Monthly Archives: April 2016

The photo above is dedicated to Professor who bought much more beer than food when we were in Darwin last year. This was prior to our extended trip through the Kimberley where there is no opportunity for revictualling for over … Continue reading →

Large day on the road from Augusta, Maine back to be onboard Gracie in Poughkeepsie NY. Seven hours on the road and our third day of being in four different states. Total of 1800 miles or about 3000 kilometers covered … Continue reading →

We drove through the Harbour at Portland ME, where over 260 Liberty ships were built by women during World War 2. Then onto the city of ships, Bath ME, where the Bath Iron Works, now owned by General Dynamics continues … Continue reading →

What a difference a day makes, today doesn’t have a cloud in the sky. All the nonsense weather from yesterday has blown out to sea over the Atlantic Ocean. We loved Newport, particularly the narrow waterfront streets. Checked out the … Continue reading →

The expected cold snap today presented as a blizzard when we left Colchester, Vermont. We abandoned our plan to drive east through the White Mountains State Park because of the hazardous conditions and we wouldn’t have been able to see … Continue reading →

We had a 9am departure from Schoharie NY and came by Schenectady NY to pick up a depth sounder as the one on Gracie is only working intermittently. Stopped at Whitehall, formerly Skenesborough and met Marie, who gave us a … Continue reading →

  The car rental company picked us up at the marina and took us to their depot to get setup in our hire car. First stop was an hour and a half west to Yasgur’s Farm to visit the monument … Continue reading →

Gracie will stay at Whites Marina for a week while her intrepid crew substitute a car and motels for the waterborne life. We have had a good run with weather and progress so we have a week to fill in … Continue reading →

   Dawn breaks on our delightful overnight anchorage at Haverstraw Bay on the Hudson. Up anchored at 7.15am in millpond conditions.    The military training academy at West Point emerges from the mist like a Bavarian Castle. The passage photographed … Continue reading →

   Gracie’s position near Liberty Island this morning prior to leaving at 7.15am, showing the AIS shipping traffic. It was quite entertaining heading out at peak hour with ferries everywhere and a confused leftover chop resulting. Rather than going straight … Continue reading →