by rono | May 18, 2018 | North Carolina, South Carolina, The Carolinas
Always something interesting We drove (by car) to DC from Charleston to attend Katie’s wedding It was fun in DC – nice place for a visit and enjoyed visiting with cousins but…. Back in Charleston. It was time again to head north by...
by rono | Dec 4, 2017 | Georgia, ICW, Portland
When The hurricane season started in June of 2017, our sailing season ended for the year. That’s the way it has been for the last five years. It’s a prudent way to behave but probably not totally necessary with the accuracy of modern hurricane forecasting....
by rono | Jun 14, 2016 | Jamaica, Kingston, sailing, Uncategorized
By Cptn Ron As we closed on the island of Jamaica Port of Kingston gantry cranes emerged from the mist in the distance. This is the 7th largest port in the world, so we expected heavy ship traffic and would need to be on the lookout for these monsters. From the...
by | Jul 8, 2012 | update
We brought another pickup load of ‘stuff’ to the boat this morning. The final load. We planned to make about 40 miles today and stay overnight on the Columbia at a quiet anchorage near Longview Wa. Somehow we got that shit load of stuff put away ( I still...
by | Jun 21, 2012 | preparations
It has taken a year to get to this point but there is still a lot to do. The task list continues to grow, Maybe it’s just inherently safer to add to a job list than to remove. Sailors procrastinate too. Certainly it takes less time to add than to subtract a...
