Here is a view, looking east toward the mooring field in Marathon from ILENE.LOTS of masts. and more beyond them. A few of the boaters are at the marinas...
Trawler Fest 2015
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I am happy to announce I will presenting with some great names in the marine industry and cruisers at this years Trawler Fest in Anacortes, WA. If your...
April 21 22 Charleston SC to Wrightsville Beach NC 155 7 Miles
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We left at 10 as planned, but I screwed up reading the tide table so the tide was against us on the way out of Charleston, though weakly. We put up the...
Boatbuilding in a Nation of Two Finger Texters and Page Swipers
One of the memes of modern American culture is we have lost our DIY aptitude (a characteristic particularly attached to the millennial generation). We...
Virginia Beach Project Update
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After letting the last coat of epoxy on the hull dry for several days I did minimal touch up sanding of high spots. As I look back I should have done...
December 11 13 Daytona Beach to New Smyrna and Two Lay Days There Only 16 Miles
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It took only three hours with a fifteen minute delay at a bridge near our destination that opens only every twenty minutes. Cold but clear with more wind...
February 15 17 Marathon to Rodriquez Key to Hurricane Harbor on Key Biscayne and Lay DayThere 46 4 and 47 4 Miles
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Well the good news is that I did not screw up the screw -- i.e., the transmission still turns the propeller. But the bad news is that the rattle is still...
Seen at the 2014 Sailboat Show Part 3 the Zim 15
One of the hidden casualties in the ongoing clash between Laser Performance Europes business strategy and the rest of the small boat sailing world has...
R2AK The Marathon Begins
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"In the name of uncomfortable fun!"R2AK, the Race to Alaska, a 750 mile jumbo version of the Everglades Challenge, started the 2nd and final leg yesterday....
On Eagles Wings Again
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Last year at this time I reported on a one week cruise with Bennett and our two wives aboard his 40 ketch, On Eagles Wings, in the Virgin Islands. Well...
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