The last laugh

Cooling off

On watch

The Critic

Captain and Commander

Mother and child

Happy Tourists

Kira

Trying their hand

Matt's Birthday Celebration

At the foot of her heroine

After the flight

Cricket and Dawn Trader, North River Boat Services, Georgia

After three months in St. Marys Georgia, Dawn Trader gets a new coat of bottom paint and heads south to Florida with Ben and Pam of the sailing vessel Cricket providing cheerful and professional crew for the fast three day offshore passage back to Palm Beach County.

Launch time at North River, Georgia Boat Yard

Launch time at North River, Georgia Boat Yard

Where I live...

Grandson Alexander in Seattle asked for more pictures of where Grandpa lives.  Thirty five feet is about the size of Alexander's living and dining room.  Here is where Grandpa parks his "sports car".  

Where I live...

Where I live...

Where I live...

Where I live...

Where I live...

For Grandson Alexander.....where I live!

Ben of Sailing Vessel Cricket Visits the Trader

Pilot Boat at St. Simons Island

Is it Looking for UFO's?

Dragged down on my anchor chain...had to cut her loose!

The view from the chart table

Email Central

Pirates retreat

The Fort at St. Augustine

The Pirates of St. Augustine

For Willa Bean!

Now this is a really really big boat!

Ready to head to Florida

Sometimes we aren't where we think we are!!

The morning of the day we were leaving out the narrow pass, this unfortunate fellow was off course.  He  managed to get off the rocks about six hours later with a lot of help from some folks with big outboard motors.  It certainly put the fear of God in us for the trip back out the pass.

"Barry" our pet Barracuda guarding the dinghy

Peter & Lanie's MarNel, anchored at Double Breasted Cay

Windfree

Lauri thought of Everything!

The Ceremony

Peter's Paella

Mike and Gloria Peters of "Windfree" celebrate 50th Anniversary

Mike and Gloria Peters of the sailing vessel "Windfree", with their three children, Ronnie (L), Lauri(M), and Mike Jr.(R).  Mike and Gloria, now married fifty years are my heros.  They take it all in stride and work it out.  The celebration hosted by Ronnie, Lauri and Mike Jr. was wonderful .

A Visit by Rene' Ceresoles

Rene' served on the Free French ship Montcalm during World War II and saw action on "D Day".  He also had a distinguished diplomatic career representing France as Vice Consul to Boston.  I am honored to enjoy him as a friend.

Michael and Jackie Murgio visit

Just two of my kind friends that stopped by to offer moral support during the refit.  I missed pictures of Jean and Joan Proyet, Paul Thacker, Emma Louise Thornton and Mike and Gloria Peters that were and always are "there" for me.

Re-Galvanize the Anchor

New Fuel System

And Paint, of Course

Prime the Yanmar!

The New Watermaker

Where did the water go? ...moon tides!