Not all sailing in this period.One day was devoted to cleanup after the cruise, replacement of the last cherrywood batten to hold up the cabin liner after...
The VX One A Hybrid Whatsit
The VX One is one the new generation of hybrid racing designs, in this case a design that targets the longer (17 to 19 or 5 to 5.8 meters) dinghy market...
November 15 to December 7 Mostly About The Anchor Chain and Next Summer
Four trips to the boat but only eleven hours work, scraping rust off the anchor chain. It is hard work with a stiff paint scraper and I cut myself one...
January 2 Cooleys Landing Marina Ft Laud to Anchorage NE of Belle Isle Miami Beach 35 6 Miles
Backing out of the slip was complicated by my failure to untie the steering wheel or the line securing ILENE to the port aft piling. But these got done...
August 25 to September 10 Getting Ready to Cruise
Well the Labor Day weekend was spent in the Berkshires, welcoming Liannes new puppy, Finn, who I call "two pounds of cute fluff"and visiting her...
Deember 8 24 Slow Steady Progress But There Is a Lot Left To Do
Three visits to ILENE for a total of 14 hours during this period. I lowered the chain from the boat to the ground, loaded it into a yard cart, and...
Dinghy Cruising Around the Eye of Quebec
This is a good video if you can block out the time - 40 minutes. A duo spend two weeks going around a natural circular body of water in central Quebec,...
Classic Moths in the Mist
At this years Classic Moth Nationals we had a marine layer settle in Saturday night, giving us fog on Sunday morning, a rare event for Elizabeth City,...
Annapolis and the Rhode River October 11 13 11 3 Miles
A study in contrast: Annapolis is a hub of bustling high powered big money sailing activity, especially during the sailboat show, which this year coincided...
January 3 9 SEVEN Lay days in Miami B each Zero Miles
Miami, including the separately incorporated city of Miami Beach, is the largest city on our trip, by far. It is very much like New York, except for the...
Yellow boat 4 FPV camera view Purau New Zealand 2 1 14
Yellow boat 4 mostly Hobby King bits balsa epoxy fiber glass hull http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/3-hour-yellow-boat.htmlTwin Turnigy...
A Bigger Boat
ILENE is sitting on her mooring while we are cruising from Amsterdam to St. Petersburg and back on the Celebrity Constellation along with our brother...
October 10 21 ILENEs Floating Season Ends
All good things must end. Having lived aboard during the first 146 days of 2015, during last winters Florida adventure, 2015s boat days will be a good...
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