The Voyages of s/v Lucky Bird
27 August 2019
21 August 2019 | Straits Marina, Mackinaw City
11 August 2019
06 August 2019 | Village of Brockport
30 July 2019
27 July 2019
21 June 2019 | Wickford Cove Marina
09 June 2019
20 May 2019 | Antlantic Yacht Basin
15 May 2019
13 May 2019 | Homer Smith Marina, final Salty Dawg Destination
21 April 2019 | Frenchtown, St. Thomas V.I. Easter Celebration
20 April 2019 | Brewers Bay, St. Thomas VI
11 April 2019 | Nanny Cay Marine, Tortola, BVI
28 March 2019 | Green Cay Marina, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
25 March 2019
19 March 2019
06 March 2019
24 February 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina, Antigua
Day One & Two
03 September 2017
Wow!! What a fantastic send-off - "E" Dockers are the best!!
Our first passage went fairly uneventful, all 300 yards from our slip to the pump out station. Here sits the captain in deep contemplation wondering if the holding tank will leak or maybe he's just dreaming. This stop though was not without problems. An hour into our trip south I noticed steam from the exhaust pipe, YIKES, that's not good. Shutdown and pull the intake screen and yup it was full of grass, arg! Thanks to the weed infestation at Southport. After that all went well.
Today is Sunday and Crowley's is closed and very quiet. So....it's time for some project work. Cruisers are always fixing, replacing or adding new stuff. This time it's a new charge controller. Alice snapped a picture of the captain hard at work. Just how many OSHA violations can you spot? It all turned out ok but it took me three tries to get the panel cut correctly, not a good sign and look at that mid-girth, I guess the captain needs to cut out the carbs.
Next is prepping the mast for its journey by truck to Mobile where we hope to be in early November. Thanks to all our "E" dock friends, we'll miss you!!
Our first passage went fairly uneventful, all 300 yards from our slip to the pump out station. Here sits the captain in deep contemplation wondering if the holding tank will leak or maybe he's just dreaming. This stop though was not without problems. An hour into our trip south I noticed steam from the exhaust pipe, YIKES, that's not good. Shutdown and pull the intake screen and yup it was full of grass, arg! Thanks to the weed infestation at Southport. After that all went well.
Today is Sunday and Crowley's is closed and very quiet. So....it's time for some project work. Cruisers are always fixing, replacing or adding new stuff. This time it's a new charge controller. Alice snapped a picture of the captain hard at work. Just how many OSHA violations can you spot? It all turned out ok but it took me three tries to get the panel cut correctly, not a good sign and look at that mid-girth, I guess the captain needs to cut out the carbs.
Next is prepping the mast for its journey by truck to Mobile where we hope to be in early November. Thanks to all our "E" dock friends, we'll miss you!!
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| Vessel Name: | Lucky Bird |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 1990 Moody 425 cc |
| Hailing Port: | Kenosha, WI |
| Crew: | Robert & Alice Smith |
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This is our second journey south to the Caribbean. This time we've chosen to exit Lake Michigan and proceed south through the in-land waterway system to Mobile. We'll start around Labor Day and take our time exploring the history of middle America.
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Created 28 July 2017
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Bob and Alice return to Lucky Bird after spending the summer in Addison.
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Created 4 December 2010
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Heading into the Windward Islands and further south
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Created 22 February 2010
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The Crew
Who: Robert & Alice Smith
Port: Kenosha, WI
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