May 2, 2025 Last Saturday, we rented a vehicle, packed it to head to home base – we left Sunday; 9.5 hour drive. Then we were off and running; seeing friends and family, doctor appointments, vet visit, Costco run and a dinner celebration for our oldest daughter’s birthday. Brian
April 21, 2025 This morning we decided to motor back across the river to York River Yacht Haven to their marina. We wanted to see some sites. Got off the dock at Gloucester Point without much ado; the winds in our favor. Brian had called the night before regarding a
April 18, 2025 So, yesterday after deploying the flopper-stoppers, they definitely alleviated the rocking and rolling for a while, until the winds changed direction and the tide and current was putting our Heidi-Ho side onto the waves. We were being knocked around so much that a cleat holding a line
April 17, 2025 Last night Mike and Caroline of Valhalla came by for a visit. They have been in Portsmouth for 6 months and are planning on leaving within the month to travel the Great Loop. Mike offered to stop by this morning at 7:30 to help with our
April 14, 2025 A nice calm day this morning with temps reaching the mid 70’; tomorrow it dips down 10 degrees. I’ve done several loads of laundry in our new machine with no problems. Sent a text to Matt, the tech who fixed the issue, letting him know that
April 11, 2025 Lauren had a bad night of headaches and lack of sleep. She still managed to prepare a hearty breakfast. Jim and Karen of Rowe Boat III were leaving this morning; Lauren brought over a chunk of coffee cake and we said our goodbyes. Still trying to get
April 5, 2025 This morning Lauren made breakfast sandwiches with the sausage patty left over from Yoolks On Us! along with fresh spinach, an egg and swiss cheese on an English muffin. Bob, the marine electrician came by to look at the new regulator for the alternator. He thinks that
APRIL 2, 2025 Yesterday, Brian figured out how to polish fuel. Both of the aft tanks have set unused for several years. Each tank holds 150 gallons of fuel. We were concerned that there may be water or junk in the tanks. The polishing system cleans the fuel and removes
April 1, 2025 This morning Brian finished our taxes. One more item off our checklist. It was a rather sedate day waiting for the repairmen to show. We took a few short walks. Today we had another marine electrical expert (Bob) onboard to try to solve our alternator over-heating dilemma.
March 31, 2025 Brian and I took a walk into town in the old-town section and had breakfast sandwiches at The Coffee House. Took a stroll up and down the main drag before heading back to the boat as we had busy day scheduled. After breakfast, Brian called Spendide headquarters
We left Coinjock Marina this morning at 7:05. Our stay there was rather disappointing. There was nothing in the area to do. Lots of locals going to the restaurant. I feel sorry for them if that is the only place to eat. It was not worth the money. Lauren
After buying our Kadey-Krogen, Brian accidentally discovered that our alternator was HOT to the touch even though the engine had not been on for hours. Had someone look at it, but he couldn't figure it out other than he thought it was getting current from the batteries, something