Hyde Park
5/20/18 Hyde Park, home of FDR was better then expected in many ways. We arrived in time for the tour of his home. This is a family home in which 3 generations lived. It was built with lovely stone from the area and had beautiful furnishings downstairs; the bedrooms were not especially elegant, in m...
Windlass fixed
We discovered the windlass motor was bad on Saturday and could not do anything until Monday. Early on Monday I took the motor to a place that rebuilds motors. The owner was swamped, couldn't look at it until Tuesday, then not sure when or if it could be ready. I did some calling; West Marine had the...
Shakedown Cruise
After months of work, we're about ready to take a shakedown cruise. We plan to go south, then through Lake Okeechobee. Maybe all the way to the west coast, we'll see how it goes. We were planning to leave 2/12/18, but today found out that the windlass motor has a problem. We don't want to haul the a...