Footloose-on-TwoLoose

21 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Queen of the Sea
21 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Columbia – a Gloucester fishing schooner
19 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Antigua Yacht Club (AYC)
19 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
32nd Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
18 April 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
TwoLoose on the hard - again!
14 April 2019
Castaways Sunset w Buddha
07 April 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Rainy Antiguan Sunday
28 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Shirley Heights BBQ & Sunset
26 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Earlier is Better
24 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
More Walks on the Beach
23 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Back in Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua
18 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Vermont Groundhog in The Saints?!
18 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Cleared Out The Saints
17 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Day of Rest
16 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Laughs in Le Bourg
15 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Cruise Liners Visit
14 March 2019 | Le Bourg, The Saints, Guadeloupe
Arrived Anchorage Le Bourg, The Saints
13 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Underway from JH Anchorage
11 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Jib is a Job
07 March 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Staysail Up!

Queen of the Sea

21 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Annette Brown
This unknown (to us anyway) beauty appeared to be the self-proclaimed Queen of the Sea for the Classic Yacht Parade of Ships.

Columbia – a Gloucester fishing schooner

21 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Annette Brown
As the lead in the Antigua Classics Parade of ships, Columbia (141" long), hailing from Panama City, FL USA passes us by as we watched from an Italian restaurant in English Harbour.

Antigua Yacht Club (AYC)

19 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Annette Brown
After watching the classic yachts race from on high, we went down into English Harbour to the AYC to have lunch and to walk the docks to see these monster ships close up.

Here is one of the medium sized classic participants - the 103' staysail schooner EROS built in 1939.

32nd Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta

19 April 2019 | English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies
Annette Brown
See more photos under the gallery section which will be under construction for a few days.

Here is the tall ship Rhea and tall ship Chronos, both 156’ long and both with wishbone sails going neck and neck.

We had a great view of the racing from high up above English Harbour on Shirley Heights.

TwoLoose on the hard - again!

18 April 2019 | Jolly Harbor Marina Antigua, West Indies
Annette Brown
It was a long day, the Thursday before Easter and we were glad to have it behind us.

Up around 0500, onto the boat in her berth for last minute preps, off to the marina office to pay our bill and finally the transit to the fuel pier where we topped off the tank.

Although we were scheduled for a 1330 pull, the travel lift had earlier ruptured a hydraulic hose, so we were delayed (in the very hot sun) in the lift process until about 1500.

Afterwards we returned to the villa we’d rented and crashed – sleeping almost non-stop for 10 hours!

Castaways Sunset w Buddha

14 April 2019
Annette Brown
Taking a break from our work schedule to enjoy probably our last dinner at Castaways for this season anyway. Genie & John of Island Time joined us.
Vessel Name: TwoLoose
Vessel Make/Model: IP45
Hailing Port: Everett, WA, USA
Crew: Captain Pete Cisek & Wife/Navigator Annette Brown
About:
Both of us are retired US Navy. Upon retirement 1/2006 we moved aboard our second TwoLoose (TL) - living aboard & cruising full time for the next 11 years. [...]
Extra:
This is the third sailboat "TwoLoose" we have owned; having purchased her in 2008. These are her specifics: Make/Model: Island Packet 45 (IP45) Year: 1998 (Hull #28) Length Over All (LOA) 45'3"/13.8m Length of Waterline (LWL) 37'3"/11.3m Beam: 13'4"/4m Draft: 5.2"/1.6m Height of Mast: [...]
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TwoLoose's Photos - Corfu, Greece
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This graphic borrowed from Wikipedia Images shows how wide spread Greece is. It stretches from the Ionian islands to the west of the mainland (including Corfu) to the Aegean islands to the east...to the south is the largest Greek island of Crete and to the southeast is the controversial island of Cyprus which is claimed by both Greece & Turkey. The area in pink is the Peloponnese.
23 Sep 13: after a very rocky ride and half the night drilling circles in the sea waiting for daylight, we arrived Gouvia Marina, Corfu - our first stop in Greece. Never did get the name of this little picturesque church onshore near the marina...
24 Sep 13 The Liston built by the French during their turn at ruling contains numerous cafes and a fine view of the Esplanade & Cricket Ground. It owes its name to the fact that in previous times, there was mounted a list containing the names of the nobles who had the exclusive right to enjoy their walk at this road. (credit various web sources)
26 Sep 13: AB awaiting her favorite Greek dish of Moussaka at one of Corfu
26 Sep 13 The Old Fortress dominates the east side of Corfu. At the end of the 14th century Corfu was annexed to the Republic of Venice to act as a military base. It held in 1537 during the long siege by the Ottoman Turks who never conquered the island despite several attempts.
26 Sep 13 The city of Corfu looking west from the Old Fortress - to include a look at the New Fortress - also built by the Venetians.
26 Sep 13 Although the Fortress was clearly a defensive position used from the time of Corfu
26 Sep 13 The Venice Lion - seen through out Corfu - reminding all who saw it that the Venetians ruled Corfu for about 400 years from 1386 - 1797.
26 Sep 13 This lighthouse sits atop the Land Tower added by the Venetians in the 15th century.
28 Sep 13 Peter is happy to raise the Greek courtesy flag - only 5 days after we actually arrived!
28 Sep 13 Here we sit in one of the other famous Corfu eateries Taverna Rouvas - you know a place serves good chow when the locals eat there too!
3 Oct 13 AB & PJ enjoy a 15 minute Fish Spa - the fish nibbling old dead skin tickled but they left very smooth skin behind!
9 Oct 13 We took this photo of our Scottish neighbor
11 Oct 13 On rainy days the public busses were packed. So we took a taxi one rainy day so we wouldn
11 Oct 13: PJ smiling happily at the end of the seemingly long process of root canal by this local dentist - he was VERY pleased with the treatment and the cost!
13 Oct 13: Underway from Gouvia Marina, Corfu after the fog burned off.
13 Oct 13: First sunset after Corfu and en route the BIG bridge.
14 Oct 13: The waters to the west of this bridge were quite volatile. They began calmly enough but as the fetch increased so did the wind & waves. This 9,449 ft long bridge is an engineering marvel due to several solutions applied to span the difficult site. These difficulties include deep water (65 m), insecure materials for foundations, seismic activity, the probability of tsunamis, and the expansion of the Gulf of Corinth due to plate tectonics (30 mm a year). It was inaugurated on August 7, 2004, a week before the opening of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Olympic torchbearers were the first to officially cross its length. (credit to Wikipedia)
Borrowed from Wikipedia images, this graphic focuses on the Peloponnese and shows the position of the BIG bridge relative to the Corinth Canal and the country
Also borrowed from Wikipedia images, here is a photo of the Corinth Canal in the daylight. This bit of engineering has had a very spotty history: Although it was first completed in 1893 the first to propose such an undertaking was the tyrant Periander in the 7th century BC. The Roman emperor Nero was the first to actually attempt to construct the canal in AD 67, personally breaking the ground with a pickaxe. His workforce, consisting of 6,000 Jewish prisoners of war, started digging trenches from both sides, while a third group at the ridge drilled deep shafts for probing the quality of the rock. A memorial of the attempt in the form of a relief of Hercules was left by Nero
15 Oct 13: Sunset over the Peloponnese. During classical antiquity, the Peloponnese was at the heart of the affairs of ancient Greece, possessed some of its most powerful city-states, and was the location of some of its bloodiest battles. It was the scene of the Peloponnesian War of 431 BC-404 BC. It was here that the Greek War of Independence began, and the Peloponnesians have almost totally dominated politics and government in Greece since then. (credit to Wikipedia)
 
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About Us

Who: Captain Pete Cisek & Wife/Navigator Annette Brown
Port: Everett, WA, USA