They say the two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy her and the day you sell her. I’m not sure I agree. I still have a lot of big plans with her, including long weekends exploring Barnegat Bay or the Chesapeake with my boys and an extended vacation heading down…
It has been a while since I updated this blog. Not because we stopped sailing, but because we had a lot going on. Dragon Wing spent 3 years on the Chesapeake Bay, and that was an interesting experience. The first year was just north of Annapolis in Pasadena, Maryland. We spent a year at White…
I’ve already spent about 5x as many hours away from the dock this year as I did last year, and I am really looking forward to the rest of the year! I’m confident enough in the boat’s set-up now where I think I can handle her myself, and may give that a try later this…
When we last left our heroes, they were comfortably cruising south, following the intra-coastal waterway from New Jersey to the Chesapeake Bay. They had just entered the northern-most stretch of the bay, having decided to push on in an attempt to make it to the marina before nightfall despite the threat of isolated thunderstorms. The…
We last left our heroes sleeping somewhat uncomfortably aboard a warm and humid boat in Cape May harbor. The crew had taken his fill of meade and bread and passed out early, while the captain struggled to sleep. Finally frustrated, he removed his hearing aids and set 2 alarms to wake him. The next morning…
It has been an eventful several months! We have decided to move Dragon Wing to the Chesapeake this year, and my father and I made the move this past Friday and Saturday. Ironically, the marina we’ve chosen is in the same town as the slip Chuck had lent us a few years ago when we…
Happy New Year! Best wishes for fair winds and calm seas wherever life takes you in 2015!
Sorry to just throw this up here, but I wanted to save some links I came across. I’ve been researching how to get my radar, depth sounder/GPS, AIS/Radio and autopilot to talk to each other. The radar and auto pilot are Raymarine, which uses a proprietary bus called SeaTalk. The GPS is a Garmin, and…
So, what’s on your Christmas list? I have a few things, including: New boat shoes – most of the ones I have don’t fit me right any more (not sure why!) Oar Locks for our dinghy Oars (naturally) A hand-held tachometer Replacement drive motor for the Autohelm 3000 that I found online 4 or 5…
Well, it had to happen eventually. Winter is basically right around the corner and it is time for Dragon Wing to find a winter den. As I mentioned once or twice before (okay, okay, probably a few more times than that), I was very reluctant to keep Dragon Wing at Laurel Harbor Marina this winter. …
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Saturday Spotless Stainless was kind enough to send me a free show pass to the Annapolis Boat Show, and my family and I went there yesterday. Yesterday, October 11, 2014, was a dreary day. It rained all morning, for the entire drive there. The weather forecast was for clearing at 11:00 AM. We got there…
I had the chance to go to Dragon Wing today to work on the engine. When I arrived, I had a plan. Then, as I opened the engine, I started thinking maybe I’d work on things in a different order, but I quickly remembered why I wanted to tackle things in a particular order. The…
I’ve been maintaining this blog for a while, though I’ve been a bit remiss this season. Mostly because I don’t have much to report due to the shoaling issue. But I’m curious. I see that the blog gets a bit of traffic – not much, maybe a visitor or two every day – but quite…
Well, we got Dragon Wing out 3 times this season so far, and it’s already mid-September. The temperatures have been falling pretty quickly – it’s going down to 41 tonight! – so naturally my thoughts are turning to the end of the season and what to do. At this point, I’m leaning toward waiting until…
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