Monthly Archives: April 2016

   Deveen’s new mate Swanee, resident of GKYC. We did some jobs on the boat, showered and departed Great Kills YC at 11.30am. Another glorious day without a cloud in the sky!    Leaving the Lower Bay and heading up … Continue reading →

We took the Staten Island Railway from Great Kills to St George to catch the ferry over to Manhattan. Visited ground zero and the 9/11 museum. I found it numbing, same as I felt in 2001. Deveen researched the name … Continue reading →

   6am departure from Manasquan to get the last of the making tide to ensure the bar wasn’t too playful. Photo above of us passing the break wall shows it was benign. The Atalantic Ocean was also well behaved with … Continue reading →

     After our 6.30am departure from AC we soon had the skyline in our wake. We received great service from Greg Little, C-Dory Production Manager, NMI in Washington state who got back to us in 3 hours confirming the … Continue reading →

We had a 7am departure from Cape May in beautiful conditions, headed for Atlantic City aka AC and Sin City. We could see the skyline 20 miles away reminiscent of Australia’s Gold Coast but closer up it has its own … Continue reading →

  Another day another state, yesterday it was Delaware and today we are in New Jersey. An early 6.30am start while the conditions were calm and tide favourable. Delaware Bay is shallow and can be as treacherous as Albermarle Sound … Continue reading →

   7.30 am departure from Baltimore saw us under the Francis Scott Key bridge half an hour later. Key was a famous resident of this area whose notable achievement was writing the lyrics to the anthem Star Spangled Banner.    … Continue reading →

We just missed the train to Washington by 5 minutes and had to wait another hour so I took the opportunity to inspect the baseball stadium Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orieles.      We walked from Washington Union Station … Continue reading →

      Saw Eunice on Harmony as we departed Annapolis in the rain at 9.30am. Navigation was by radar, gps plotter and AIS as we covered the 20 miles as the crow flies and 35 miles as per the … Continue reading →

    Gracie is moored at the fourth  jetty near the bridge on the west side of the creek. Downtown is beyond that at the top and the Naval Academy dominates the western entrance to Spa Creek at the top right. … Continue reading →