Sunday, April 30, 2017

First 24 hours


Here's Clio, a very happy girl in a comfy place watching TV ... it was the White House Correspondents Dinner. 


House is locked, and provisions stowed on-board.  Spent our first night aboard at our slip in Oxford waiting for an early morning cast-off of lines and departure.  Thank you to our neighbor Dean for the drive and drop off to our boat Saturday night.  Sarah too, for the dockside delivery of chocolate-chip cookies … those cookies will probably not make it past the Bay Bridge tomorrow.  Plus, thanks for all the warm messages from family and friends.  Lastly, a Big Shout Out to all the Downeast Loopers who cruised before us and provided great information and inspiration, especially Duane on the motor vessel DIVA DI … wow, what an amazingly detailed cruising blog!




April 30: Our cruise up the Bay was a little windy, sloppy and overcast.  Here, we are about to pass under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge … not sure which is more dangerous, driving over or cruising under that bridge.  And yes, that is a Cat On Board burgee.
 

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Pre-Trip

Provisions list.  Let’s see … Miss Clio, wine, dark chocolates, ... that’s it!


Rut-Oh!  April 24th pre-trip inspection found coolant leaking from the ship's hot water unit.  Time to replace. 


Neat discovery ... brandy corks made great plugs for heat exchanger hoses ... keeps coolant from spilling into the bilge while swapping out units.  Karl said he doesn't know what happened to the brandy