South of St. Augustine Rte A1A and the ICW almost become one. | How things change quickly. |
Dredging crew in northern Florida. | Check with the dredge captain before proceeding. |
Crossing the St. Johns River at Mayport - floatin drydock with Navy guided missile cruiser. | Anchorage at Fernandina Beach Ethical Commercial Archeology research vessel on its own spuds |
Ethical Commercial Archeology research vessel on its own spuds. | The Admiral and guest. |
Sunset at anchorage Graham Creek, NC, ICW mile 439 | South Carolina ICW around Santee River |
Parade passing huge tow with a tug pushing/steering . . . | . . . and another tug pulling. |
One of several bridges across the Virginia Cut section of the ICW south of Norfolk, Virginia | and another, |
and yet another. | Waiting for a bridge with an Army Corps of Engineers boat. |
Another Navy guided missile cruiser in a floating drydock at Hampton, Virginia | "Underway on nuclear power!" Not a trace of a radar return. |
Northbound freighter on Delaware Bay in slight fog near Reedy Island. | Waiting for morning fog to lift in Cape May, New Jersey, at anchorage near the Coast Guard station. |
Approaching Manhattan in the channel east of Governor's Island | Southern tip of Manhattan with one of the fast ferries serving the area. |
Cuttyhunk Island mooring field (Massachusetts off Buzzards Bay) | The Admiral and whale skeleton at New Bedford Whaling Museum (Massachusetts) |
Exterior of Seaman's Bethel. Across the street is the Whaling Museum. | Herman Melville sat here in the Seaman's Bethel (chapel). |
Memorial plaques in the Seaman's Bethel. | Sanderling on mooring at Woods Hole |
Woods Hole mooring field in Eel Pond. | Pier and breakwater at Provincetown, Massachusetts. Mooring field to the right (west). |
Sanderling's crew taking a whale watching cruise at Provincetown. | Two whales spotted about 15 nm north of Provincetown on Tellwagen Bank. |
Two whales travelling together were an adult female named "Salt" and her young calf named "Pepper." | |
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| Plymouth Plantation at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Plantation is worth the trip by bus from downtown. |
Sanderling at Rockport, Massachusetts, on Cape Anne. A terrific place to visit. | The smaller protected harbor is crammed with small boats. Lobstering is a real deal here. |
As is tourist kayaking! | Decorative lobster pot buoys. |
The fisherman's memorial at Gloucester. There is a bus from Rockport. | Looking back at Rockport departing the breakwater. |
On the Piscataqua River at the Portsmouth Yacht Club moorings. Looking at the old Naval Disciplinary Command on Seavey Island at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Navy Yard (actually in Kittery, Maine.) | Did we mention that the moorings are just off the main shipping channel? |
Which has some scenic benefits. | Maine lobstermen off loading to their lobster pound and "buy boat at Cliff Island, Maine." |
Eagle Island - Home of Rear Admiral Perry | Three sided fireplace in Admiral Perry's home. |
| From Mt. Battie looking into Camden Harbor, Maine. |
At Wooden Boat School mooring field, Eggemoggin Reach | Sunset at Wooden Boat School mooring field, surrounded by beautiful wooden boats of all sizes. |
Sights enroute to Bar Harbor. | Real sailing country! |
Bar Harbor park looking at the harbor. | View from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, looking over Frenchman Bay. |
Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island | Same, looking west from the trail to the Thuya Gardens on the northeast side of the harbor. |
Thuya Gardens. Beautiful! | Castine, Maine, shortly after sunrise. |
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The yacht Yorel (built in East Boothbay, Maine) in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. | Restoring part of the Bounty at a shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. |
Lobster pot buoys as art. | Beautiful water, blue and deep. |
Entering Annisquam, Cape Anne, Massachusetts. | The Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport. |
Sanderling heading up the river to Mystic. | Hard aground on a well-marked shallow area off Shelter Island, Long Island Sound. |
Moorings at Oyster Bay, Long Island. | New York City and the Staten Island ferries. |
Atlantic City, New Jersey, waiting out a storm. | The boardwalk. We walked every mile of it! |
Schaefer's Marine on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal for sale. We understand it has now been sold. | Sunset at anchorage in Veesey Cove, northern part of Chesapeake Bay. |
Bonnie Blue docked in the Great Dismal Swamp Canal near the north lock. | Sanderling at the same dock, waiting out another Nor'easter! |
War museum near Charleston Harbor Marine. | New (2005) bridge at Charleston, North Carolina. |
Khepera at Isle of Hope Marine near Savannah thinking about abandoning ship! | He decided to stay aboard. |
Julie (top) and Khepera - boat cats. | Sunrise from the Mosquito Lagoon, north of Cape Canaveral, Florida. |