My Song
| Vessel Name: | My Song |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Hunter 30 |
| Hailing Port: | Tawas Bay, Michigan soon to be San Carlos, Mexico |
| Crew: | My Children, Craig, Trevor, Noel , Rachel, Katie and my awesome wife Delmarie |
| About: | Family and friends who will be joining at various points to keep the boat full and the captain entertained. All of my fun friends are invited. Now looking for crew. come join my adventure. |
| Extra: | My adventure of a lifetime that I wish to share with all my friends. Fair winds or hard on the nose at least I am moving in a different and sometimes unkown direction. |
09 January 2012 | Still in Oak Harbor
A Stones throw away
Last Thursday as we were about to depart Oak Harbor for the 15 mile crossing of Lake Pantchartrain the fog again rolled in. As we learn about sailing plans,, always have a backup. My Song is still at Oak Harbor and today I became a resident.
05 January 2012 | Sidell, LA
Oak Harbor
Long sail yesterday ,, Biloxi, MI to Lake Pontchartrain,, 50 nm.
03 January 2012 | Daulphin Island
Marriage proposal
The proposal video is a large file that Noel had trouble uploading. To see it go to Nole Gingerich on facebook or check it out here.
31 December 2011 | dauphin island
FOG
Sailing plans are made to change every few minutes. Woke at daylight with plans to spend New years Eve in Gulfport, MS only to find the boat engulfed in pea soup fog. By 2pm all plans of moving anywhere were aborted a second anchor was placed at 90 degrees to the main anchor and Noel & Andrea went [...]
30 December 2011 | Dauphin Island, AL
Sailed all day
Today was one of those sails you remember for a lifetime. Full sail, steady southwest winds, 30 miles across Mobile bay, good company with Andrea and Noel.
Bobby's Fish Camp Resturant
Bobby's is in the middle of a National forest(national swamp) . mosquitoes are out, the resturant is closed and the owners did not show up until 9pm at which time we fueled and they did not neglect to collect one dollar/foot from each boat tied to the dock and even from the rafted boats.
The bathroom shower was in a plastic 8X8 Garden shed. Guess I am getting to the south.
