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Category Archives: Underway
Seriously????
My last post here was about the dangers of a full time connection to dockside water, and the measures we take to mitigate those risks. I have always taken those risks seriously, but never actually had a plumbing failure that … Continue reading
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Keeping the Water Out
When tied to a dock for an extended period it is really handy to connect the local city water supply to directly to your boat, and bypass the tanks. It is convenient, no running out of water in the middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Blue Water Sailing, Cruising, dock water connection, Documentary, Harmonie, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, Plumbing, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Now this is a fine mess!
We have surely mentioned it before, but the Chesapeake Bay is Ground Zero for Ospreys, aka “fish hawks.” They are far more common here than seagulls. Within site of where Harmonie is docked right now there are at least four … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Chesapeake Bay, Documentary, Harmonie, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, Osprey, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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Compare and Contrast: The Amel 54 vs. the Super Maramu
After our recent delivery of the Amel 54 we have been asked to give our impressions of the differences between the Amel 54 and her older sister, the 53 foot Super Maramu. We were only aboard the Amel 54 for … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel 54, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Boat Review, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Islands, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary
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Back Home Again!
We are landed again back aboard Harmonie at Herrington Harbor North in the bustling metropolis of Deal, Maryland. Our delivery of the Amel 54 went smoothly, a few mechanical glitches, but nothing of great import that couldn’t be sorted out. … Continue reading
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Moving Quickly
We ducked into Moorhead City, North Carolina yesterday afternoon to avoid a nasty piece of weather. Today we are running north as fast as we can to avoid the NEXT contrary wind. Right now we are coming up on Cape … Continue reading
Let’s Do It Again!
Why are we 100 miles of the coast of northeast Florida? We had so much fun last time bringing Harmonie north from Florida, we decided we just had to do it again! Well, this time it is actually “work.” We … Continue reading
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Landed…
We have made out landfall in Herrington Harbor Marina in Deal, MD, safe and sound and without complication. We had four days of beautiful, fast downwind sailing, and 14 hours of getting paying the piper while we beat upwind into … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure travel, Amel, Amel 53, Amel Sailboats, Amel Super Maramu, Bill Kinney, Blue Water Sailing, Cruising, Documentary, Harmonie, Karen Smith, Ketch, Liveaboard, Maramu, S/V Harmonie, Sailboat, Sailboat Cruising, Sailing, Super Maramu, Travel, Travel Documentary, Yacht, Yachting
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On being a FAD
In the deep ocean water around Hawai’i there are a number of buoys anchored. The have no navigation purpose, they are there solely to attract fish. They are referred to as “FADs,” Fish Attracting Devices. In the open ocean anything … Continue reading
