The number of nights that I woke up thinking of “what have I missed” are too many to count and as recently as a few days ago I thought that I would have to bag the entire trip and head back to Trinidad when I was warned that the engine repairs might take weeks to sort out whic...
Just a note from Jamestown, St Helena, where we are currently carrying out some repairs and maintenance after a heavy storm two days out of Walvis Bay. Mailasail has been our only real link to the outside world, and has performed flawlessly in the depths of darkness and storm and in ...
The RNYC offered all the things the cruising sailor needs: water, diesel, showers, laundry, nearby shopping, especially for provisions, access to cleaning and repairs, as well as the convenience of a restaurant. Yea! Most of Saturday and Sunday, the 28th and 29th, were spent taking advantag...
Even if the repairs went quickly, we’d be pressed to find a weather window and sail to the tropics and still have enough time to make it worth the visit before we’d have to come back again. So we made the call to pull the boat in Whangarei and fly back to the U.S. for two ...
The final picture shows the relationship between the bridges. The raised drawbridge is the Ewing Avenue bridge, currently up for repairs. To the left, out of the camera's view, is the US Steel lift bridge. To the right (not visible, before the rail lift bridge) is the 95th Street bridg...
The propellor hubs need inspection every 3 weeks, and a person can actually descend into the propellor area to affect repairs or make simple examinations. After the engineers lecture it was on to the kitchens. Kitchen and service staff make up 720 or the total ship compliment of 1400 crew me...
The canal is still functional today for pleasure craft and small commercial craft and a tourism attraction, but due to repairs, some of the locks are closed at times during the season (May 15 through October 15). Be sure to check with www.canals.ny.gov for updates. The Erie Canal today...
In the dead center of the Atlantic basin, there's a large area of high atmospheric pressure. We know it as the Azores High, and it stretches all the way to Bermuda. Hot air rises in tropical regions below, after which it cools at higher altitudes, and comes down near the poles. This...
refurbishment that included replacing several sections of steel plating in the hull, extension of the bridge, and the addition of radar. Both the Mill Bay and Brentwood Bay terminals also saw upgrades that same year. The price tag for all repairs and upgrades ending up costing approximat...
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain