Best Western Historic Annapolis

... fit on the old bracket, Dave designed a new radome spreader mounting bracket to replace the mast mount. Locating the new radome on the port spreader bracket would be less costly than a new mast mount bracket, would also avoid requiring a jib guard, and would keep the new and larger radome away from the jib. The downside of this new location will be some minor shadowing from the mast toward the starboard side, which we could evaluate during a sea ...

... it is held and supported by the flying buttresses. Every stained glass window has a story depicted in it. Woodrow Wilson our 28th president is buried here, he is the only president buried in Washington DC. Ah ha you think I have forgotten history already don't you, just the other day I was visiting the grave of JFK right? Isn't he buried in DC...... NO! He is across the river in ...

... our group was let in (we were allocated the 10am time slot). Up to the top we went and what a great view of DC we were treated to! I would highly recommend that you do this. There's an elevator that takes ...

... is better than the next best choice. I was tired. Just as I sat down and cracked a beer over comes the harbor patrol. He explains that we were okay now but would have to move before the 4th. We we were in the landing zone for all the fireworks to be set off for the Annapolis celebration. He went on to explain that he knew of two moorings left back up Spa creek above the bridge. Okay, give up. We lit the big diesel again and ...

... Leigh took us on a walking tour of mid-town Manhattan (including Washington Square, Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Soho)and explained things to us from a local's point of view. It was a most enjoyable four hours, followed by our excursion to the statue of Liberty, so we were fairly tired by the time we got back to our room. Another place we visited was Madame Tussaud's, having run out of time to see it in ...

... a waste of life and onto the bridge, its big, its busy, cool walk, we got half way across the bridge then turned and hightailed it back to the hotel to grab our bags and get to the airport took the super shuttle, $20 each from hotel to JFK, got to the airport 3 hours before the flight, and the first departures board we see says Air India 3 hours late, only leaving at 10pm, damn, another nail in the coffin of air india

... SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE 'Q' LINE - AND COULD FIND MOST THINGS FROM THAT LINE. WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS AT LEAST. HAD TO STOP ALL THE TIME TO ORIENATE MYSELF TO FIGURE OUT DIRECTIONS - EAST/WEST AND UP/DOWN. SUBWAY SYSTEM IS MOST IMPRESSIVE. I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME FIGURING IT OUT AS IT WAS NOT AS SIMPLE AS SOME BIG CITIES - LONDON OR PARIS FOR EXAMPLE. BUT IT OBVIOUSLY WORKS FOR THEM AS IT IS VERY BUSY AND QUICK TOO. FYI -- Subway ...

... storm prep. By the time we were hunkered down, Chris had begun another change of direction and by the next day, Tropical Storm Chris had been a non-event in Antigua. Al and I debated going out again but we decided to stay where we were, enjoy the beach and the pool at Jolly Harbour and begin the arduous process of preparing to return home. We had a challenge to remove all of our live-aboard gear from Free Spirit because shipping things home from Antigua was becoming prohibitively ...

... at the Academy's Ship Store, I bought the obligatory Navy sweatshirt and cap and then we proceeded to tour the downtown area. Linni proved to be an outstanding guide as she once owned a shop in the downtown area and her father had been deeply involved in the politics and educational institutions of Annapolis. The area is still quite reminiscent of an 18th century seaport. Linni showed us the square where slaves were auctioned off. In the series, "Roots" Kunta Kinte was ...