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NC hospitality & home for Thanksgiving
Homer Smith Docks & Marina We were treated with true Southern hospitality, at Homer Smith Docks & Marina. Originally a working dock for local fishermen, Tony Frost saw the writing on the wall for the future of local fisheries, and expanded his docks to welcome transient sailors. He’s learned that sailboaters are a friendly and honest lot, and as a result, is expanding his marina to host more. Generously offering new transients a welcome package of shrimp and fish so we can know local varities, Don and I savored steamed shrimp and whiting, or king makerel the first night, getting…
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It’s a shi@#y job literally
Where does the sh$&t go? Boat, like home jobs, often start with something very small and become enormous projects. So we had been observing a very very small ingress of seawater near the seacock that can let the poop out to the ocean when legally allowed (3 miles offshore). On the one hand, it was good because it wasn’t black water seeping out. On the other hand, it was bad because a drip off salt water coming in could become very very bad at some point. Sometimes the best approach is to cut your way out This is something only…
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Brr time to head South
US East Coast cruising July We saw the most fireworks in our lives, after attending spending July 4th in Bristol, MA. Alan and Robin Flynn Barker were kind enough to share their mooring ball on Hog Island with us, and we got to traipse around this island which still has no state provided electricity, water, or roads. People didn’t have phones until cell phones came into play, and are still making their own water and electricity via solar power. We had an Open House in Boston, MA, with friends, family, and work colleagues visiting over two days at Constitution Marina.…
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Navigating in the fog is tough
We couldn’t see 100′ due to fog When crossing from Cape Cod Canal to Scituate, MA, the fog came down on us like a ton of bricks! We couldn’t see more than 100 ft. in front of us. Over the six hours, I sounded our conch horn every few minutes until I ran out of breath; then Don took over. There were a few rallys between other boats; it was always good to hear their sound diminish as they passed further away. We kept an emergency air horn nearby as well in case we were really unpleasantly surprised. Good thing…
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Ready to Monkey Around
Who’s Coming to Visit? So excited to be able to monkey around with Josh and Tali Preuss in Bristol, Rhode Island. Happy Fourth of July!
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Heading to New England!
Sorry it’s been awhile since we’ve posted. We were doing some business travel in Singapore and had the opportunity to explore Tokyo as well. Summer Plans We just left Hampton, Virginia and are on our way to New England. Family and friends are encouraged to reach out to us and join us over the next two months, we’d be happy to see you! We plan to spend Fourth of July with the kids and attend the longest running celebration in Bristol, Rhode Island. Our ever-expanding arsenal of tricks include: fish identification book, fighting belt for Nina, fresh Cuban rum in…