Taxi is re-powered.

The Zodiac gets a new engine for this winter's cruise! No more busted knuckles from the Honda 2 pull-n-go... We're limited on weight so I went with another small engine. IMHO, the Yahama is a much more civilized alternative, having a transmission and water cooling...

Haul in Fall....

Well the fleet is hauled, cleaned and stored for winter. Cath and I spent three days on kimosabi, hauling, winterizing, cleaning and waxing and touching up the bottom paint to prep her for February launch in Port Charlotte, FL.

What Summer???

Actually September was the best month of all, weatherwise. Did a 5 day cruise over Labor Day with a group of good sailing friends. Great weather...

We all sailed up to Cedar River, MI for a couple of nights and had a great time.


Went to the beach for lunch one afternoon.


The Honda 2 had its work cut out for it... You can't see from the photo, but we are towing both boats!




The Admiral celebrates another birthday. She is not quite 60, but friends are reminding her it's close...

We got to try out our new Code 0. nice...

Summer 2009

Well, summer 2009 is fadin' fast... We've spent a couple weekends on the boat daysailing off our mooring in Fish Creek and done two mini-cruises. This summer has been the least use of my primary boat in over 30 years...

In July we took a 5 day mini-cruise across the Lake to Frankfort and Portage Lake.



Here is kimosabi at the Frankfort City dock. We sailed over with good friends Paul and Deb. They sailed their Hunter 35.5, in the next slip. A few people asked how I got around the big steel piling behind the main hull...

One day we took a 20 mile bike ride on an old railroad siding.



Cathie thought I should figure out a way to put this windvane that she liked on the top of the spar...



We ended up spending 3 days on the east side of the Lake and then sailed over to Manitowoc, then to Kewaunee (we lived there 7 years) before going home. On the way back across the Lake to Manitowoc I became very proficient at operating the radar...



Our next cruise was to be south to Milwaukee but the forecast was for strong south winds for a week. So we headed north... We ended up sailing to Fayette State Park on the Garden Peninsula in Big Bay du Noc. There we met up with Les and Barb on Noor.

Note there are few boats in the harbor as the strong winds kept many boats in there home ports...




After two days there, we sailed to Escanaba, MI, beating into a strong breeze.

Here are kimosabi and Noor at the Escanaba Municipal Marina. We were quite an attraction as we were told by a number of people "gee... never seen a boat like that before"...



Cocktail hour and Les and Barb at the dock.

The 4th of July has come and gone. Finally spent a couple of nights on kimosabi this weekend. First time since September... The Ginny displaying her colors at home prior to heading up to Fish Creek.





The tourists have returned to the Peninsula.










Had a great sail back from Menominee, MI yesterday. Our max speed was 15 knots. Here's Noor sailing along side.

Spring 2009

It was a l..o..n..g winter and it has been a slow warm up this spring on the Door County Peninsula. But the fleet is finally in and the toys are ready....

After three years use, kimosabi received a fresh coat of Micron Extra on her bottom. While it is no racing bottom paint, it works well for both salt and fresh water and holds up well.

Let the good times roll....