Headlines! Events & Boat Shows Owner's Association Yacht Clubs The Seaside Chef Little Mate's Locker US Army Corps of Engineers  |  US Coast Guard  |  N.O.A.A.  |  Tides  |  Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Assn   return to FYI Create Your Blog at Blogger.com "Link Your Cruising Blog or Boat'sWebsite Here" Share Your Cruising & Boating Pictures Visit Website 37' C&C Trawler Vessel: Isle of Skye Homeport: Toronto, CN A cruise log from Toronto - Dry Tortugas and one from Toronto to Bahamas. Lots of ICW info and photos. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website 42' Chris Craft Double Cabin Motor Yacht - Command Performance Vessel: Command Perfomance Homeport: Portsmouth VA This site has been assembled to bring the reader into our world of Commander ownership. It includes photos and text which will hopefully bring a deeper appreciation to the viewer of these fine classic motor yachts and the care and love that go into them. We're proud to be the caretakers of this fine Commander (hull # FBA-42-2015), and look forward to many years of enjoyment with her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website 53 Hatteras Classic Vessel: Clear Horizons Homeport: New Baltimore, NY Welcome to the Stasky's 53' Hatteras Classic site. This is here just for fun and to share ideas with other boat owners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website ALERTS: Tom Neale's Special East Coast Alerts Vessel: Chez Nous From Captain Tom Neale, BoatUS and Soundings contributing editor. Important alerts about waterway conditions of importance to East Coast cruisers. EXAMPLE: 09/21/06 East Coast Alerts By Mel Neale Torpedo (Inert) Exercise Offshore of Cape Cod: If you are cruising offshore waters east of Cape Cod, be aware that, according to USCG 1 st District LNM 37, U.S. Navy ships will be conducting surface and subsurface exercise including launching and recovery of inert exercise torpedoes from 24 September - 1 Oct 2006. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Author, Christine Kling onboard TAILSPINNER Vessel: TALESPINNER Homeport: Fort Lauderdale, FL I live aboard my 33' Caliber sailboat, TALESPINNER on a canal just off Fort Lauderdale's New River, the same river that is the workaday world of my series character, Seychelle Sullivan. Boats pass outside my portholes with hailing ports that read like an atlas of the world. I'd like to invite you into this world, my world, and Seychelle's world. I'd love to introduce you to B.J. and Mike and Jeannie, and all her other great friends who make a living one way or another on the waterfront. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website BAMBI Vessel: BAMBI Homeport: Port Mandurah A Chris Craft Commander 38, beautifully restored by the late Warren Pateman and his lifelong friend, Graham Robertson in Mandurah Western Australia in 2004. Website completed by Warren's son, Darren Pateman, to finish his dad's final project. It is a fitting tribute to the work of his father and Graham. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Chatham, MA Chatham and Cape Cod photography by Chris Seufert. 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We went as far as Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia and then headed back down south. We have an open - ended plan to get where it is warm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Cruising America's Waterways: Halcyon Days Vessel: 22' C-Dory CruiserHalcyon Homeport: Nomadic The website describes the experience of cruising almost all of America's navigable waterways on a small boat, as well as cruises along the east coast from FL to ME, the Gulf coast from FL to Mexico, and the west coast from WA to Alaska. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Cruising From Key West to the Canadian Border Vessel: SunSmiles Homeport: Mount Pleasant, SC Wish that I had shot everyone of these. They are simply some of my growing number of Flickr.com favorites. Join Flickr (it's FREE from Google), and post your cruising memories. Photo: Chatham Light by Chris Seufert ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Cruising In Carina Vessel: Catalina 36 MKII Homeport: Rock Hall, MD Carina will soon be our home and means of transportation when we untie the dock lines in the next year or so and set sail to explore and enjoy the world we live in. The crew will consist of Allan, Marie and LD. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Cruising with Tom & Gerry aboard the SeaKnight, a 30' Camano Trawler Vessel: SeaKnight Homeport: Amelia Island, Fl. 2003- Champlain Loop 2005-Inland Rivers 2007-Doing the Great Loop Cruise the 'Great Circle Loop" with Tom & Gerry Clare and mascot Lucy aboard the "Sea Knight", a 28' Camano trawler. Having done the East, West, and South portions of the Loop(2003 & 2005),we especially look forward to the, new to us, North portion of the Loop! We usually go slow (7.5 mph) so if you pass us, slow down and say hello. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website CruisingTheICW Aboard SunSmiles Vessel: SunSmiles Homeport: Mount Pleasant, SC I admit to being a novice cruiser and blogger. As stated in the blog, if my wife and I can cruise; anybody can cruise. Our old Cargile may not compare with the DeFevers, Atlas Acadias, Mainships, and host of others we dock beside, but it gets us there and usually gets a lot of attention. Our blog is to share cruising and boating experiences from a novice point of view. We’ll leave the professional point of view to the Tom & Mel Neales of cruising; we’ve learned much from their writing. Your comments are always welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website DanAndPatsJourney Vessel: Ariel Homeport: Biloxi, MS Dan and I left Biloxi in November aboard Ariel, our Pearson 303, headed ultimately to the Carribean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Dick and Libby's Tarwathie Cruising Log Vessel: Tarwathie Dick and Libby have retired. We live on our boat, Tarwathie, a Westsail 32. Our plan is to cruise the world; wherever our fancy takes us; for as long as we have heath and money. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Florida Boating - View From the Marina Pop-Psy On Water - Being an amateur psychologist, I like to analyze people by the boat names they choose. Every boat name is like a mini-psychological profile of the vessel owner. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Fowl Play Ship's Logs Vessel: Fowl Play Homeport: Tyler, TX Fowl Play is a 59' Symbol Pilothouse powered by twin Caterpillar 3406E 800 hp engines. She sleeps 6 people in three staterooms with two heads, and has all the comforts of home. 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Enjoy a welcome reception given by Fred Fearing and his Rose Buddies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Hatteras 1510 Club The HATTERAS 1510 CLUB was formed to provide the owners of Hatteras motor yachts having a beam of 15' 10" (and their prototypical ancestors) a forum for the exchange of information concerning their boats and the promotion of activities designed to enhance the ownership of these classic watercraft. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Hatteras LRC Club Hatteras LRC owners welcome. Keep in touch with other owners through our Bulletin Board; Newsletter; Fleet pictures; Parts & Tips; Rendezvous information; LRC owner stories; and Buying/selling ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Inland Cruising Vessel: ILLUSIONS Homeport: Houston, Texas Cruising the ICW, inland rivers, and Canadian canals from 1996 - 2008 in three boats, each named ILLUSIONS, operated by David and Angela Magill, who live in Houston, TX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Jim & Terry's Travel Adventures Vessel: Starboard Coast Terry and Jim hooked up in July 2005, we are both 63, retired, widowed and live in the Pacific Northwest. We both love being on the water, traveling and seeing new places. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Kettlewell Cruising Vessel: Minke Kettlewell Cruising is a blog for cruising sailors. I will talk about tools, techniques, and destinations, plus I'll throw in my personal observations on the cruising scene and whatever. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Log of the S/V Kismet Vessel: Kismet The continuing tales of the Ericson 38 sloop Kismet and her travels in Florida, the Caribbean and Bahama Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Loki's Homepage Vessel: S/V Loki Homeport: Newton, MA Loki is a PDQ 36 catamaran built by PDQ Yachts in Whitby, Ontario. She was launched on April 13, 1999. We were able to vist the factory during construction and and then we brought her home using the Erie Canal. Claudia, Amelia, and I took a year long trip from Boston down the Intracoastal Waterway. We have a trip log and gallery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Metaphors - The naked truth about literature and life I'm in Martha's Vineyard sitting on Peter and Betsy's screened porch in their vintage glider, surrounded by the ghosts of Dash and Lilly. It's the type of warm and lazy summer day when your mind is free to think about literature, life, and metaphors. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Puffin Adventures Vessel: Puffin This is a blog about the adventures of Puffin, who is a Great Harbor 37 Trawler made by Mirage Mfg., and her two person crew as they cruise around the United States! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website S/V Gallant Fox - Vessel: Gallant Fox The sailing and outfitting adventures of two accidental bureaucrats setting out to sea...Going Cruising - How We Became The People We Used To Hate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website S/V Incommunicado Cruising Notes 2006 Vessel: Incommunicado Homeport: Atlantis, FL This is a log of our summer cruise from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Charleston, South Carolina, and then finishing at Orange Park, Florida. The trip covered 1000 miles in 6 weeks, and we made 25 stops. We visited 10 anchorages, and 15 ports ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website S/V Orion - Annapolis Vessel: Orion Homeport: Annapolis, MD These are the voyages of the sailboat Orion, a Beneteau 36cc, owned by David and Cathy Dieter of Jarratt, VA. We will be sailing the Chesapeake Bay and exploring the Intracoastal Waterway. If we get adventurous, we may adventure into the Atlantic, Bahamas, and beyond . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Sailing to ThrillerFest 2007 Vessel: TALESPINNER Homeport: Fort Lauderdale In Sailing to ThrillerFest 2007, author Christine Kling blogs her way from Fort Lauderdale via a couple of weeks in the Bahamas; to ThrillerFest 2007 in NYC; and then on to the magnificent Maine coast. Wrecker's Key is her latest novel; will this journey lead to her next? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Sea Knight Cruise - 2007 Vessel: Sea Knight Homeport: Amelia Island, FL Cruise the 'Great Circle Loop" with Tom & Gerry Clare and mascot Lucy aboard the "Sea Knight", a 28' Camano trawler. Having done the East, West, and South portions of the Loop(2003 & 2005),we especially look forward to the, new to us, North portion of the Loop! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Shannon 43 Vessel: Bristol Rose Homeport: Baltimore Our dream is to one day soon travel down the ICW and head further south ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Simply Messing About Vessel: First Edition Homeport: Roseland, New Jersey After a delay caused by a lightning strike, Lynn and Peter have moved aboard First Edition, 44 ft. Hylas sailboat, for their retirement adventure. 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Then the hurricanes arrived, and he apparently lost interest in owning a boat in this area. Don't blame hime. So it sat neglected for a couple of years in the corner of a boatyard waiting for us to come along. We couldn't be happier! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website SunSmiles - Restored 30' Cargile Cutter Cruiser Vessel: SunSmiles Homeport: Mount Pleasant, SC SunSmiles, the restored Cargile Cutter Cruiser of Dick & Carolyn Trammell. In the words of Thoreau, "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website SV Carina Vessel: Catalina 36 MK II Homeport: Rock Hall, MD Carina is the large southern constellation lies in one of the most beautiful parts of the sky. The name is derived from the Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, of which CARINA, the keel, is part of. Definitions: * CARINA is a constellation of the southern sky. * CARINA is the Latin word for keel. * CARINA is an Italian word, the meaning is "pretty" (female). * CARINA is a female given name with Italian origin, its meaning is "The Pretty Girl". * CARINA was said to be the mother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. * The "CARINA" was a United States Navy ship. CARINA will also soon be our home and means of transportation when we untie the dock lines and set sail to cruise, explore and enjoy the world we live in. The crew will consist of Allan, Marie and LD. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website The Adventures of Will W Wilson: Book Two: Will's Hunte Vessel: Will's Traveler Homeport: Baltimore Harbor Half adventure, half sailing lessons. Follow Will as he sails the Gulf Stream searching for his father, lost in Hurricane Katrina. For any age, particularily 8 - 14. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website The Log of Whisper Vessel: 27' Albin Vega Homeport: Rock Creek, MD A Swede and a Vermonter are currently sailing their 27' sailboat from Baltimore, MD to Miami, FL via the ICW and then crossing over to the BahamAs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Travels of Into The Blue Vessel: Into The Blue Homeport: Canada A chance to follow our travels in our Alberg 30, Into The Blue, as we wander around. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Tug Tardis Vessel: Tug Tardis Homeport: Green Cove Springs, FL Tardis is an American Tug 34 that was built in La Conner Washington in 2003. We found and purchased Tardis in Seattle, Washington in April 2004, and she became our full time home in January 2006, when we sold our townhouse in Alameda and moved aboard to follow our dream. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Website Walking On Water - A Cruising Way of Life Vessel: Walking On Water Homeport: Irvine, CA Walking On Water is a 41 foot catamaran and a way of living. Join us as the ultimate boat takes shape and carries us to oceanic parts both known and unknown, from a gleam in our eye in 2004 to a solid deck underfoot in 2006. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   © Richard D. Trammell Site Map