog.....
17 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
OK. Fair warning. This is a rant.....
16 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Looks like we missed the window.....
15 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Barb drew something to my attention today....
14 October 2022
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Great Kills, NY
Aw......rats!.....
13 October 2022
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Port Washington NY
First Night on the Port Washington mooring....
12 October 2022
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Port Washington NY
This morning I awoke.....
11 October 2022
•
Port Washington NY
Today was a crappy – great – crappy day.....
10 October 2022
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Port Jefferson, NY
The Gilllie Dhu, here, again....
09 October 2022
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Montauk, NY
Another day at Montauk....
09 October 2022
A quick update to my blog for today….
08 October 2022
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Montauk, NY
How do you spell stupid?......
08 October 2022
•
Montauk, NY
Hello. Ghillie Dhu here again.
07 October 2022
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Great Salt Pond Block Island RI
We awoke this morning....
07 October 2022
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Great Salt Pond Block Island Rhode Island
I am actually starting to write this yesterday....
06 October 2022
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Great Salt Pond Block Island Rhode Island
Last day here at Onset.....
05 October 2022
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Onset Mass
I am already starting to plan our trip up the Delaware....
04 October 2022
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Onset Mass
I have been tying myself in knots.....
03 October 2022
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Onset Mass
Hello. The Ghillie Dhu speaking again.
02 October 2022
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Onset Mass
Comfortable, albeit windy night....
02 October 2022
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Onset Mass
Oh Boy, Oh Boy.....
01 October 2022
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Onset Mass
Hello. Ghillie here again.
01 October 2022
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Onset Mass
(No Title)
30 September 2022
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Rockport Mass
Some progress...
30 September 2022
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Rockport Mass
Someone once said that...
28 September 2022
•
Kittery ME
We’re off....
27 September 2022
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Kittery ME
To heck with this…
26 September 2022
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Falmouth ME
More Technical Battles....
26 September 2022
One more day….
23 September 2022
•
Tenants Harbour
There won’t be any sundowners in the cockpit this evening!
22 September 2022
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Tenants Harbor Maine
The word from the dog house
22 September 2022
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Tenants Harbor Maine
What a difference a day makes....
21 September 2022
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Tenants Harbor Maine
Shriek!
21 September 2022
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Tenants Harbor Maine
Huzzah....Across
20 September 2022
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Tenants Harbor Maine
Hopefully we will be away...
19 September 2022
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West Head Cape Sable
Getting ready to set off
18 September 2022
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West Head Cape Sable
First short leg
17 September 2022
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West Head Cape Sable
From Ghillie
17 September 2022
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Off Baccaro
And We Are Off
17 September 2022
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Shelburne Harbour
A placeholder post
17 September 2022
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SHYC
It’s official....
16 September 2022
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SHYC
Hoowwlll......!
15 September 2022
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SHYC
Hurry Up and Wait
15 September 2022
Like the lyrics in the Irish Rover’s song.....
14 September 2022
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SHYC
And now, a few words from Barb
13 September 2022
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SHYC - at the dock
Grrrrrr!
13 September 2022
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SHYC
It’s starting to get real.....
13 September 2022
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SHYC
Provisioning…
12 September 2022
•
SHYC
A Quick Post from Ghillie
12 September 2022
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SHYC
A slightly different post......
11 September 2022
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Roseway Beach
Welcome to Ghillie
10 September 2022
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SHYC
The last big job is finished....
09 September 2022
•
SHYC
Second post for the day
08 September 2022
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SHYC
Down to the small jobs and waiting
08 September 2022
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SHYC
Provisioning Trip
07 September 2022
•
Bedford NS
Still at the dock but more things are happening for the good
05 September 2022
•
SHYC
Managing to get stuff done plus have some fun
04 September 2022
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Shelburne NS
More Happening
02 September 2022
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SHYC
Final Readiness Projects
30 August 2022
•
Shelburne NS
The Viewpoint from the Admiral
28 August 2022
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Cape Negro
Second Shakedown Cruise - Cape Negro
28 August 2022
•
Cape Negro Island
A day at McNutt's
01 October 2021
•
McNutt's Island
A post after a long while
30 September 2021
•
McNutt's Island
One last post for this cruise....
01 December 2020
•
Shelburne NS
Free at last....
24 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
Almost finished! Less than 24 hours to go...
23 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
We are getting so close...
22 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
Three sleeps and a wakie....
21 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
I have been musing on the cruise....
20 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
Getting closer to freedom......
19 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
Why do I keep posting?....
18 November 2020
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Shelburne s
We are very fortunate....
17 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
After a night in our shore side bed...
16 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
At Home....the house
15 November 2020
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Home
Off we go....
15 November 2020
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Shelburne NS
We are starting to feel the cold.....
14 November 2020
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Yarmouth NS
I understand the requirement for self isolation....
13 November 2020
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Yarmouth NS
The trials and tribulations....
12 November 2020
•
Yarmouth dock
What to do to pass the time....
11 November 2020
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Yarmouth NS
In Yarmouth.....
10 November 2020
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Yarmouth NS
We’re here!
09 November 2020
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Yarmouth NS
Aaaallllmmooossst there
09 November 2020
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Yarmouth approaches
Around Cape Cod
08 November 2020
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Cape Cod
On the way...
08 November 2020
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Cape Cod Bay
Waiting out another day....
07 November 2020
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Onset MA
A comfortable and secure night here at the dock at the Onset Marina....
06 November 2020
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Onset MA
At Onset and waiting for a window
05 November 2020
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Onset MA
One more step closer to home
04 November 2020
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Block Island Rhode Island
Back at Port Jefferson
03 November 2020
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Port Jefferson NY
Getting ready to transit the sound
03 November 2020
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Port Washington NY
Whew....
02 November 2020
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Port Washington NY
Well. Here is the post I said I would do yesterday...
01 November 2020
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Port Washington, NY
When I awoke this morning....
31 October 2020
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Cape May, for now
Around four thirty Zeta arrived....
30 October 2020
•
Cape May NJ
Now it looks like it’ll be building into Friday...
29 October 2020
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Cape May NJ
Up at five and another check of the weather
28 October 2020
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Cape May NJ
A long day today.....
27 October 2020
•
Cape Henlopen Delaware
Onward
26 October 2020
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Bohemia River
The heater was put on for the first time this trip....
25 October 2020
•
Annapolis
Back in familiar territory...
24 October 2020
•
Annapolis MD
Friday morning....
23 October 2020
•
Solomon Islands
Off to the Solomons
22 October 2020
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Solomon Islands MD
Planning. Planning. Planning.
21 October 2020
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Reedsville VA
Back to Deltaville
20 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville VA
Aaaaarrrrrgh!
19 October 2020
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Mathews VA
At least the rain has stopped.
18 October 2020
(No Title)
17 October 2020
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Mathews VA
A rainy day in Mathews
16 October 2020
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Mathews VA
Well now......
15 October 2020
•
Mathews VA
What a frustrating day.....
14 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville NC
Work but not work then another breakdown
14 October 2020
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Deltaville VA
Wow!
13 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville VA
Damn!.....
12 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville, VA
What a do nothing day!
11 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville VA
Today. A different day
10 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville, VA
Pardon me while I scream.....
08 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville
Getting there
07 October 2020
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DYC Deltaville Va
Wednesday and marching on
07 October 2020
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Deltavilke Yachting Centre
A beautiful night and we're here
06 October 2020
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Deltaville
Another change in plans
03 October 2020
•
Underway along the Delaware Coast
Onward
02 October 2020
•
Cape May NJ
It wouldn’t be a cruise if plans didn’t change, would it?
01 October 2020
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Atlantic City
Thursday and we’re off for Cape May
01 October 2020
•
Underway
Second post for Wednesday
30 September 2020
•
Lighthouse Marina, Barnaget Light, NJ
Wow! What a night!
30 September 2020
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Barnaget Light
Second post for today
29 September 2020
•
Barnegat Inlet
Update from Barnaget
29 September 2020
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Barnaget Inlet
Argh! Another step in the journey
28 September 2020
•
Barnagat Inlet
Setting off again.....
27 September 2020
•
Great Salt Pond Block Island Rhode Island
Back to Block Island
26 September 2020
•
Great Salt Pond, Block Island, Rhode Island
Jobs done.......
25 September 2020
•
PIYC
Jobs today
25 September 2020
•
PIYC Onset MA
Early post for today
25 September 2020
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PIYC Onset MA
Back in Onset Again.....
24 September 2020
•
Onset MA
Getting calmer but we are still at Provincetown
23 September 2020
•
Provincetown MA
Second post for today...
22 September 2020
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Provincetown MA
Ahhh! A night ashore.
22 September 2020
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Prince Albert Guest House
"Trapped" for a bit in Provincetown
21 September 2020
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Provincetown Massachucetts
Made it! Thanks heavens!
20 September 2020
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Provincetown Massachusetts
Made it! Thanks heavens!
20 September 2020
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Provincetown Massachusetts
An early sub-start
18 September 2020
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Cape Negro Island
Back at Cape Negro Island.....
17 September 2020
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Cape Negro Island
Departure
17 September 2020
•
Shelburne Harbour
Back at Cape Negro Island.....
17 September 2020
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Cape Negro Island
The night before.....
16 September 2020
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SHYC
Starting the Autohelm install
01 September 2020
•
SHYC
Onto the dock
31 August 2020
•
Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Relax
30 August 2020
•
Shelburne to Halifax and back again
Addendum to yesterday’s post....
30 August 2020
•
Shelburne NS
Arrived in Shelburne just in time for the storm
29 August 2020
•
Shelburne NS
Closer. At Liverpool
28 August 2020
•
Brooklyn Marina
A day at Rogues
27 August 2020
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Rogues Roost
Back at Rogues Roost
26 August 2020
•
Rogues Roost
Back afloat
25 August 2020
•
Dartmouth Yacht Club Dartmouth NS
End of the winter cruise
25 February 2020
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Halifax NS
Day of flying home
24 February 2020
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Starting home from Richmond
Off to Richmond
23 February 2020
•
Richmond VA
Walk on the trail side
22 February 2020
•
Durham NC
More visiting
21 February 2020
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Durham NC
Visiting Peter and Lynn
20 February 2020
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Durham NC
A day to tool around
19 February 2020
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Deltaville VA
Getting Nelleke Ready
18 February 2020
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Deltaville VA
Deltaville. At last!
17 February 2020
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DYC Deltaville VA
Sunday at Mathews
16 February 2020
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Mathews VA
Aaaaallllmmmmooooossst theeeerre.
15 February 2020
•
Queens Creek
Norfolk. At last!
14 February 2020
•
Waterside Marina Norfolk VA
Arrival in Virginia
13 February 2020
•
Atlantic Yacht Basin Great Bridge Chesapeake City VA
Almost done...
12 February 2020
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Coinjock NC
We have broken 100
11 February 2020
•
Alligator River Marina
Onward through NC
10 February 2020
•
Dowry Creek Marina NC
On, haltingly, to Moorehead City
09 February 2020
•
Moorehead City
Cold day of movement
08 February 2020
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New River
Another day storm stayed
07 February 2020
•
Carolina State Park Marina
Waiting for the storm
06 February 2020
•
Carolina State Marina
In NC. Hurray.
05 February 2020
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Carolina State Park Marina
Movin’ along
04 February 2020
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Myrtle Beach SC
Long day but progress. Yippie!
03 February 2020
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Heritage Plantation Marina near Georgetown
Past Charleston
02 February 2020
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Isle of Oalms
On in the cold
01 February 2020
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Tom Point Creek, SC
Onward in the rain
31 January 2020
•
Port Royal SC
Past Hells Gate
30 January 2020
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Isle of Hope Marina Savanah GA
Marching through Georgia....
29 January 2020
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Back of nowhere, Georgia
On the way through Georgia now
28 January 2020
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Jekyll Island
Back to Fernandina Beach
27 January 2020
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Fernandina Beach FL
Second day in Jacksonville
26 January 2020
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Jacksonville FL
Onward in the chill
25 January 2020
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Jacksonville Beach FL
Everyone loves Marineland....
24 January 2020
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Marineland Marina Florida
Getting ready to leave
23 January 2020
•
NSB FL
Wet day in NSB
22 January 2020
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NSB City Matina
On in the cold and wind
21 January 2020
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New Smyrna Beach, FL
On to Titusville. Brrrrr!
20 January 2020
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Titusville FL
Underway. Heading back to Deltaville
19 January 2020
•
Wabasso FL
Last day at Sunset Bay Marina
18 January 2020
•
Stuart FL
Windy day at Lighthouse Point
17 January 2020
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Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, FL
Another warm day in Stuart
16 January 2020
•
Stuart FL
Stuart and we have a mooring to move to tomorrow
15 January 2020
•
Stuart
Second post for first day back in Stuart
14 January 2020
•
Stuart FL
Back at Stuart
14 January 2020
•
Stuart FL
We’re off! Well, no we aren’t
12 January 2020
•
Still in Alice Town
A trip to the south side
11 January 2020
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Bimini
Majority Rules Day
10 January 2020
•
Alice Town Bimini
Windy day
09 January 2020
•
Alice Town Bahamas
The day before the weather
08 January 2020
•
Bimini Blue Water
Busy day
07 January 2020
•
Alice Town Bimini Bahamas
Argh!!!!
06 January 2020
•
Alice Town still!!!!
Sunday at Alice Town
05 January 2020
•
Alice Town Bimini
Sunset at the dock
04 January 2020
•
Blue Water Marina
Hot day in Bimini
04 January 2020
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Alice Town Bimini the Bahamas
TGIF in the Bahamas
03 January 2020
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Alice Town Bahamas
Hot day in Alice Town
02 January 2020
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Alice Town, Bimini, Bahamas
Finally in Bahamas
01 January 2020
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Alice Town, Bimini, Bahamas
New Year’s Day
01 January 2020
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Sunset Bay and onward
Happy New Year
31 December 2019
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At anchor Sunset Bay Anchorage
New Year’s Eve “treat” of a boat repair
31 December 2019
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Sunset Bay Anchorage Fort Lauderdale, Florida
A hot day on the ICW
31 December 2019
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Sunset Park Lake Anchorage
Mar-a-lago
30 December 2019
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Somewhere near Trump
Mar-a-lago
30 December 2019
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Somewhere near Trump
Last day in Stuart
29 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Saturday in Stuart
28 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Friday and some better news
27 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Boxing Day Blues
26 December 2019
•
Stuart Florida
Second Christmas Post
25 December 2019
•
Sunset Bay Marina
Merry Christmas
25 December 2019
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Santa’s Anchorage
Christmas Eve
24 December 2019
•
Sunset Bay Marina
Back at Stuart
23 December 2019
•
Sunset Bay Marina
Back in Stuart
22 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
A day in Fort Myers
21 December 2019
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Fort Myers
Everglade City and the Park
20 December 2019
•
Fort Myers
Everglade City
19 December 2019
•
Everglade City FL
Trip eve
18 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Phew! Hot again....
17 December 2019
•
Sunset Bay Marina
Warm first day of the week
16 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
The morning after.....
15 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Saturday in Stuart
14 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Friday the (shudder) 13th.
13 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Wet day activities
12 December 2019
A trip to Walmart and Bank of America
11 December 2019
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Sunset Bay Marina Mooring Field
“Busy busy busy” not really
10 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Busy day and a diner party
09 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Hot Sunday
08 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Saturday in Stuart
07 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Friday in Stuart
06 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Cold morning, beautiful afternoon
05 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
A very nice day I Stuart
04 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Cold morning......warmer afternoon
03 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Windy day at the mooring
02 December 2019
•
Stuart FL
Sunday at Stuart
01 December 2019
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Stuart FL
Stuart on Saturday
30 November 2019
•
Stuart FL
Louis and Bob arrived
30 November 2019
•
Stuart FL
Thanksgiving Day in Stuart
28 November 2019
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Sunset Bay Matina
Sundowners at the mooring
27 November 2019
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Stuart FL
Stuart and Florida ..... At Last!
27 November 2019
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Sunset Bay Marina Stuart Florida
Motoring past Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Centre
26 November 2019
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Cape Canaveral
Still underway
26 November 2019
•
Posted off New Smyrna Beach
Underway offshore
25 November 2019
•
Between Beaufort River and Saint Augustine
Second post for Monday
25 November 2019
•
At sea
Beaufort and more wandering
24 November 2019
A few non-boats words from Barb in Beaufort, SC
24 November 2019
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Beaufort, SC
Beaufort SC
23 November 2019
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Beaufort, SC
South Edison River
22 November 2019
•
South Edison River SC
A warm day in Charleston
21 November 2019
•
Ashley Marina Charleston SC
Arrival at Charleston
20 November 2019
•
Charleston SC
Arrival at Charleston
20 November 2019
•
Charleston SC
Moving onward
19 November 2019
•
At anchor
On to the Osprey
18 November 2019
•
Osprey Marina
Sunday at Saint James Plantation
17 November 2019
•
Saint James Plantation Marina
The storm has arrived
16 November 2019
Saint James Plantation
15 November 2019
•
Saint James Plantation Marina
At last. An offshore jump.
14 November 2019
•
Wrightsville Beach
A few notes from Barb from Morehead City Yacht Basin
13 November 2019
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Morehead City, NC
Windy cold day in Moorehead Coty
13 November 2019
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Moorehead City, NC
Moorehead City NC
12 November 2019
•
Moorehead City NC
Accomplishments
11 November 2019
•
Oriental
Sunday at Oriental
10 November 2019
Saturday.....yawn. Still, got some more stuff done
09 November 2019
•
Oriental
A frustrating day
08 November 2019
•
Oriental
More in Oriental
07 November 2019
•
Oriental
Getting things done in Oriental
06 November 2019
•
Whittaker Creek Oriental NC
Oriental
05 November 2019
•
Whittaker Creek Otiental NC
Dowery Creek - Full day
04 November 2019
•
Dowery Creek
Dowry Creek Marina
03 November 2019
•
Dowry Creek, NC
Arrived at Tuckahoe Point
02 November 2019
•
Tuckahoe Point NC
North River Lutz Creek near Coinjock NC
01 November 2019
•
Lutz Creek
Tornado Warning!!!!!!
01 November 2019
•
Great Bridge Chesapeake VA
Storm coming......again!
31 October 2019
•
Great Bridge Chesapeake VA
Waiting for parts
30 October 2019
•
Great Bridge Chesapeake VA
Stopped at great Bridge
29 October 2019
•
Great Bridge Chesapeake VA
Got here
29 October 2019
•
Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads VA
Down the Chesapeake to Norfolk
28 October 2019
•
Crossing the Potomac River on Chesapeake Bay
Changing day in Annapolis
27 October 2019
•
Annapolis Maryland
Great day in Annapolis
26 October 2019
•
Annapolis Maryland
We’re back in Annapolis
25 October 2019
•
Annapolis Maryland
Onward to Bohemia River
24 October 2019
•
Bohemia River
Lewes Delaware
23 October 2019
•
Lewes Delaware
Arrived at Cape May
22 October 2019
•
Cape May NJ
The day at Cape May
22 October 2019
•
Cape May NJ
Underway
21 October 2019
•
Leaving Sandy hook/motor sailing down the coast
Over to Atlantic Highlands
20 October 2019
•
Atlantic Highlands NJ
Beautiful day in Keyport
19 October 2019
•
Keyport NJ
Keyport, NJ
18 October 2019
•
Keyport NJ
Did I say yesterday was windy? Not by comparison!
17 October 2019
•
Port Washington
Rainy day in PW
16 October 2019
•
Port Washington, NY
A View From Barb for October 15
15 October 2019
•
Port Washington, NY
Another and perhaps the last sunny day in Port Washington
15 October 2019
•
Port Washington
Arrival at Port Washington
14 October 2019
•
Port Washington NY
Good night and Happy Thanksgiving
13 October 2019
•
Long Island Sound
On the way.....again!
13 October 2019
•
Long Island Sound
A much calmer day in Newport
12 October 2019
•
Newport RI
2 for Friday
11 October 2019
•
Newport RI
Friday on the mooring at Newport
11 October 2019
•
Newport RI
Afternoon post
10 October 2019
•
Newport RI
She’s howling outside
10 October 2019
•
Newport RI
A View from Barb on October 9th
09 October 2019
•
Newport, RI
A windy Newport Day
09 October 2019
•
Newport RI
Second and last post for the day from Newport
08 October 2019
•
Newport RI
At sea in Long Island Sound
08 October 2019
•
Block Island and Long Island Sound Newport RI
Windy day in New Bedford
07 October 2019
•
New Bedford Massachusetts
A View from Barb for the evening of October 6th
06 October 2019
•
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Full day. Exploring and boat chores
06 October 2019
•
New Bedford Massachusetts
New Bedford
05 October 2019
•
New Bedford Massachusetts
Argh!!!
05 October 2019
•
???
Underway again
05 October 2019
•
Buzzards Bay
Barb’s View for the evening of October 4th
04 October 2019
•
Onset, Massachusetts
Another day at PIYC
04 October 2019
•
PIYC
Another day of work
03 October 2019
•
Onset Mass
Two steps forward.....
02 October 2019
•
Onset, MA
Some ramblings from Barb
01 October 2019
•
Onset, MA
Onset first full day
01 October 2019
•
Onset Massachusetts
A short post to end the day
30 September 2019
•
Onset MS
Onset, Massachusetts
30 September 2019
•
Onset PIYC
Provincetown Mass
29 September 2019
•
Provincetown Mooring Field, Provincetown Mass
Land Ho.....
29 September 2019
•
Just off the tip of Cape Cod
Second day at sea
28 September 2019
•
Middle of the Gulf of Maine
Away.....
27 September 2019
•
At sea somewhere off the southern tip of NS
Underway
27 September 2019
•
Underway in Shebirne Harbour
Well! The weather gods have made up our minds for us
27 September 2019
•
SHYC but underway
The constant revising plans......
26 September 2019
•
SHYC
One sleep and a wakie.....
25 September 2019
•
SHYC
Drawing to the close.....
24 September 2019
•
SHYC
Two sleeps and a wakie.....
24 September 2019
•
SHYC
The Countdown Continues
24 September 2019
•
SHYC
Monday and the weather witches are conspiring
23 September 2019
•
Shelburne, NS
Struggling to get ahead
21 September 2019
•
Shelburne
Getting there......
20 September 2019
•
Shelburne
Provisioning run
18 September 2019
•
Shelburne/Halifax
It seems very slow but we are getting there
16 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Trying to get the time to finish
15 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Change of plans. Slightly
14 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Another Halifax Trip
12 September 2019
•
Shelburne
Shriek.....!
11 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Back at work....
11 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Progress
09 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Still no power...
09 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Second post
08 September 2019
•
SHYC
Dorian
08 September 2019
•
SHYC
Saturday Morning......,
07 September 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Waiting for the shoe to drop
06 September 2019
•
Shelburne
Hurricane Prep
05 September 2019
•
Shelburne, NS
Last posting for the Rhine Trip
04 September 2019
Sigh! It really is over.....
04 September 2019
•
Halifa
It had to happen - something had to go wrong
03 September 2019
Sigh! It’s over.......
03 September 2019
•
Amsterdam
Day in Amsterdam
02 September 2019
•
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Last full day - sigh!
02 September 2019
•
Amsterdam
Cologne Germany
01 September 2019
•
Cologne, Germany
The Romanric Rhine
31 August 2019
•
Rhine Gorge
Day 4 - Heidelberg and Mainz
30 August 2019
•
Mainz Germany
Oooooooohhh! My poor stomach!
29 August 2019
Day 3 - Strasbourg
29 August 2019
•
Strasbourg, Germany
Day 2 - Black Forest
28 August 2019
Wow! The food here is incredible!
27 August 2019
•
Basel, Switzerland
Starting our river cruise
27 August 2019
•
Basel, Switzerland
Slogging along
14 August 2019
•
SHYC Shelburne NS
More progress
09 August 2019
•
SHYC
Damn, if things aren't falling into place.
27 July 2019
•
SHYC
Damn it's HOT!
20 July 2019
•
SHYC
All the worrying, all the work.....
10 July 2019
•
SHYC
Work progresses
09 July 2019
•
SHYC
Starting to Post Again
04 July 2019
•
Shelburne NS
Still working on Nelleke
21 November 2018
•
Shelburne NS
It's damn cold......
14 November 2018
•
Shelburne NS
Work underway
08 November 2018
•
Boatyard SHYC
Back on the hard
05 November 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Same ol' same ol'
04 November 2018
•
Boat at SMT, us at home
O my! It’s blowing.
03 November 2018
•
SMT
Across the harbour
03 November 2018
•
SMT
Off the dock and waiting
02 November 2018
•
Josie's Island
Back to the home port
01 November 2018
•
Shelburne NS
Already planning for next year
31 October 2018
•
West Head
Day dawns at West Head
31 October 2018
•
West Head, Cape Sable Island
A hop, skip and stumble....
30 October 2018
•
West Head, Cape Sable Island
Ready......set.......?
30 October 2018
•
Shelburne Harbour
Second late evening post for the day
29 October 2018
•
SMT/Shelburne
Not off quite yet
29 October 2018
•
SHYC Fuel Dock
On Shipboard Talismans and Mascots
28 October 2018
•
Shelburne Harbour, NS
Back to SHYC
28 October 2018
•
SHYC
Away from the dock.....away......away
27 October 2018
•
Josie's Island
Friday...... and getting closer to go time.
26 October 2018
•
Dock at SHYC
First night on the boat....
25 October 2018
•
SHYC
A few words from the Admiral
24 October 2018
•
Shelburne Harbour
More progress. At least it is measureable
24 October 2018
•
SHYC
We're ready, but nature isn't.
23 October 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Cold clear light of day......
21 October 2018
•
SHYC
Talk about frustrating!
20 October 2018
•
Still in Shelburne
A-provisioning we will go.....
16 October 2018
•
SHYC
It's been a while, hasn't it?
08 October 2018
•
SHYC,Shelburne,NS
Real progress....or so we thought
25 September 2018
•
SHYC
Unabashed self congratulations
18 September 2018
•
Shelburne NS
The mizzen step is repaired........hurrah!
17 September 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Carrying on......
15 September 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Progress.......slow but progress never the less
13 September 2018
•
Shelburne NS
Shout out......
02 September 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
So, what’s the Admiral been up to?
01 September 2018
•
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The Archbishop is done!
01 September 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Still working
29 August 2018
•
Shelburne NS
Shriek!
24 August 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
After a loooooong, loooong absence.......
22 August 2018
•
Shelburne, NS
Dry Land Post
13 November 2017
•
Shelburne NS
Back home again
29 June 2017
•
SHYC/Shelburne NS
Getting ready to head up the Sound
25 June 2017
•
Port Washington, NY
The pleasant joys of Port Washington
24 June 2017
•
Port Washington NY
Back in Port Washington
23 June 2017
•
Port Washington Town Mooring Field
Up the Jersey Coast
22 June 2017
•
Sandy Hook, NJ
Cape May. Hurray
21 June 2017
•
Cape May NJ
Staging for the C&D Canal
20 June 2017
•
Bohemia River
Staging for the C&D Canal
20 June 2017
•
Bohemia River
Waiting for the blow
19 June 2017
•
Annapolis MD
Happy Father's Day
18 June 2017
•
Annapolis MD
In Annapolis
17 June 2017
•
Annapolis MD
Chesapeake Chop
14 June 2017
•
Solomon Island
Hey. This place looks familiar
13 June 2017
•
Deltaville VA
Holy Moses! It's HOT!
12 June 2017
•
Great Bridge VA
Sunday. A day of doing little.
11 June 2017
•
Great Bridge VA
Saturday at Great Bridge
10 June 2017
•
Atlantic Yacht Basin Marina, Great Bridge VA
Back in Norfolk
09 June 2017
•
Great Bridge, VA
Boring......
08 June 2017
•
Alligator River Marina, NC
A stormy windy day at the dock
07 June 2017
•
Alligator River Marina, NC
Alligator River Adventure
06 June 2017
•
Alligator River Marina NC
Progress and good times!
05 June 2017
Barb tells me that this is my third post today.......
04 June 2017
•
Morehead City, NC
Chill out on a hot day
04 June 2017
•
Morehead City, NC
Timing......
04 June 2017
•
Morehead City, NC
Things are almost ready
01 June 2017
•
Port Royal Landing Marina
Still here.......
31 May 2017
•
Port Royal Landing Marina, Port Royal SC
Another Hot Day at Port Royal
30 May 2017
•
Port Royal Landing Marina, Port Royal, SC
Pardon me while I scream quietly
29 May 2017
•
Port Royal Landing
Day two at Port Royal
28 May 2017
•
Port Royal Landing Marina, Port Royal, SC
Port Royal Landing Marina
27 May 2017
•
Port Royal SC
Hilton Head with the rich and famous
26 May 2017
•
Anchorage at Broad Creek Hilton Head
Still I need GA
25 May 2017
•
Sap Elon Island, New Tea Kettle Creek
A real day in northern Florida
24 May 2017
•
Fernandina, FL
Bump! Again.
23 May 2017
•
Fernandina Beach Marina Morring Field
Hot day in Saint Augustine
22 May 2017
•
Saint Augustine FL
Saint Augustine FL
21 May 2017
•
Saint Augustine FL
Plodding further north
20 May 2017
•
Daytona, Seven Seas Marina
Cocoa FL
19 May 2017
•
Anchorage Cocoa Fl
Cocoa and our friends
19 May 2017
•
Cocoa FL
A very pleasant day at Eau Gallie
18 May 2017
•
Eau Gallie Yacht Basin
Wednesday and we're underway
17 May 2017
•
Eau Gallie Yacht Centre
Last day at Stuart
16 May 2017
•
Mooring field at Stuart
Monday and counting down in Stuart town
15 May 2017
•
Sunset Bay Marina, mooring ball 53, Stuart FL
Lazy Sunday in Stuart
14 May 2017
•
Sunset Bay Marina Stuart FL
Barb's Mother's Day
13 May 2017
•
Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart FL
Friday on the mooring at Stuart
12 May 2017
•
Sunset Bay Marina Stuart, FL
A hot time in the old town of Stuart
11 May 2017
•
Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, FL
We're off!
10 May 2017
•
Stuart Fl
I think this will be our final night here in Indiantown....
09 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina
Last day with the rental car
08 May 2017
•
Indiantown, Stuart, Indiantown, Stuart, Indiantown
Sunday in Central Florida
07 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina, still at the docks but progress is happening. Hurrah!
A weird day
06 May 2017
•
Indiantown At the dock
Launch Day.....Yes....No.....Maybe....
05 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina/in the water
The day before the great day...
04 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina on the hard
Post from Barb for May 3&4
04 May 2017
•
Indiantown, Florida, Marina workyard
Wednesday. Indiantown to Fort Lauderdale to Jupiter to Indiantown
03 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina
A hot, then rainy, then hot, then the heavens opened
02 May 2017
The first of May, the first of May, outdoor frolic begin today...
01 May 2017
•
Indiantown Marina
What? Another post by Barb already?
30 April 2017
•
Indiantown Marina workyard, Indiantown, Florida
Sunday in Florida
30 April 2017
•
Written from Indiantown
Finally. A post from Barb
29 April 2017
•
Indiantown Marina workyard, Florida
Evening post at the end of the day
29 April 2017
•
Indiantown on the hard
Here I go again. Somebody STOP me!
28 April 2017
•
Indiantown FL
Friday, getting ready for more sweat
28 April 2017
•
Indiantown Marina Florida
Another trip to town and more boat bucks spent......
27 April 2017
We are here! We are here! Let the bells ring out let the banners fly!
26 April 2017
•
Indiantown Marina on the hard
Wow! Two in one day!
25 April 2017
•
YHZ
Started South.....
25 April 2017
•
Halifax NS
Final preparations for departure to Florida
23 April 2017
•
Shelburne NS
A Visit from Moonlight Maid
21 April 2017
•
Shelburne, NS
Surfacing of Nelleke
20 April 2017
•
Shelburne NS
Sigh. Spring still ain't here......
08 April 2016
Snow Is a Four Letter Word.......
05 March 2016
•
Shelburne, NS
Making Plans
03 March 2016
•
Shelburne, NS
Dry land post
07 February 2016
•
Shelburne NS
Back home at last.
29 March 2015
•
Shelburne NS
Almost end of journey
28 March 2015
•
Halifax NS
On to Rocky Hill
27 March 2015
•
Rocky Hill CT
The plot thickens
25 March 2015
•
Durham NC
A day around the triangle
24 March 2015
•
Durham NC
Another short step
22 March 2015
•
Charlotte NC
Walking around Savanah
21 March 2015
•
Savanah GA
First trip downtown
20 March 2015
•
Savanah GA
Nelleke on the hard and we're off!
19 March 2015
•
Daytona FL
Busy day, One sleep and then, away!
18 March 2015
•
Indiantown Fl
Twiddling our thumbs...
17 March 2015
•
Indiantown Marina
We're about ready.....just waiting.......
16 March 2015
•
Indiantown FL
Getting ready for lift off
15 March 2015
•
Indiantown FL
Time at Indiantown
14 March 2015
•
Indiantown FL
Starting the bittersweet stuff
13 March 2015
•
Indiantown FL
Arrival at Indiantown
12 March 2015
•
Indiantown FL
Getting some stuff arranged at Loggerhead
11 March 2015
•
Stuart FL
Stuart Fl
10 March 2015
•
Stuart Fl
Green Turtle Cay
08 March 2015
•
Green Turtle Cay
Not so Treasured Cay....
07 March 2015
•
Treasure Cay Bahamas
Last full day in Hope Town
06 March 2015
•
Hope Town
Back in Hope Town
05 March 2015
•
Hope Town Bahamas
From Spanish Wells through the backbone to Hope Town
05 March 2015
•
Hope Town
Getting ready to jump back to Abacos
03 March 2015
•
Spanish Wells
Back to Spanish Wells
02 March 2015
•
Spanish Wells
Day 9 Exuma Cruise
02 March 2015
•
Robert's Cay
Day 8 Exuma Cruise
02 March 2015
•
Wardrick Wells Exumas
Day 7 Exuma Cruise
27 February 2015
•
Warderick Wells Exumas
Day 6 of Exuma Cruise
26 February 2015
•
Black Point Settlement
Day 5 Exuma
26 February 2015
•
Black Point Settlement Exumas
Day 4 into the Exumas
25 February 2015
•
Black Point Settlement
Day 3 into Exumas
24 February 2015
•
Staniel Cay
Day 2 into Exumas
23 February 2015
•
Staniel Cay
Day 1 into Exumas
22 February 2015
•
Leaf Allen Cay
Departing Spanish Wells
21 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells - Royal Island
Suki is home!
20 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells Bahamas
The fronts march through.....
19 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells Bahamas
A day trip to Dunmore Town
18 February 2015
•
Dunmore Town Spanish Wells
Hello. Looking for cruiser time!
17 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells bahamas
Running around in a golf cart
16 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells Bahamas
Sunday. Again.
15 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells Eleuthera Bahamas
Valentine's Day
14 February 2015
•
Spanish Wells Elutheras Bahamas
Away from the Abacos
13 February 2015
•
Royal Island
Nelleke has left the harbour
12 February 2015
•
Schooner Cove Abacos Bahamas
Wednesday, new plans
11 February 2015
•
Hope Town
Tuesday, sigh! What will we do?
10 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abaco Bahamas
Monday, Monday.
09 February 2015
•
Still in Hope Town
Sunday. Last time to sing in church this year
08 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Saturday
07 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Windy day
06 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Rainy day
05 February 2015
•
Hopetown Abacos Bahamas
Short one
04 February 2015
•
Hope Town
Helping out and stuff
03 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Cooking for the fish fry
02 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Super Bowl Sunday
01 February 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Saturday working underwater
31 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Another Friday....
30 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Hump Day in the Abacos
29 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
A day of boat work
27 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Day at work and waiting for the main storm
26 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas.
Beginning of a blowy time
24 January 2015
•
Windy Hope Town
Artsy Day
23 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Boat chores and a sunny day
22 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Race day
21 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Tuesday
20 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
First month at Hope Town
19 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
Sunday after not sleeping all night
18 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Saturday in Hope Town
18 January 2015
•
Hope Town
Bon Voyage, Chris....
17 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Last full day with Chris
15 January 2015
•
Hope Town
Fishing. Not so Yea!
14 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Fishing! Yea!
14 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
Rake and scrape
12 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Mikey the Pooh and a windy day
11 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
First day with Chris
10 January 2015
•
Hope Town Bahamas
Waitin' for Chris
09 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Windy blustery day.
08 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
Race Day
08 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Working on the water maker
06 January 2015
•
Hope Town Bahamas
Two days in one
05 January 2015
•
Still Hope Town
Wake up at the dock....
03 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Moved to alongside
02 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Sigh! Don't know how I can handle all this warm weather....
01 January 2015
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
New Year's Eve in the Bahamas
31 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
The price of a strong wifi signal....
30 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
Another post from Hope Town
29 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos the Bahamas
Day after Boxing Day
27 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos
Merry Christmas
25 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos, the Bahamas
Yoshi joins the family
24 December 2014
•
Hope Town Bahamas
Scrambling, rowing and getting ready
23 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos Bahamas
Visit to Marsh Harbour
22 December 2014
•
Hope Town Marsh Harbour
Eventful day in Hope Town
21 December 2014
•
Hope Town Elbow Cay Bahamas
We are here in Hope Town
19 December 2014
•
Hope Town Abacos, Bahamas
Sunny day in Alice Town
17 December 2014
•
Alice Town Bimini Bahamas
Arrival in the Bahamas
16 December 2014
•
Alice Town, Bimini, Bahamas
Last day, we think, at Coco it Grove
15 December 2014
•
Diner Key FL
Provisioning by bus and taxi
13 December 2014
•
Coconut Grove FL
Coming down to the wire
12 December 2014
•
Dinner Key FL
Here in Key Biscayne
11 December 2014
•
Diner Cay, FL
Lazy day......
10 December 2014
•
Oleta River State Park
Oleta River State Park
09 December 2014
•
Oleta Rover State Park
Gettin' South
08 December 2014
•
forth Laauderdale
Another step
06 December 2014
•
Hobe Sound
Wabasso Anchorage
05 December 2014
•
Wa asso Bridge FL
Last minute preparations
03 December 2014
•
Titusville FL
Kayte's Departure
01 December 2014
•
Titusville FL
Cocoa Beach Art Festival
30 November 2014
•
Titusville and Cocoa Beach FL
Briefly Backtracking
29 November 2014
•
Titusville, New Smyrna Beach, Daytona
gators!
28 November 2014
•
Titusville FL
Back to the Space Centre
27 November 2014
•
Titusville and Cape Kennedy
A Very Wet Tuesday
25 November 2014
•
Titusville and Orlando FL
Hot swelters day
24 November 2014
•
Titusville, FL
No thunderstorm.....
23 November 2014
•
Titusville, FL
The day before Kayte gets here
22 November 2014
•
Titusville FL
Florida weather at last.....
21 November 2014
•
Titusville, FL
Full day in T'ville
20 November 2014
•
Titusville, FL
Nelleke becomes a dock queen again
19 November 2014
•
Titusville, FL
New Symerna, what an interesting place
18 November 2014
•
New Symerna Beach
After five years back at Seven Seas
17 November 2014
•
Daytona Beach
A beau-to-ful day in St A's
16 November 2014
•
St Augustine FL
First blustery day in St Augustine
15 November 2014
•
St Augustine FL
Arrival St Augustine
14 November 2014
•
St Augustine FL
Jacksonville Beach arrival
13 November 2014
•
Jacksonville Beach FL
Amelia Island
12 November 2014
•
AIYB
A decision is made, progress too
11 November 2014
•
Cumberland Island GA
A windy do nothing day....
10 November 2014
•
Cumberland Island
Arrival at Cumberland Island
09 November 2014
•
Cumberland Island GA
Going offshore for a while. We hope.
07 November 2014
•
Southport, NC
Three days worth
06 November 2014
•
Southport NC
First storm past.....
03 November 2014
•
Morehead City, NC
Storm in transit.....
02 November 2014
•
Morehead City, NC
Storm beginning.....
01 November 2014
•
Morehead City NC
Getting ready for the puff.....and Happy Halloween!
31 October 2014
•
Morehead City NC
Decisions made....
30 October 2014
•
Morehead Coty MD
Close to the Atlantic again....
29 October 2014
•
Morehead City NC
Catch up
28 October 2014
•
South River NC
Away again.....
24 October 2014
•
Hospital Point Mile 1 ICW Norfolk VA
Getting stuff done.......
23 October 2014
•
Deltaville VA
Wet and cold day in Virginia
22 October 2014
•
Deltaville VA
Schedule falling more and more into place
21 October 2014
•
Deltaville, VA
Nelleke's back in Deltaville
19 October 2014
•
Deltaville VA
Back in Virginia
18 October 2014
•
Reedville VA
Wanting about Soloman's
17 October 2014
•
Soloman's Island MD
On to Soloman's
16 October 2014
•
Soloman's Island MD
Last day for this trip at St Michael's
15 October 2014
•
St Michael's MD
First day at St Michaels
14 October 2014
•
St Michael's MD
Off to St Michael's
13 October 2014
•
San Domingo's Creek, St Michael's MD
Wake up in de mo-nin'.......
12 October 2014
•
Rhodes River MD
Pissin' down rain......
11 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
Not VIP
10 October 2014
•
Annapolis MdpD
VIP Day at Boat Show
09 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
Counting down the hours to the boat show
08 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD mooring field
A day on the mooring and ashore and in the Dink...
08 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
An interesting day
06 October 2014
•
Annapolis mooring field
On our ball for the week. Hurrah!
05 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
In front of the USNA...
04 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
Ho ho yo and back we go.....
03 October 2014
•
Mooring field Spa Creek
Yo ho ho and off we go.....
02 October 2014
•
Spa Creek Annapolis
A Better Day in Annapolis
01 October 2014
•
Annapolis MD
Arrival at Annapolis
30 September 2014
•
Annapolis MD
Good bye Cape May, hello Delaware
29 September 2014
•
Bohemia Creek, Del
Late buff here we are
28 September 2014
•
Cape May NJ
Yet another blustery day
25 September 2014
•
Port Washington
Still here? Why?
24 September 2014
•
Port Washington NY
After the blow, another sunny day
23 September 2014
•
Port Washington NY
Blown away, by a windy day.....
22 September 2014
•
Port Washington NY
Overcast and muggy in PW
21 September 2014
•
Port Washington NY
A Day in Port Washington
20 September 2014
•
Port Washington NY
Port Washington for a few days
19 September 2014
•
Port Washington Long Island NY
Plan a day at Port Jefferson
18 September 2014
•
Misery Cove Port Jefferson Long Island NY
Another stop - Port Jefferson
17 September 2014
•
Port Jefferson NY
A Decision Made
16 September 2014
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Great Salt Pond Block Island RI
Wounded Warrior
15 September 2014
•
Great Salt Pond Block Island RI
At the next stop
14 September 2014
•
Great Salt Pond, Block Island RI
Happy Birthday, Barb!
13 September 2014
•
Cuttyhunk MA
Same day different local
12 September 2014
•
Cuttyhunk MA
Movin' on
12 September 2014
•
Onset MA
It's past noon.....
11 September 2014
•
Onset MA
Second post for the day.....
10 September 2014
•
Onset MA
REALLY rested now
10 September 2014
•
Onset Mass
OK. rested now.
09 September 2014
•
Onset Mass
First step
09 September 2014
•
Onset Mass
First step
09 September 2014
•
Onset Mass
Another message from the dock barnacle
06 September 2014
•
Shelburne NS
Start off tomorrow
05 September 2014
•
Shelburne,NS
Starting up again
04 September 2014
•
Shelburne NS
Another shorter road trip
02 November 2013
•
Yarmouth NS
Home Again
30 October 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Visiting #1 Son
27 October 2013
•
Barrie Ont
Visiting the Old Stomping Grounds
23 October 2013
•
Ottawa Ontario
More to My Last
16 October 2013
•
Shelburne NS
I'm Still heeeeeeere
15 October 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Now that the regatta is over.......
01 August 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Wow! What a weekend!
29 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Getting geared up for the weekend
25 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Three Cheers and Loud Huzzahs
22 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Best Laid Plans.....
19 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
A Scorcher!
17 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
This weekend is Founder’s Days
16 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Yes, old Padewan, we cannot rely on the weather
12 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Starting to watch the forecast
09 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Sunday 7th July - Cape Negro
08 July 2013
•
Cape Negro and back to Shelburne
Saturday 6th July - Cape Negro
06 July 2013
•
Cape Negro Island
The weather witches are at least pretending to cooperate.
05 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Friday 5 July: Back at Cape Negro
05 July 2013
•
Cape Negro Island
Visit with #1 Son is Over
04 July 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Rats!
28 June 2013
•
Shelburne
By the twiddling of my thumbs,
27 June 2013
What can we do this week?
26 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Weekend at Cape Negro
24 June 2013
•
Cape Negro
Did anyone hear rude words come from Shelburne yesterday?
19 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Planning the next weekend
18 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
McNutt’s Island Gunkhole......
17 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
I’m not sure if we will have internet........
14 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Shriek!!!!!!!!
11 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Tropical Storm Andrea
10 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Battening down the hatches
07 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
She never rains but she pours.....
04 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
SPLASH!!!!!!
03 June 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Close but we made it......
30 May 2013
•
Shelburne NS
The last week has been more than hectic....
27 May 2013
•
Shelburne NS
There’s a conspiracy!
16 May 2013
•
Shelburne, NS
The best laid plans of mice and men.....
13 May 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Wow! What a difference!
07 May 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Yippie.......!
01 May 2013
•
Shelburne
Bottom washed........
29 April 2013
•
Shelburne NS
We’re off! Well, no, maybe we aren’t.....
23 April 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Wow!
18 April 2013
•
Shelburne NS
The Die is Set.....
16 April 2013
•
Shelburne, NS
I am getting excited.......
08 April 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Life continues.....
05 April 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Employment woes........
27 March 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Back at the keyboard......
21 March 2013
•
Shelburne NS
OK. The stock market is back to normal ----- Boo!
12 March 2013
•
Sheloburne NS
Stock Market and Boating
08 March 2013
•
Shelburne NS
One less thing to worry about
05 March 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Two types of celestial events
28 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
More damn snow!
21 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Shelburne Cruising Plans
14 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
You know those stories about some guy that goes postal with an axe?
11 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Arrrrrrrgh! Shriek! Howl!
08 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Even more goof-ball weather
04 February 2013
•
Shelburne NS
&*%&^ Commercials!
28 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
C-c-c-cold Sn-sn-snap is h-h-here!
25 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
The s-word is back
22 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Shiver me timbers! Now it’s cold again!
17 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Holy Smokes, it’s really warm!
14 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Ho Ho Ho. It’s O-O-O-ver! Hurrah!
07 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
New Year's Post
03 January 2013
•
Shelburne NS
Season’s Greetings
20 December 2012
•
Shelburne NS
I am feeling a little out of place....
18 December 2012
•
Shelburne NS
I haven’t posted anything for a wee while.........
03 December 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Brrrrr!
26 November 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The other thing is over....time for a rant
15 November 2012
•
Shelb urne NS
It’s over! It’s over! Hurrah!
02 November 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Whew!
29 October 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Brrrr! The frost was definitely on the pumpkin last night
24 October 2012
•
Sadly, on the dirt!
Spinning into the fall
17 October 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We are having our own all candidates’ debate
10 October 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Wheeeeeeeeee.....wine!
02 October 2012
•
Shelburne NS
....and now, for something completely different.....
24 September 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Some small changes to our plans
19 September 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Too much to do....to little time to do it in....
17 September 2012
•
Shelburne NS
An update...
06 September 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Too long between posts......
27 August 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Haven’t put fingers to keyboard......
16 August 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Looking forward to some holidays.....
09 August 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We made it to Saint John and back
07 August 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We’ve switched .......
03 August 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Final Big One Done
30 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Can you spell frustrating?!
25 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Hurrah! It’s raining!
24 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Tall Ships on the Horizon
23 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The Place is a Madhouse!
19 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Empty Nesters Again
16 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Whew! What a day!
11 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We are not empty nesters for a while
09 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Oh Wow! I wish I was back on the water!
06 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Over the hump
05 July 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Canada Day Weekend
03 July 2012
•
Lockport and Shelburne
Been a While
26 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We are beginning to run madly off in all directions....
20 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Now we are getting down to it
18 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
It has now been conclusively proven.......
15 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Updating the adventure
12 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Watching the Jubilee
06 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Back to Work Monday
04 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
End of the week.......
01 June 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Things are still bopping along
31 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The Gods Wuz Angry Last Night
30 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Moan! My achin’ back!
28 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Back to the regular stuff
23 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
We’re boaties again! Hurrah!
22 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Planning for the weekend
16 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Back in Shelburne, We are, We are
15 May 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Yea! Off for the first long weekend to get Nelleke ready
11 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Mid Week Hump
09 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
A Pot Party; Making a Bed; Planting Lillies
07 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
I can’t believe that it’s Friday! Again!
04 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Mid Week
02 May 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Monday....Sigh
30 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
More questions......
27 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Startin' details and askin' questions
25 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Yaaaaaawn!
24 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Here at last! Here at last!
20 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
MoHo and Twisters
18 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Dreaming again
16 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The Peepers Are Back!
15 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
End of a great long weekend
09 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
OK. Things are starting to fall into place now.
05 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Yippie, yahoo.........
03 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Continuing on with the kitchen, et al...
02 April 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Winter is still gasping on....
29 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Well, it has started again.....
28 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Brrrrrr!
27 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
And another week bites the dust....
23 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
I have a severe case of paper elves.
22 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Laird tunderin’ Geez-us, By. She’s warum!
21 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Gettin' a tan......
20 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Wow! What changes!
19 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Last (Hopefully) Gasp of Winter
15 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Back from the doctor
14 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
New week and mild weather
12 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Art Class Yesterday, Carpentry Today
11 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The Gods Wuz Angry Last Night
09 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Things Happening in Town
08 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
She's out and about.....!
07 March 2012
•
Shelburne the 103 and Barrington
Second post for the day. This one's a rant. Brace yourselves.
06 March 2012
•
Shelburne in my mind
She's doin' it!
06 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
She's back!
05 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Home again, home again......
04 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
In like a lion....
02 March 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The day after.....
01 March 2012
•
Halifax, NS
Interesting, eh? Wot?!
28 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Another weekend almost past
26 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Friday, again.......
24 February 2012
Our Ghosts
21 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Cabinet Installation Day
20 February 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Back at 'er
20 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Busy Busy Busy! No time for the weary!
16 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The dirt based kitchen update
15 February 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Discussion of the state of the world
15 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Happy Freezing Valentine's Day
14 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Dirt Based Galley just about done.....
13 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Dreaming about sailing again
10 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Pause in plans
09 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
The new kitchen floor is on the way down
08 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Trying to maintain my sanity
07 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
My wee addition for the day
05 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Major Turney in the Kitchen with a Sledgehammer
05 February 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
SHREIK!!!!!!
03 February 2012
•
Shelburne
More stuff happening with the restorations
02 February 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Fun at work
31 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Honour killing verdit
30 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Insulation shminsulation
27 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
You come across sailors in some unexpected places
24 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Kitchen briefly halted......
22 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Kitchen floor progress
20 January 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Free Marina at Great Bahama Island
20 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Winter is begining to grind
19 January 2012
•
Shelburne
Wow! What about that Captain of the Cruise Liner?
17 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Upcoming surgery
17 January 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Learning the hard way...
16 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
It was too good to last......
13 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
A Barb update
12 January 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Back at work for yet another week
09 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
It snowed. It snowed. It snowed again last night.....
06 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
Oh the joys of working life
05 January 2012
•
Shelburne NS
HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone!
03 January 2012
•
Shelburne, NS
Ohhhhhhh....my poor head
30 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Only one more dinner to go
29 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Christmas Frivolity Continues
27 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Nearly noon on Christmas Day.
25 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Short Day Today.....
23 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Another day at the new job
20 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Addition to Barb’s post.
19 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
More ch-ch-ch-changes
19 December 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
Saturday. The last weekend of temporary retirement.
17 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Parties and other stuff
16 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Ho! Ho! Humbug!
15 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Starting to getback in the swing of things
14 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Home Notes
13 December 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
Home again! Hurrah!
12 December 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Getting ready for the final leg home
11 December 2011
•
Saint John, NB
Experiencing life in a big city
06 December 2011
•
Ottawa Ontario
Visiting the ol' homestead
05 December 2011
•
Ottawa, Ontario
Stopped in Perth Ontario to visit a wool shop...
03 December 2011
•
Perth Ontario
Visit with Chris and getting some projects done
01 December 2011
•
Kingston Ontario
Arrival in Kingston Ontario....
30 November 2011
•
Kingston Ontario
Underway aboard the land boat
29 November 2011
•
Kennebunk, ME
Back at sea again
27 November 2011
•
Gulf of Maine
Nearing the end of November already! Holy Smokes
24 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Zoom! Zoom! Another flying trip into Halifax
22 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Starting to prepare for our Ottawa road trip
20 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Another week downrange! (Sigh!)
19 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Working at more stuff!
16 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Hurrah! Stuff is Happening!
14 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
A Quick Post to Take a Break from Remodeling
12 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Musings on the state of the world
06 November 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Settling in for the long winter’s sleep
05 November 2011
Winter is definitely drawing in….
30 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Projects getting completed and friends coming to visit
27 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Merlin back home
25 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Stuff happening
21 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Pace increases
20 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Yea! We have a working fireplace…..
19 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Madly running off in all directions…..
18 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Fall has definitely arrived…..
15 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
First really C O L D day!
06 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Back to the Land
03 October 2011
•
Shelburne
Concerts
02 October 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Rainy Saturday
01 October 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
Second post for today
27 September 2011
•
Halifax
Back Again
27 September 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
Sad News
19 September 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
This ought to be entertaining
08 September 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Two inspections and a visit from a former resident
07 September 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Well, that’s over and done with (I hope)….
05 September 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Working the bugs out….
03 September 2011
•
Shelburne NS
The deed has been done….
01 September 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Wasn’t that special….?
30 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Awaiting Irene
28 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Planning
26 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Getting’ on with stuff
24 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Back on the dirt and takin’ it easy
20 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Some big doin’s aboard
19 August 2011
•
Halifax NS
Back aboard Nelleke again…
18 August 2011
•
Halifax NS
Hurray! We have gotten the shaft!
17 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Late Breaking News
16 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
An Update
16 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Morning Road Trip
09 August 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
I want to believe.....
05 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Empty Nesting Again
03 August 2011
•
Shelburne
Second post for the day
02 August 2011
•
Shelburne to Lockeport
Kids have visited, conquered, and preparing for departure
02 August 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Madly renovating and madly planning
31 July 2011
•
Shelburne NS
Home again after the process
28 July 2011
•
Shelburne NS
's been a while, eh?
18 July 2011
•
Halifax and Shelburne
First Marblehead boats are expected late tonight!
11 July 2011
•
RNSYS - up on the hard
Whew! It's getting hectic
09 July 2011
•
Halifax and Shelburne
A map to photos
03 July 2011
•
Halifax NS at RNSYS
Busy couple of days
02 July 2011
•
Halifax NS
Ready to rock and roll....
29 June 2011
Loading Day
29 June 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
A sure sign of too much on my plate.....
28 June 2011
•
Halifax NS at RNSYS
One more doctor's appointment downrange
27 June 2011
•
Halifax NS at RNSYS
Getting ready for the move in
24 June 2011
•
Halifax NS
Back on line at laaaaaaast!
20 June 2011
•
Halifax,NS
Got my act back together now
14 June 2011
•
Ottawa Ontario
Journey's End
12 June 2011
•
Kingston, Ontario
Really tired
11 June 2011
•
Sault Ste Marie
We're off!
10 June 2011
•
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Still living the adventure, just a little drier
10 June 2011
•
Drumheller, Alberta
Duh!
08 June 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
Progress
08 June 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
Another house update
07 June 2011
•
Halifax NS
A house update
06 June 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
Back with news
04 June 2011
•
Halifax NS
Making Plans
31 May 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
ARGH....
30 May 2011
•
Halifax, NS, at the RNSYS
End of RNSYS Regatta and some decisions
30 May 2011
•
Halifax NS
Home indeed
28 May 2011
•
Halifax NS. At the RNSYS
We're home!!!!!
28 May 2011
•
Halifax NS
An update
27 May 2011
•
Lunenburg
A small step for yacht. A giant leap for yacht kind
27 May 2011
•
Lunenburg
Heading onwards
26 May 2011
•
Off Shelburne
More by good luck...
24 May 2011
•
Shelburne, NS
Another beautiful day in Onset
21 May 2011
•
Onset Mass
Sunday is the day
20 May 2011
•
Onset ( or should I say, Noset) Mass
Onset really means Noset
19 May 2011
•
Onset, Mass
A day in Cuttyhunk
18 May 2011
•
Cuttyhunk, Mass
We're off! Well, partly
17 May 2011
•
Cuttyhunk, Mass
Crewperson Mike Arrives Today
15 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
Ho-Hum
14 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
A double g gorgeous day
13 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
Yippee - I finally found acceptable food for Mr Fusspup!
12 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
A decision has been made
12 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
Maybe our last day in Newport
11 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
When the seagulls find spots on the dock .....
10 May 2011
•
Newport, RI
A Blustery Day
09 May 2011
•
Newport RI
Mother's Day in Newport
08 May 2011
•
Newport RI
Back in Newport
07 May 2011
•
Newport RI
An early morning thumb to add to last night
07 May 2011
•
Fishers Island, NY
An early start and down the Sound
06 May 2011
•
Fisher's Island
Another windy day at Port Jeff
05 May 2011
•
Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY
Late breaking news
04 May 2011
•
Port Jefferson
Still in Port Jefferson
04 May 2011
•
Port Jefferson Long Island, NY
Fourth time in Port Jeff
03 May 2011
•
Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY
Through the big apple like a worm
02 May 2011
•
City Island, the Bronx
Thumbing in Great Kills
01 May 2011
•
Great Kills NJ
Back at Barnegat
30 April 2011
•
Barnegat Inlet, NJ
Onwards
29 April 2011
•
Cape May, NJ
And now for a few words from our sponsor...
28 April 2011
•
Chesapeake City. MD
A Windy Day in T storms at Chesapeake City
28 April 2011
•
Chesapeake City MD
Chesapeake City
27 April 2011
•
Chesapeake City
Yippie! Hurray! Cheers! Bravo! Etc
25 April 2011
•
Solomons Island, MD
Shriek!
24 April 2011
•
Solomons Island, MD
Down and Dirty and ready to Boogie
22 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Yip! Yip! Yip! Yahooooooo….!
21 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Good news and bad news….
20 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Slowly we are getting there….
19 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
He's ba-a-a-ak
18 April 2011
•
Deltaville
Tornado aftermath
17 April 2011
•
Deltaville VA
Another beautiful day
15 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
And he's off...
14 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Another deliciously warm day….
12 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
At last! Warm weather!
11 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Oh dear. Naughty ol’ me!
10 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
More good news!
08 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Can it be? It is! It’s done!
07 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Progress! Progress! Praise be….progress!
06 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Tornado warning, parts not available and puke on a plate…..
05 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
A non-selfish day…..
04 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
A selfish day…..
03 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Another week gone by. Oh my! Another laundry day…..
02 April 2011
•
Deltaville, VA
Still in Deltaville - spendin' money...
01 April 2011
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Deltaville. VA
April Fool’s Day, my brother’s birthday, and a trip to colonial Williamsburg
01 April 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Quelle surprise – it rained last night
31 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Boat stuff on an overcast day
30 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
The start of some carpentry projects and a walk in the park with Peri…..
29 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
A technical day…..
28 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Sunday, snow day…..
27 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Another week down range…..
26 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Changing Lanes last day at the marina
25 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Ugly night and morning but progress on the engine
24 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Engine final details
23 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Boat work and booking a flight
22 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
A banking trip and progress on the engine
21 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Jamestowne
20 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
The presentation and more work on the job list
19 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Friday again! Where did the week go?
18 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Workin’ on tha’ boat... Working nahn to fav….
17 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
More boat projects without the tours...
16 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Work, work, work. That’s all we ever do...
15 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
The engine non-install and a visit to Yorktown.
14 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Sunday!…Spring forward….and forward with the Cookbook too.
13 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Saturday!…More laundry, plus…..
12 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Egad! Friday. Again!…
11 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
From Barb - Transition Complete – well almost…
11 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Yuck! Another wet one…
10 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
SHRIEK!
09 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
More stuff done.
08 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
A wild and woolly night.
07 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
A productive day
06 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Sunday at the dock.
06 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Yahoo. Tim the webmaster got the site working again.
05 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
A day on the boat.
04 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
No more road trips (I hope) and it’s on to boat jobs in earnest.
03 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
There and back again
02 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Tuesday and work progresses on the engine!
02 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
The first of March. A new month!
01 March 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Words from BT
28 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Good-bye Paula Perkins. (Sniff!)
28 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
More adventures in Virginia
27 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Saturday notes from Barb
26 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Saturday and the sun shineth
26 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Friday night and a date with my sweetie
25 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Boxes, and crates, and bags, oh my!
25 February 2011
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Deltaville, VA
Some momentous news
24 February 2011
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Deltaville
A few words from Barb
22 February 2011
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Baltimore, MD
Poised to depart tomorrow for Deltaville
22 February 2011
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Baltimore MD
As far as Lexington
21 February 2011
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Lexington Mass
Still in Saint John. Ready to set off tomorrow
20 February 2011
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Saint John NB
Stage 1: In Saint John. Visiting Kayt
19 February 2011
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Saint John, NB
The wakie has occurred. Hurrah! We are on our way…
18 February 2011
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Saint John, NB. On the way
All that’s left is the wakie: The Apartment is clean and empty except for us
17 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
PISSED OFF!! Don't hire Cheetah in Halifax for ANYTHING
16 February 2011
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Halifax
N – 2 and a wakie: The move begins
15 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 3 and a wakie: Actual Valentine’s Day
14 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 4 and a wakie: Sunday and our Valentine’s Day celebration.
13 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 5 and a wakie: Barb wants me to admit to something.
12 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 6 and a wakie: Friday and the beginning of a weekend.
11 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 7 and a wakie: Only a week and we’ll be looking at starting the Trek.
10 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 8 and a wakie: End of the medicals but not of frustration.
09 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 9 and a wakie: (Yawn) Another snow day.
08 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 10 and a wakie: We seem to be healthy….so far.
07 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 11 and a wakie: The apartment looks like a bomb hit it….
06 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
More packing and another session at the Farmer's Market
05 February 2011
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Halifax
A productive and enjoyable few days
04 February 2011
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Halifax
N – 13 and a wakie: Some unabashed brown-nosing
04 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 14 and a wakie: Only two weeks and the Halifax Boat Show starts today
03 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 15 and a wakie: Progress and a big question for our readers
02 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 16 and a wakie: First day of the new month
01 February 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A note from Barb
31 January 2011
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Halifax
N – 17 and a wakie: A Medical Day
31 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 18 and a wakie: Sunday.
30 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 19 and a wakie: Saturday.
29 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 20 and a wakie: Barb’s last day and more preparations.
28 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 21 and a wakie: Last days at work.
27 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 22 and a wakie: Yahooooooo!
26 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 24: Prep Proceeding
25 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 25: Barb’s Day Off and Mine to Work, a visit with Dinosaurs
24 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 28: House Hunting and more proof of Global Warming
21 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 29: Less than a month away
20 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 31: Hurray!
18 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 32: Golden Globes
17 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 33: Health and Fitness Show
16 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N - 34: Looking at houses......
15 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N - 36: After the storm
13 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 37: The shock of the daily news
12 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
N – 38: Musings
11 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The S-word
09 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Learning
07 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A blast from the past
05 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Tuesday
04 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A new week. Less than a month and a half ‘till we get back to Nelleke
03 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Getting ready.
02 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Happy New Year from Barb
01 January 2011
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Halifax
Happy New Year, Everyone.
01 January 2011
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
No post yesterday. Sorry.
31 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A visitation and some experimentation!
29 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Some rotten news and some good stuff!
28 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The day after the Day After!
27 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Boxing Day, or perhaps more appropriately – The Day After!
26 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Christmas Day!
25 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Some last minute grog preps and – Kayt is arriving!
23 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
“Workin’ nah-n too fav….. Trey-in’ jes to stay al-av…!”
22 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Three days and a wakie! And another visit to the lithotripsy room at the VG
21 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Like we used to say in the Army – four days and a wakie!
20 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Less than a week ‘till Christmas……Yea!
19 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A short post and some recipes from Nelleke’s Galley
18 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A visit to the urologist…
17 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A little more than a week to Christmas…..
16 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The day after!
15 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Holy doodles, what a couple of days!
14 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
12 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Work on projects and a loud howl about pension woes
10 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Getting ready for Merry Ho Ho Day
09 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
One side benefit of the Holiday Season
08 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
News from some old friends.
07 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Daily blurb.
06 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Saturday and for once we both have it off!
04 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Variety is sure spicy!
03 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Drizzle Day!
02 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Blahhhhhh!
01 December 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Making preparations!
30 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Back to work!
29 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Sunday, lazy day!
28 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Stuff going on!
27 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The Battle Continues!
26 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Slow Day!
25 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A bit from Barb
24 November 2010
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Halifax
Christmas Wreaths and Ecconomics!
24 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Sad info!
23 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A blurb from Barb
23 November 2010
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Halifax - just before going to work
A Cold One and some kidney news!
22 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The “lab” and another harrowing tale!
21 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the edge
An evening out and a harrowing tale!
20 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
The challenges of getting sails!
19 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Some thoughts!
18 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Hurray!
17 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Aw Nuts…….!
16 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Feelin’ Christmasy…….
15 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Ah the tedium…….
14 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Saturday, Work Day!
13 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Working on projects and reading other sailor’s blogs!
12 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Poop, n’stoop, n’scoop!
11 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt surrounded by dog doodles
An answer to Jay
11 November 2010
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Halifax NS
Remembrance Day. Lest we forget.
11 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
My Mom’s Birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom!
10 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Ramblings of a Bored Mind
09 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A new week
08 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
A few words from Barb
07 November 2010
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Halifax, NS - at the temporaryapartment
Everyone’s leaving!
07 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Still wet! I mean really wet!
06 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
It’s a wet one!
05 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Now what?
04 November 2010
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Halifax NS - Living on the Dirt
Great minds think alike. Some just think
03 November 2010
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Halifax NS Experiencing the Dirt
Balh…blah….blah!
02 November 2010
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Halifax, NS
I can feel the W-word!
01 November 2010
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Halifax NS Living on the Dirt
Booo! Bwaaahahahahahahha!
31 October 2010
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Halifax NS dirtbound
Blathering on......
30 October 2010
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Halifax NS Dirt Bound
What’s been going on…..
29 October 2010
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Halifax, NS living ont he dirt
Details of the trip to Nelleke
28 October 2010
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Halifax, NS
BAck on the net
27 October 2010
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Halifax, NS
Good News, Bad News
25 August 2010
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Halifax, NS
A sailing “Fix”!
17 August 2010
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Halifax NS
More about televised “debate”
14 August 2010
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Halifax NS
Televised “debate”
06 August 2010
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Halifax, NS
The end of the beginning
04 August 2010
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Halifax, NS
Mike’s Latest Rant: ^%$&^%& Insurance Companies
30 July 2010
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Halifax NS
More Cruisin’ Musings
21 July 2010
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Halifax, NS
The Morning After
20 July 2010
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Halifax, NS
Hurrah for socialized medicine
18 July 2010
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Halifax, NS
Crusin' Musings
04 July 2010
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Halifax, NS
Getting Caught Up
17 June 2010
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Halifax
Back in the Dry Groove
12 June 2010
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Halifax, NS
Delays but settling in
06 June 2010
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Halifax
A quick post in the midst of chaos
25 May 2010
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Halifax
Making plans
16 May 2010
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Deltaville, VA
Raincoats on? Raincoats off!?!
15 May 2010
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Deltaville, VA
A changing weather day!
14 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
An overcast day but we get “stuff” done!
13 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
A Diagnosis
12 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
A quick post for the day
11 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
A day exploring and waiting for the pump
10 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
Stopped at Old Port Comfort Marina
09 May 2010
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Port Comfort, VA
An unplanned stop at Tidewater
08 May 2010
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Portsmouth, VA
We have arrived in Norfolk
07 May 2010
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Great Bridge, NC
It never rains, but it pours....
06 May 2010
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Coinjock, NC
A good day. Not a long one, but a good day
05 May 2010
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Alligator River Marina, NC
The old Chinese curse about living in interesting times.....
04 May 2010
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Dowery Creek, NC
A shorter but very eventful day.
03 May 2010
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Dowery Creek, NC
A very long day.
02 May 2010
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South River, NC
Hurray, hurray! The first of May. Outdoor courtin’ begins today.
01 May 2010
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Mile Hammock Bay, NC
We’ll try a sort of soak instead of a flush while waiting for the return home.
30 April 2010
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Carolina Beach, NC
Startin’ the big flush. Stop the presses! Stoppin’ the flush.
29 April 2010
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Carolina Beach, NC
Getting ready for the flush procedure
28 April 2010
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Carolina Beach, NC
A short hop to Carolina Beach and Joey’s place
27 April 2010
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Carolina Beach, NC
Good-bye South Carolina. Hello North!!
26 April 2010
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Pipeline Creek, NC
Back at the Osprey Marina!
25 April 2010
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Myrtle Beach, SC
Belle Isle Marina!
24 April 2010
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Georgetown, SC
Finally! We get to meet Al and Jen!
23 April 2010
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Georgetown, SC
Anchored at Price Creek!
22 April 2010
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Price Creek, SC
We have been here before!
21 April 2010
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Tom Point Creek, SC
On our way again----AT LAST!
21 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
A decision is made and something is discovered about the alternator problem.
20 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
Monday, boat chores, laundry and waiting
19 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
Sunday
18 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
Saturday at the dock
17 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
A visit from JD the mechanic and a dock roast
16 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
Good-bye GA, Hello SC!
15 April 2010
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Port Royal, SC
Just outside of Savanah!
14 April 2010
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Herb Creek, GA
I recognize this spot!
13 April 2010
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Walberg Creek, GA
The Gullahs/Geechee
12 April 2010
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Marsh Landing, Sapelo Island, GA
En Route again
11 April 2010
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St Simon’s, GA
At anchor near St Simon’s Island
10 April 2010
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St Simon’s, GA
St Mary’s, one of the oldest inhabitations in the US
09 April 2010
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St Mary’s, GA
The end of Florida.
08 April 2010
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Cumberland Island, GA
En route to Cumberland Island
07 April 2010
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At sea off the coast of Florida
Launch of Discovery.
05 April 2010
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Titusville, Florida
Easter Sunday
04 April 2010
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Titusville, Florida
A visit from a mermaid
03 April 2010
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Titusville, Florida
Making a triage on the boat chores
02 April 2010
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Titusville, Florida
April Fool’s Day. Happy Birthday baby brother!!
01 April 2010
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Titusville, Florida
Morning wakeup call from the avian concierge!
31 March 2010
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Titusville, Florida
What a change in climate!
30 March 2010
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Titusville, Florida
On to T-ville!
29 March 2010
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Titusville, Florida
R-r-r-r-r-r-rip!
28 March 2010
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Banana River, Florida
Prepping for tomorrow’s departure
27 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Still waitin’, this time for my pension cheque to arrive
26 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Waiting....waitin’....wa -
25 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Another day in “paradise” and still waiting for the order from Sailor Solutions
24 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Tuesday and still waiting for the order from Sailor Solutions
23 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
New week
22 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
The front comes through
21 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Sunny, Saturday
20 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
What a day ....
19 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
An eventful day ....
18 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
St Patrick’s Day
17 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
Boat chores at the Velcro.
16 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
We have returned to the Velcro.
15 March 2010
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Vero Beach, Florida
False stop but in a familiar spot.
14 March 2010
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Nettles Island, Florida
Steps north but not ending up where planned.
13 March 2010
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Loblolly Marina, Peck Lake, Florida
Another unplanned day at Lake Worth.
12 March 2010
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Lake Worth, Florida
Full windy day at Lake Worth.
11 March 2010
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Lake Worth, Florida
Back at the Lake again and linked up with Screech.
10 March 2010
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Lake Worth, Florida
Moving north.
09 March 2010
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Delray Beach
Back in Florida.
09 March 2010
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In the ICW Florida
Somewhere over the Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas
08 March 2010
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At sea
Left the Abacos after a very long day.
07 March 2010
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Great Harbour Cay Marina Berry Islands, Bahamas
Another small step.
06 March 2010
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Cherokee Point. Outside Cherokee Settlement, Bahamas
Just a quick note for the day although I probably won’t get to post it for a couple of days.
05 March 2010
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Lynyard Cay. Outside Little Harbour, Bahamas
Less windy day but still too much to get moving
04 March 2010
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Hope Town, Bahamas
Last night’s storm delayed....
03 March 2010
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Hope Town, Bahamas
The winds are building. The storm is comin’.
02 March 2010
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Hope Town, Bahamas
Monday. New month. New place.
01 March 2010
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Hope Town, Bahamas
Sunday. Getting ready to say farewell to MOW.
28 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Saturday and hunkering down for the gale.
27 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Sunny Friday between the fronts; musing on the Bahamas and another attempt at snorkelling.
26 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Blew like stink last night but better dockage than the last time in Oriental.
25 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
A trip to the metropolis of Marsh Harbour to shop and do some banking.
24 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Batteries now equalized and snorkelling happened.
23 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Into the dock for a plug in and to equalize our batteries.
22 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
A day sail and a visit to Little Harbour.
21 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Change lower unit lube on Suzuki and a visit to Garden Cay.
20 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
A day trip to Hopetown.
19 February 2010
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Man-o-War/Hopetown
Wow! What a lazy day.
18 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Banking day at Man-o-War.
17 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Calm night. Windy morning. Beautiful day.
16 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Beautiful day at Man-o-War
15 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone
14 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Another rolly-polly night, submerged outboard, but thank God for a good mooring
13 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
A total relaxin’ day, jus’ sittin’ on the dock o’ the Cay! Watchin’ the bo-oats jus’ rockin’ and sway....
12 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Strong winds at night, again!
11 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Strong winds and rain...... good day for boat projects.
10 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
A windy but sunny and beautiful day in the Abacos
09 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
An even shorter trip on a perfect day
08 February 2010
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Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas
Short trip through the dreaded whale..
07 February 2010
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Great Guana Cay, Bahamas
Cold front. Big winds.
06 February 2010
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Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas
Enough of the dock. Out to a mooring.
05 February 2010
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Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas
A brief tour of Green Turtle Cay
05 February 2010
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Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas
A two day sail jump
03 February 2010
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Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas
The weather is releasing us
02 February 2010
•
Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Bahamas
Here we are on the one-th of Feb
01 February 2010
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Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Bahamas
This place is really neat. How can I immigrate?
31 January 2010
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Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Bahamas
First full day in the Islands!
30 January 2010
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Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Bahama
Yeeeeeee-ha! We made it at last!
29 January 2010
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Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Bahama
Prepping for the jump across the stream!
28 January 2010
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Peanut Island Anchorage, Florida
Another nice day in North Palm!
27 January 2010
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North Palm Beach, Florida
Busy day today!
26 January 2010
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North Palm Beach Anchorage, Florida
Alongside and working on boat chores!
25 January 2010
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North Palm Beach Anchorage, Florida
Geeze, what a night!
24 January 2010
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Old Port Cove Marina, Florida
First full day at the anchorage
23 January 2010
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North Palm Beach Anchorage, Florida
Down the ditch to Palm Beach
22 January 2010
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North Palm Beach Anchorage, Florida
Yep. Still here. .
21 January 2010
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Nettles Island Marina, Florida
Underway again....
20 January 2010
•
Nettles Island, Florida
Back on the dock again....
19 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
A whole whack o' stuff happenin'
18 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
We don’t have the mooring to ourselves any more
17 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
A sunny day instead of the thunderstorms predicted
16 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Finally! The first night in a month that the temperatures in the cabin stayed above 15C....
15 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Passages departs but there are still plenty of boats at Velcro....
14 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Not so chilly but a really nice day!?
13 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
A chilly night but a warmer day. Perhaps the cold has passed!?
12 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Another brisk night and day. Hopefully the last
11 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Extreme cruising.
10 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
Cold. Wet. Rainy. A good day for a stiff drink, a warm fire, and a hot woman or a good book.
09 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
More progress and now we are in South Florida.
08 January 2010
•
Vero Beach, Florida
A loooooooog 28 hours! But a pleasant one
07 January 2010
•
Cape Canaveral, Florida
OK. Today, we try it again. WE’RE OFF!
06 January 2010
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
An early post ‘cause WE’RE OFF! Well. No. Maybe not!
05 January 2010
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Final boat jobs and getting Nelleke ready for sea!
04 January 2010
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Fernandina Beach, Florida
03 January 2010
•
Another chilly day to do the boat chores!
Bright sun but chilly!
02 January 2010
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Happy New Year, everyone!
01 January 2010
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
New Year’s Eve!
31 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
A partially warm day!
30 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
More stuff in Fernandina!
29 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Breaking out of the retirement lethargy!
28 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Getting serious and getting started on the list!
27 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Boxing Day!
26 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
25 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Christmas Eve!
24 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
First full day in Florida!
23 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Warm at last! Warm at last! Thenk Gawd Almighty, we’re warm at last!
22 December 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
A long day and we’re back in Charleston
20 December 2009
•
Charleston,SC
Harborwalk Marina, Georgetown,SC
19 December 2009
•
A short step to a nice little town
A long day but we made progress.
18 December 2009
•
Osprey Marina,SC
A weather window that wasn’t so we stay inside.
17 December 2009
•
St James Marina, NC
Past the dreaded Carolina Beach Inlet.
16 December 2009
•
Joey’s Dock Carolina Beach, NC
More progress.
15 December 2009
•
Dockside Marina, Wrightsville Beach, NC
Off again.
14 December 2009
•
Duddly’s Marina, Swansboro, NC
A lazy day waiting for the gale to blow over.
13 December 2009
•
Bock Marine, Beauford, NC
More boat jobs downrange plus a small movement south.
12 December 2009
•
Bock Marine, NC
A few more boat jobs downrange plus the town has started the Christmas celebrations.
11 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
The night calmed but a neighbouring boat spent the night with their radio blaring.
10 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
The weather just isn’t done with us yet.
09 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Getting Stuff DOne
08 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Start of a new week and we are running out of time before Christmas.
07 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Boat jobs.
06 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Saturday and killin’ time in the rain and at a BBQ.
05 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Friday.
04 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
An update to this morning’s post.
03 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
The aftermath of a really crappy night.
03 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Sitting out the Gale.
02 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
The first day of the winter month....Brrrr.
01 December 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Back in Oriental, Whittaker Creek to be precise.
30 November 2009
•
Oriental, NC
Past the bridge and through the canal.
29 November 2009
•
Slade Creek, NC
Underway again and running from the cold.
28 November 2009
•
Alligator River Marina, NC
Waiting out the weather (sigh!)
27 November 2009
•
Coinjock, NC
US Thanksgiving
26 November 2009
•
Coinjock, NC
A quick trip and a new state
25 November 2009
•
Coinjock, NC
Wet and miserable, but we’re meeting some interesting folk....
24 November 2009
•
Great Bridge, VA
Catching up on a couple of day’s blogging and some work on the boat....
23 November 2009
•
Great Bridge, VA
Progress, real progress....
22 November 2009
•
Great Bridge, VA
Another jump and more plotting..
20 November 2009
•
Cape May, NJ
Atlantic Highlands and Barnegat Bay.
19 November 2009
•
Barnegat Inlet, NJ
An electronic post-it.
18 November 2009
•
Port Washington, NY
Back on the Long Island Side of NYC.
17 November 2009
•
Port Washington, NY
Changed our minds again, or, the weather did for us.
16 November 2009
•
Port Jefferson, NY
First time at Block.
15 November 2009
•
Block Island, RI
Sunday, and we’re off, again. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
15 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Another windy weekend.
14 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Friday. Considering the date we won’t be doing anything too adventurous today.
13 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Thursday. The wind begins.
12 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Wednesday, Remembrance Day.
11 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Tuesday, news from Peer’s Fancy, getting ready and waiting out weather. S/V Screech arrives!
10 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Monday, relief and more stuff on the boat.
09 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Sunday and praying for good weather.
08 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Saturday evening
07 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Weekend almost alone on the dock.
07 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Friday evening
06 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Friday and some progress and a departure!
06 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Barb's Turn
05 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
More news for the first day back!
05 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
No we're not. We’re Back!
05 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
We’re off!
01 November 2009
•
Newport, RI
Halloween, Skipper’s meeting, Social dinner
31 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Friday. Final jobs. A nice day???
30 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
We are crewed up. Ron arrives.
29 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Wednesday – Peri and Al have their vet appointments
28 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Tuesday in Newport – Sightseeing and more boat projects
27 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Monday in Newport
26 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Sunday
25 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Weekend in Newport
24 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Work on the boat in Newport
23 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Arrival in Newport, RI
22 October 2009
•
Newport, RI
Across the Gulf. Whew!
21 October 2009
•
Marion, Mass
Decision day!
19 October 2009
•
SHYC Shelburne, NS
Sunday. Getting close to a decision!
18 October 2009
•
SHYC Shelburne, NS
Saturday. A nice day for a change, but only one!
17 October 2009
•
SHYC Shelburne, NS
A lazy rainy day in Shelburne Town!
16 October 2009
•
SHYC Shelburne, NS
Departure day....Hurrah!
15 October 2009
•
SHYC, Shelburne, NS
Last full day and a wake-y.
14 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
1 day to go and a wake-y. Maybe......
13 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
2 days to go and a wakie. Last minute stuff on what will be the last nice day
12 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
3 days to go. Odd day yesterday
11 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
4 days to go (weather permitting). Kayt is here, Kayt is here...Yay...Yay!...
10 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
5 days to go (we hope). Kayt might be here tonight or tomorrow morning...
09 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
6 days to go (we hope).
08 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
7 days to go. We can take a sigh of relief....
07 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
10 days to go. We have the solar support!!
06 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
8-11 days to go and we’re almost swimming in the downpours!!
05 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
9 days to go and the weather is crappy! Again!
04 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
10 days to go and things are progressing...
03 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Time rolls on and out, as it were...
02 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
New month and less than two weeks to go...
01 October 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Nearing the end of the month and closer to departure date...
30 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
The rain is holding off...
29 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Now this is just getting silly...
28 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Sometime Sunday and another bright one...
27 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Look! Up there! In the sky! Whatever could it be? Round. Bright. Warm...
26 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Another crappy wet day...
25 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Eeeeww...
24 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
No more doctors, I hope, so back to getting things done...
23 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
I spoke too soon about getting much done today...
22 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Buncha shoppin’ and working on finishing the mizzen project...
21 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Big day for the mizzen pulpit...
20 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Windy, cloudy, sunny, all of the above...
19 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A beautiful day and lots more done.
18 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
The Nelleke envelope, please (with apologies to Silverheels III)...!
17 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
We’re making some progress...!
16 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
WE’RE BACK!
15 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Barb’s visit to the doctor and me working on boaty projects.....!
10 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Visits to the doctors and prescriptions galore.....!
09 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
They say the mind is the second thing to go.....!
08 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A one dog family again.....!
07 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Barb’s back and we’re dog sitting.....!
06 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
My last day of being an almost bachelor.....!
04 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Day three and four of being an almost bachelor.....!
03 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Day one and two of being an almost bachelor.....!
01 September 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A rainy day, a blowy night and our daughter is loaded aboard the truck for her move.....!
30 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
An open response to Chip. .....!
29 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Last regular day at the Binnacle and as we get closer to the departure date plans are getting more clear. .....!
28 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Getting ready for a yard sale, the move of our daughter and, o yes, Danny .....!
27 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Trying to make progress.....!
26 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Bill’s day in town.....!
24 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
The eve of whatever.....!
22 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Wee Willie is getting closer.....!
21 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Another scorcher and preparing Nelleke’s bottom.....!
19 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
I'm baaa-aaaaak!
17 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Nelleke is out on the hard!
12 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Eclectic news!
06 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Visits and some frustration!
05 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A mini cruise to McNab’s fraught with adventure!
03 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A couple of days of partying!
01 August 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Back to work!
30 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Tuesday. Another day off and we’re getting ready to finally haul Nelleke!
28 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Sunday. Day off. Sociable!
26 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Back to work in torential rain
25 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax NS
A bit of news from the clinic.
21 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Life back to normal.
20 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Sloooowlllly getting’ there.
19 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Still off sick and a visit to the clinic.
17 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Calling in sick and spending the day in bed.
16 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Our 31th Anniversary, Harry Potter as a present and boat work
16 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Some non-boating blog.....
12 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Thursday, the Marblehead is over except for the stragglers....
09 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Tuesday, the Marblehead boat arrives....
07 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Sunday, the Marblehead Race has started and we are making progress....
05 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Friday and another day off......
03 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Help or suggestions please for our fall trip
01 July 2009
•
Halifax at RNSYS
Happy Canada Day!!
01 July 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Holy doodles, this weather is irritating!!
29 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
...and we’ve got our permanent dock!!
26 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
We’re In!!
24 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Why is it always crappy when you are off work?!
22 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Father's Day
21 June 2009
•
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
Glad to be back at Nelleke to put our feets up!
20 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A posting two days in a row! Oh my!
18 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
The long awaited spreadsheet!
18 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Progress, in spite of myself
16 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Work, a swim in the pool and a movie
14 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
The week is drawing to a close.....
11 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Election Day in Nova Scotia. Big doin’s!
09 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A day off! Not really .... boat work
07 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Saturday. An early day from work
06 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Friday again. Tempus fugit! and a trip to the dentist
05 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Starting the month of June
03 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Shuffling the deck chairs
02 June 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
A significant change
31 May 2009
•
RNSYS, Halifax, NS
Friday!
29 May 2009
•
AYC, Halifax, NS
Drawing to the end of the week!
28 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
Tuesday and I’ve just noticed that I’ve skipped a day!
26 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
Working on the job list!
25 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
Sunday activities!
24 May 2009
•
AYC, Halifax, NS
End of the week!
24 May 2009
•
AYC, Halifax, NS
Friday in Halifax!
22 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
First post for the summer blog!
20 May 2009
•
AYC, Halifax, NS
First post for the summer blog!
19 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
Victoria Day and the Cruise is over!
18 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
Home again!
17 May 2009
•
Halifax, NS
High finance and desperate ciphering
15 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
A new wrinkle
14 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
Another day and some big decisions
14 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
Touring Shelburne and looking at properties
12 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
A day in Shelburne and some thoughts
11 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
Mother’s Day and back in Canada
10 May 2009
•
Shelburne, NS
Day 2 in the Gulf of Maine heading for Nova Scotia
09 May 2009
•
Somewhere in the Gulf of Maine
Starting off for Nova Scotia
08 May 2009
•
Somewhere in the Gulf of Maine
A quick login
08 May 2009
•
Gloucester
A foggy day in old Glouster town
07 May 2009
•
Gloucester, Mass.
Final full day in Marblehead
06 May 2009
•
Marblehead, Mass.
A rainy windy day in Marblehead
05 May 2009
•
Marblehead, Mass.
After making easting we make a jump to the north
04 May 2009
•
Marblehead Mass
Onward towards the Canal with a stopover where the Americas Cup was competed.
02 May 2009
•
Newport Rhode Island.
Hurray! Hurray! It’s the first of May.
01 May 2009
•
New London, Conn.
On to Port Jefferson’s anchorage.
30 April 2009
•
Misery Cove, Port Jefferson, Long Island.
East River and City Island.
29 April 2009
•
City Island.
Touring a small part of the Big Apple.
28 April 2009
•
Newport, Jersey side, NYC.
Back in NYC.
27 April 2009
•
Jersey side, NYC.
Day 2 at sea.
26 April 2009
•
At sea off the Delaware and New Jersey coasts
Heading off again and 1st day at sea.
25 April 2009
•
At sea off the Maryland coast
SPECIAL POST
25 April 2009
•
Willoughby Bay
The parts are here and a trip to Little Creek.
24 April 2009
•
Willoughby Bay, USN Station Norfolk, VA
Work day in Norfolk.
23 April 2009
•
Willoby Bay, USN Station Norfolk, VA
A windy day in Norfolk.
22 April 2009
•
Willoby Bay, USN Station Norfolk, VA
Back on the base.
21 April 2009
•
Willoby Bay, USN Station Norfolk, VA
A short, rainy day, and first stop in Virginia.
20 April 2009
•
Great Bridge, VA
A HUGE day, and nearly to Virginia.
19 April 2009
•
Coinjock, NC
Making tracks Northward.
18 April 2009
•
Bellehaven, NC
Back in Moorehead City.
17 April 2009
•
Moorehead City, NC
Another day at New River.
16 April 2009
•
New River Marina, NC
An eventful day bumping along the ditch.
15 April 2009
•
New River Marina, NC
Carolina Beach.
14 April 2009
•
Carolina Beach, SC
Back into North Carolina.
13 April 2009
•
Calabash Creek, SC
A day in an American Treasure.
12 April 2009
•
Calabash Creek, SC
Exploring Georgetown.
11 April 2009
•
Georgetown, SC
A new piece of the ICW.
10 April 2009
•
Georgetown, SC
Back in Charleston.
09 April 2009
•
Charleston, SC
A new anchorage for us.
08 April 2009
•
Tom Peter’s Creek, SC
Touring Beaufort.
07 April 2009
•
Beaufort, SC
Our favourite American City – Beaufort, SC.
06 April 2009
•
Beaufort, SC
Back in Beaufort.
05 April 2009
•
Beaufort, SC
‘Gators, ‘n cows, ‘n boars. Oh my!
04 April 2009
•
St Catherine’s Island, Georgia
We’re off! Past Cumberland Island and into the wilds of Georgia
03 April 2009
•
Fort Frederick, Georgia
More adventures on Cumberland Island!
02 April 2009
•
Cumberland Island, Georgia
We’re away and in Georgia!
01 April 2009
•
Cumberland Island, Georgia
Underway again, or not!
31 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida - still!
Getting set to get underway!
30 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Getting ready for the blow.... again!
29 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Getting ready for the blow!
28 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Doin' "stuff" ashore
27 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Big plans but a lazy day
26 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Into the dock
25 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Explore Fernandina and make some plans
24 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
New waterway wakes
23 March 2009
•
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Another day of pounding into the wind
22 March 2009
•
St. Augustine, Florida
A day to relax ashore and wait for better weather
21 March 2009
•
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
A long, long, loooooong day .....
20 March 2009
•
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
A little self indulgence .....
19 March 2009
•
Melbourne Harbor, Florida
Weather bound and doing maintenance
18 March 2009
•
Nettle’s Island, Florida
On the way north under power
17 March 2009
•
Nettle’s Island, Florida
We do depart and make some progress
16 March 2009
•
Peanut Island Lake Worth Inlet, Florida
We depart. Well, maybe not.
14 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Ooooooo! Friday the Thirteenth. Our last full day at Bonefish Bay
13 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
At last! Progress!
12 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
The parts arrived! Early! Plus we take Peri out for a swimming lesson...
11 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Another day on the hook, waiting for parts. Patience is a requirement for a cruiser
10 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Progress....Snooze is a great guy and we sure hope he isn’t getting too tired of us hanging around.
09 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Time change. Spring forward. I guess it’s that time of year....
08 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Time marches on, and on, and on......
07 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
The windlass is physically installed (if not electrically)
06 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
New news on the epic story of the windlass?
05 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Can they....will they.....is it?
04 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Waiting for the windlass to arrive. Waiting. Still waiting.
03 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Windy days waiting for the windlass to arrive.
02 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Dive to clean the boat and Crabbing.
01 March 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
A day at Key West.
27 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Another busy windy day in the Keys and a recce to Key West.
26 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
A windy day in the Keys.
25 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Another lazy day on the anchor.
24 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Another day on the anchor.
23 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Out on the Reef.
23 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Marine Flea Market.
22 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
21 February 2009
•
Marine Flea Market.
Get the meter and used the gas generator to charge up the batteries.
20 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Checking out the fresh water system, laundry and an encounter with a jellyfish.
19 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Relaxing, electrical troubleshooting and repairs and prep for the party.
18 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Spending money.
17 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Ordering the Windlass and checking out Fat Deer Cay.
16 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Visiting at Snoozer’s place
15 February 2009
•
Fat Deer Cay, Florida
Departure from Duane and Dianne’s and at anchor in Charlotte’s Harbour.
13 February 2009
•
Punta Gorda, Florida - at anchor off Ponce de Leon Inlet
Planning our departure from Punta Gorda.
12 February 2009
•
Punta Gorda, Florida - Duane and Diane's place
A short shopping trip plus high tide is getting higher.
11 February 2009
•
Punta Gorda, Florida (Duane and Dianne's place)
Visiting Duane and Dianne’s place, and a sunset cruise aboard Diva Di.
09 February 2009
•
Punta Gorda, Florida
Punta Gorda and visiting Duane and Dianne’s place.
08 February 2009
•
Punta Gorda, Florida
Burnt Store and meeting Duane and Dianne.
07 February 2009
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Burnt Store, Florida
Underway again.
06 February 2009
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Burnt Store Approaches, Florida
Taunya departs too. We’re back to 2 person crew aboard Nelleke.
04 February 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
Chris has departed for the wilds of Drumheller
03 February 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
Chris’ last full day, equipment frustration and a visit to Clearwater Aquarium
02 February 2009
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Gulfport, Clearwater Florida
Fuelling up and a negative recce trip
01 February 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
St Pete's Art Walk
31 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
A visit to the museum (MOSI)!
30 January 2009
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Gulfport/Tampa, Florida
Art Day! Lazy Day!
29 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
Busch Gardens!
28 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
A day for Chris... Boat chores!....Bitching about the internet connection!
27 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
A day for Taunya... Shopping!....Eeeeewwwuh!
26 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
A Day for Periwinkle
25 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida De Soto Park
First day with the second wave of visitors...
24 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
They’re here! They’re here! Let the bells ring out and the banners fly....
23 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
OK. Really. Tomorrow Chris and Taunya arrive.
22 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Tomorrow Chris and Taunya arrive. Better clean up.
21 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Inauguration Day. Two days and a wakie.
20 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Taking up where I left off. Three days and a wakie.
19 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Dinner with friends and a day painting. Four days and a wakie.
18 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
A work-filled Saturday
17 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Another cold night and boat jobs. Six days and a wakie.
16 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Cold night, art class and boat jobs. Seven days and a wakie.
15 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
A Sunny Day Again. Eight days and counting.
14 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Rainy day? Nine days and counting.
13 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Rainy day. More jobs off the list (but not many). Ten days and counting.
12 January 2009
•
Gulfport/Tampa, Florida
Working on the boat. Eleven days and counting.
11 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Twelve days and counting until Chris and Taunya come to visit
10 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Preparing for boat work.
09 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
We’re back to the two of us, again.
08 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
St Petersburg. Kayt’s last full day with us.
07 January 2009
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Gulfport/St Petersburg, Florida
A bit of a disappointing day!
06 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
Universal Theatre Theme Park!
05 January 2009
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Orlando/Gulfport, Florida
A trip to the aquarium and meeting some penguins!
04 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
A different sort of day!
03 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
A day of domestic drudgery!
02 January 2009
•
Gulfport, Florida
Happy New Year!
01 January 2009
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Gulfport, Florida
De Soto Park and First Night (New Year’s Eve)!
31 December 2008
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Gulfport, Florida
Egmont Key!
30 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Shopping – successful and unsuccessfull!
29 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Son of a Beech, we went to a Beach!
28 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Adventure day in Kayaks
27 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Boxing Day!
26 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Christmas Day!
25 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Christmas Eve and Kayt’s travel!
24 December 2008
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Gulfport, Florida
Not lazy, but a slow day. Kinda chilly!
23 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
A Lazy Day
22 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
More work on the boat and, hopefully, a day of visitors
21 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
A day of Christmas shopping, relaxing and bow-wow-fication
20 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Picking up the car, more shopping, work on the boat and a visit from Bob and Hilde – three sleeps and a wakie, before we see Katie...
19 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Another day of boat chores – four sleeps and a wakie, before we see Katie...
18 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
First day of exploration in Gulfport! Kayt – five sleeps and a wakie...
17 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Made it..... Yahoooo! Kayt – six sleeps and a wakie...
16 December 2008
•
Gulfport, Florida
Nearly there,,,,
15 December 2008
•
Sarasota, Florida
Halfway up the Gulf Coast to Tampa!
14 December 2008
•
Gasparilla, Florida
A day not quite according to plan!
13 December 2008
•
Fort Myers, Florida
The Gulf of Mexico! Or, almost
12 December 2008
•
Fort Myers, Florida
Across the lake and through the canal to Grandmas house we go.....!
11 December 2008
•
La Belle, Florida
Under the bridge! Yahooooooo!
10 December 2008
•
Port Mayaca, Florida
Barb's back, (and her sides and front, too!).
09 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
The day before Barb comes home.
08 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
Sunday at the Marina.
07 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
The day of the marina BBQ.
06 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
Another day of boat chores and a drive into town.
05 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
A toasty day of boat chores.
04 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
Boat chores.
03 December 2008
•
Indiantown, Florida
Off to Indiantown.
02 December 2008
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Indiantown, Florida
Fort Myers and back again
01 December 2008
•
Stuart, Fl
A day to explore Stuart and to get Barb sorted out for the trip back to Halifax!
30 November 2008
•
Stuart, Florida
First day in central Florida. The sweatshirts came off!
29 November 2008
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Stuart, Florida
A day for travel
28 November 2008
•
Wabasso, Florida
Space Centre Day
27 November 2008
•
Titusville, Florida
Another small step for Mike-kind.....
26 November 2008
•
Titusville, Florida
Down the ditch to a beach!
25 November 2008
•
South Daytona, Florida
A great BIG jump!
23 November 2008
•
Matanzas River, Florida
Beauford, waiting and visiting!
22 November 2008
•
Beaufort
Beaufort for a while to wait out the weather!
21 November 2008
•
Beaufort
Halfway or more to Beaufort
20 November 2008
•
Fishing Creek
Visiting the town!
19 November 2008
•
Charleston
At the end of 24 very long hours!
18 November 2008
•
Charleston
Some Progress!
16 November 2008
•
Wrightsville Beach
Morehead City
15 November 2008
•
Morehead City, NC
We've moved on to Moorehead City
14 November 2008
•
Portside Marina at Moorehead City
We�re Off! Well, maybe not too much
13 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
One final day at Whittaker Creek
12 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
Remembrance Day
11 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
A SUCCESSFULL work day!
10 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
A Real Work day
09 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
Weekend Farmer�s Market and more work on Nelleke
08 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
Boat Work Day
07 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
First day at Oriental
06 November 2008
•
Whittaker Creek, NC
A day at RE Mayo Docks
05 November 2008
•
Goose Greek, Jones Bay NC
US Election Day
04 November 2008
•
Goose Greek, Jones Bay NC
Looking for a place to hole up for a blow
03 November 2008
•
Dowry Creek Marina
We�re Off! Again.
02 November 2008
•
Bear Point
The day after Halloween
01 November 2008
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Elizabeth City, NC � Visitors Dock
First full day in Elizabeth City
31 October 2008
•
Elizabeth City, NC � Visitors Dock
Done with the Canal and on with things
30 October 2008
•
Elizabeth City, NC � Visitors Dock
Into the canal!
29 October 2008
•
North Carolina Visitor�s Centre Dismal Swamp Canal
Underway again!
28 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Final Day in Norfolk
27 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Waiting for a break in the weather
26 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Crappy rainy night and a crappy rainy day
25 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Getting ready for visitors
24 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
More work to do and hoping we�ll dodge a rain storm
23 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Another work day
22 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Work day
21 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Clearing skies
20 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Back at the base
19 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
A day for travel to Richmond
18 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk Naval Base
17 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk Naval Base
16 October 2008
•
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk and a chance to rest and repair
15 October 2008
•
Norfolk Naval Base
Our first day in Virginia!
14 October 2008
•
Sandy Point Wicomico River, VA
A day making new friends
13 October 2008
•
St Leonard Creek, MD
Short Trip to South River
12 October 2008
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Harness Creek
Repair and Laundry day at the Creek
11 October 2008
•
Weems Creek, Annapolis, MD
Our day at the Boat Show ($18pp to get in)
10 October 2008
•
Weems Creek, Annapolis, MD
VIP Day at the Boat Show ($35pp to get in. Never heard that VIPs were so cheap)
09 October 2008
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Weems Creek, Annapolis, MD
First day in the Annapolis area
08 October 2008
•
Weems Creek, Annapolis, MD
Another Great Day at Rock Hall
07 October 2008
•
Rock Hall MD
Stop Before Annapolis
06 October 2008
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Rock Hall, MD � across from Annapolis
Strange Anchorage
05 October 2008
•
Bohemia River, near Chesapeake City at the Western End of C&D Canal
Cape May, Snoozer's home town
04 October 2008
•
Cape May, NJ
Next Spot
02 October 2008
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Barnaget Inlet, NJ
Past NYC
01 October 2008
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Atlantic Highlands, Sandy Hook, NJ
NYC blotting out the horizon
30 September 2008
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Stuyvessant Yacht Club, City Island, the Bronx, NYC
Quiet night in the outer reaches of Port Jefferson harbour
29 September 2008
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Misery Cove, Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, aka �the Bluffs�
At anchorage at Port Jefferson
29 September 2008
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Cove at Mouth of Harbor
Port Jeff at last!
28 September 2008
•
Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York
Halfway to Port Jeff
27 September 2008
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Duck Island Road
Departure
26 September 2008
•
Groton, Connecticut
Another day in Groton
25 September 2008
•
Groton Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut
25 September 2008
•
Groton, Connecticut
New London/Groton
23 September 2008
•
New London Conn.
Cape Cod Canal to Basset Island, Mass
22 September 2008
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Basset Island, Mass
Cuttyhunk, Mass
22 September 2008
•
Cuttyhunk, Mass
Interim Post from Gloucester
20 September 2008
•
Gloucester, Mass
Gloucester Mass
20 September 2008
•
Gloucester Mass
Gloucester Mass
19 September 2008
•
Gloucester Mass
Sunshiny Day in Maine waters.
17 September 2008
•
Monhegan Island and then Portland
A little more to Barb's post
16 September 2008
•
Monhegan Island
A Quick Note from the Public Library in Rockland
15 September 2008
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Rockland
Rockland Harbor
14 September 2008
•
Rockland Harbor
Mary Lou and Jay's Place
13 September 2008
The alternator wait...
12 September 2008
•
Southwest Harbor
09/11 from Southwest Harbor - alternator woes
11 September 2008
•
Southwest Harbour, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert Island
10 September 2008
First Day in the USA
09 September 2008
•
Southwest Harbor Maine
The Decision is Made
08 September 2008
•
Yarmouth
Windy Sunday
07 September 2008
•
Yarmouth Town Docks
Barb's 2 cents worth from Yarmouth
06 September 2008
•
Yarmouth
A Wet and Squishy Day in Yarmouth
06 September 2008
•
Yarmouth Town DOcks
Yarmouth
06 September 2008
To go, or not to go? That is the question.
03 September 2008
•
Shelburne
First Post On the Trp
02 September 2008
•
Shelburne, NS
Barb's pre-departure post
28 August 2008
•
Halifax, NS
This Time in 48 Hours....
27 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Installing the Watermaker
26 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Three Days and a Wakie
25 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Tying Up More Loose Ends
20 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Getting Commitments Checked Off
19 August 2008
•
Halifax Harbour
Gettin' Closer Still.....
18 August 2008
•
At the Dock
It Has Been Done!
14 August 2008
•
AYC at the dock
Shore Based Prep
13 August 2008
Still More Prep and Repairs
12 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Preparation Continues
11 August 2008
•
At the Dock
The Future - Beyond the Departure
08 August 2008
•
AYC at the dock
Still More Preparation and the Weekend that Wasn't
06 August 2008
•
AYC on A Dock
More Preparation
01 August 2008
•
At the Dock
Preparation - Back to the Grind
30 July 2008
•
AYC at the dock
RHSP 2008 Nelleke's Race
23 July 2008
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Back at AYC
RHSP 2008 - Training
11 July 2008
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Halifax Inner Habrour
Winter Projects - Repair the Generator
07 July 2008
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AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Mast Ladder
07 July 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - New GPS
07 July 2008
•
AYC on the hard
The Grand Retirement
03 July 2008
Preparation - Work on the Boat
02 July 2008
•
AYC at the dock
Change of Plans
20 June 2008
•
At the Dock
On the Sea Again
19 June 2008
•
AYC on A Dock
RHSP 2008 - Training
07 June 2008
•
AYC at the dock
Getting Closer....Closer....Closer....
03 June 2008
•
AYC at the dock
RHSP 2008
26 May 2008
•
AYC on A Dock
Preparation - Work on the Boat
25 May 2008
•
AYC on A Dock
LAUNCH
06 May 2008
•
AYC at the dock
Preparation Below the Waterline
23 April 2008
•
AYC on the hard
The Die is Cast
08 April 2008
•
AYC on the hard
I Think I'm Jinxing It
04 April 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Growing Impatience
18 March 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - New Depth Sounder
22 February 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Preparation - Planning Literature
11 February 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - For the Brain
30 January 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Add Mizzen Staysail rigging
28 January 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Rewiring
28 January 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Solar Pannels
22 January 2008
•
AYC on the hard
Planning
09 January 2008
•
Halifax
Winter Projects - Replace Cutlass Bearing
23 November 2007
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AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Repair water damage to cabin walls
23 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Clean Hull and Deck and apply antifouling
23 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Watermaker
23 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Office Desk
22 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Lifeline Netting
22 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - AIS
22 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Holding Tank
22 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Winter Projects - Up on the hard
22 November 2007
Introduction
19 November 2007
•
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Boat
01 November 2007
•
AYC on the hard
Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race 2007
12 July 2007
Les Isles de la Madeline
19 September 2006
Route Halifax St-Pierre 2006
20 July 2006
Summer 2005 Cruise
20 November 2005
One more day...
31 December 1969
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Tenants Harbor Maine
Cuttyhunk
31 December 1969
•
Cuttyhunk, Mass
Notes from Nelleke's Log
Who:
Mike and Barb
Port:
SHYC, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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