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Back in the water...
Late in the day on May 9, the old girl was eased back into the water. It's been cold and somewhat rainy so we haven't gotten a chance to do much to get her ready for the cruise to Norwich. However,...
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Underway again for summer, 2017
It took us longer than expected to get everything together and our schedules aligned so we could head out for the trip to Norwich. That's the best 62 mile cruise we take each year. We had everything...
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Boy, did we clean up!
No, not at the casino. This cleanup was on our boat. Things were a little grimy after a winter in the shed so we arrived on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend with everything we'd need to make the old...
View ArticleStill putting stuff away
We spent last weekend finding a home for all the things stacked neatly on our guest berth and sofa. The weather was really nice and we didn't use the air conditioning much at all. Following our new...
View ArticleThe admiral is down, but not out
We know Bill will be chastised for including this photo, which Frances hates. Frances' health hasn't been great. Over the winter she lost some weight and as we returned to the boat this spring, she had...
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Repair and relaunch Miss Nicky
Our friend John put a new engine in his boat, Miss Nicky II, this winter and during the sea trial he had some issues. He fixed those in the water at our marina but did need to replace the control cable...
View ArticleThe 2017 Catfish Tournament
We make a video of the Connecticut River Catfish Tournament almost every year, although we had to skip last year because of another commitment. This event is put on by Portland Riverside Marina, which...
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Block Island, August 2017
On August 10, we finally got everything in order for our cruise to Block Island. Frances was feeling sprightly and our stuff was packed so off we went on a very nice day. The Sound cooperated, so much...
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Reverse Polarity
"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison." - W. C. FieldsReverse polarity is something that mostboatersdon't really worry about. Those...
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Tinted windows
After discussing darkening the windows on our boat for about eight months and contacting a number of vendors, we finally decided to begin by having just the three large windows at the rear of the cabin...
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The cruise to winter storage
October 18... time to leave American Wharf and cruise up to Portland Riverside for what right now, seems like a very long winter with no boating. We planned this trip for the previous week but every...
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End-of-season winterizing
We certainly don't look forward to this job and it was made just a little worse because the day we did the engine winterizing, it was a beautiful day. While the go-fast boats roared by our slip at...
View ArticleBeen taking a little break
We've been spending some time collecting ourselves after the storm that roared through here in early November. It brought down a neighbor's tree that punched a bunch of holes in our garage roof and...
View ArticleIce in the river
We haven't accomplished anything on the boat due to the extended period of cold weather that we've been having. (If you are a nearby boating buddy, we know that you already know this, but our...
View Article"Your channel will no longer be eligible for monetization"
Really? Gosh, what should we do? Nothing, it appears. In the last five years, we've posted a hundred or more videos to include in our blog. On You Tube, we have have more than 360 "followers," a term...
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Back to the boat after the snow
It's March 24 and it's finally warm enough to get back to work on our list of boat projects. The snow is gone, even though we had the third "nor'easter" storm earlier this week. Nor'easter is now a...
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Back to Norwich for the summer
Despite the inconsistent weather, we had the boat ready for its scheduled launch date and this year, they hit it right on the head. Despite that, we had to wait a few extra days to let the storm and...
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Finally getting underway
It seems we hung around the marina until after the July 4th holiday. Time to get out of here and, like previous summers, we decided to go to Greenport to see friends and blow the cobwebs out of our...
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Cruise to Greenport II
After waiting out several weekends of bad weather, we shoved off for Greenport to see our friends Ellen and Dave who were away during our July visit. Once again, we left on a Thursday and came back on...
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The annual Blue Mass cookout
On September 7, we unloaded our stuff at the boat and headed to the nearby East Great Plain Volunteer Fire Department in Norwich for the annual cookout held as a fun raiser for the upcoming Blue Mass...
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