May 21, 2025 Two nights ago, we tried to take down the mast. Just as we got the stays detached, the winds picked up significantly, roaring down the river. We did not think it was safe to continue especially when Lauren’s arms were wrapped around the mast holding on.
May 17, 2025 Yesterday we got off the boat without Heidi and walked about town. Stopped for a late lunch and meandered our way to a grocery store to provision for fresh produce. This morning, we got off the boat again, this time taking Heidi with us. We met several
May 10, 2025 Yesterday, about 2 ½ hours out from the canal from Cape May, Lauren saw three, what looked like black spikes evenly spaced right near the boat. They were so close there wasn’t time to avoid them. We were in about 20 feet of water. It certainly made
May 6, 2025 Forgot to mention in our last post that when we were at home base, our daughter had started her seedlings (months prior), but had moved them outdoors – she has several thousand seedlings; pretty impressive. Also, failed to write in the previous post that after we anchored, last
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
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