Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
James takes a Dive
takes resolve and ability to leap out quickly....
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Close encounter with Turkish Trawler
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Louis D'Or II Pre-Cruise Check
cleaned and rudder post inspected. Looks like some corrosion but not enough to be of immediate concern.....
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Oyster Feast at RYC
Sunday, August 22, 2010
RYC Kitchen Afloat!
cooking - extends the cuisine options no end!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tail Wagger II visits RYC
Ahhhh!... the pleasures of taking a new boat out on a test trial up the Rappahannock River to Naylors Beach.... checking the ride at different power settings... the comfort of a 330 HP Cummings diesel happily purring away beneath the deck.... 22 knots on the plane... Emerson's 32 foot Elzey has one previous owner: the editor of the Chesapeake Bay Magazine who barely puttered out of his river. Tail Wagger II was shocked when asked to go the 150 mile non-stop dash from Kent Islands to Garretts Marina with just a bare 30 minute fuel stop at Deltaville.... no problem!!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Into the Deep aboard Ellen B
Wednesday - we leave the Wharf in Somerset Village in the North-West corner of Bermuda, motor past Teddy Tucker's home, a great Bermudan treasure diver who was friends with Peter Benchley and inspiration for the book and movie THE DEEP - based on a real shipwreck called The Constellation, which was carrying a cargo of drugs during World War II. That particular ship sits on not one, but two old Spanish ships, wrecked hundreds of years earlier than The Constellation. Near the wrecks, outside the outer reefs, we catch Bermudan Chubb, Corny Grouper (red fish) and Speckled Rock Hind - note the latitude/longitude on the GPS.
Monday, July 12, 2010
What do you do with a 1,000 lb Marlin?
What do you do with a 1,052 lb Marlin? We arrived back at the RBYC (Royal Bermuda Yacht Club) dock to find a deep sea fishing contestant bring in his prize catch for weighing. It turns out a Marlin this size is quite unfit to eat because of the high mercury content! The fish is cut up and sold for bait! ... and then it appears the fishing contest final day was yesterday??
The Remains of HMS Vixen
Monday we rented a 24 foot pontoon boat and circumnavigated the harbor, starting with the homes on the South Shore. After lunch at the Dockyards Bone Fish, we headed out to the wreck of HMS Vixen - she had been placed across one of the channels on Bermuda's North Shore in 1896, as a defensive measure against torpedo boat attacks. Her keel was broken, and she settled in her final resting place. Vixen now lies in 33 ft of water about 0.2 nautical miles offshore from Daniel's Head. She lies in a narrow gap in the coral reef, with the bow just above water and surrounded by abundant schools of fish.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Room with a View - Agar's Hill
Our room with a view - to the left lies Agar's Island, the British Army built Bermuda's largest gunpowder magazine on it in 1870, entirely underground. Now the island is privately owned by British author and multi-millionaire James Martin who wrote The Wired Society and is a much-respected futurologist.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Nice Pied a Terre #4 - Bermuda
Near Southampton on Bermuda's Harbour lies the historic home Spithead, once the home of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, Charles Chaplin and British playwright Sir Noel Coward, after he became a UK tax exile. [Click on pictures to expand to full size]
Grand Pied a Terre #3 - Bermuda
This is Agar's Island viewed from the South - James Martin's huge mansion features a multi-level atrium which the Royal Bermuda Gazette reports he received "retroactive" planning approval for!
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