"When I am old I'll tell you are story, but now that I am young, I must live one....." -Pete Grundvig
This is a read-only archive of our sailing log, 2015–2019. Comments, the newsletter and the contact form are closed.
Well, since we've finally gotten to warmer weather south of Cape Canaveral, I've been working non-stop on various critical and non-critical projects. The starboard forward knee was obviously a critical project. I permanently mounted the solar panel to our davits. (That's to Totem for the solar panel!) I made a little electronics locker for our …
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We've holed up on Banana River to take care of a knee problem. The bottom half of our starboard forward knee was pulling away from the hull! I noticed it when I was pulling on the shrouds and found that the chainplate would move about a quarter inch out of the deck. This is no …
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Sailors Exchange was on the map for us six weeks ago when our kindred A30 sailing friends Santa Mojo said it was a must-see! That being said, our unexpected week-long stay in Jacksonville had us chomping at the bit to continue South. What to do? What to do? As we debated whether or not to …
Read the postWe got into Beaufort on Tuesday the 8th of November. We were pretty tired but excited to see some new friends we made on the way down. Santa Mojo and her crew is another Alberg 30 from Canada. We first saw them in Portsmouth and were really excited because they have the same boat. Soon …
Read the postWe're finally starting the trip down the coast. We left the Magothy on the 20th of October and today we pulled into Hampton River, just a hop skip and a jump from the start of the ICW. We've had quite the adventure getting here already, I can't imagine what's in store for us the rest …
Read the postWe've just returned from the Alberg 30 Fall Cruise. We had some amazing weather and were able to sail most of the cruise. When we started we had twelve boats on Hopkins Creek. I think eight of them were Albergs. Here's a map of our cruise, By the time we finished the GPS started overlapping …
Read the postThis weekend we went out for the 2016 Commodore's Cruise. Sara wasn't here so I soloed to Eagles Cove behind Gibson Island here on the Magothy following Mike and Trish on Gilleleje. It was about an hour and a half of motoring with 5 knots of wind right on my nose. Really the hardest part …
Read the postThis past week was our first voyage! We traveled from Gregg Neck on the Sassafras down to Mill Creek on the Magothy River. We decided to take three days for the voyage to allow plenty of time. Starting out Sunday evening we reached our first anchorage at Ordinary Point on the Sassafras, six miles in …
Read the postThe day finally arrived for us to put the boat in the water! After repairing the rudder we put on five coats of Interprotect 2000 to help seal the hull. Then two coats of bottom paint. After that I mounted the rudder and finally put the propeller shaft back in place. At this point Scott …
Read the postThe last two weeks I've been working on the rudder. We took it off, opened it up to assess the damage and then slowly put it back together. This is my first time working with epoxy and fiberglass so it was an awesome learning experience. After opening it up I discovered a void that was …
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