Boatyard

... to lay 'Windstrutter' up ,for the season.Though typically in the cruising world not for long,as he was invited to a 'boatyard' BBQ yesterday,which was a great source of information,particularly that the border takes 2 hours to cross!Therfore,he needs to ...

Marty - As previously mentioned, I secured a free position on a J24 in the Mount Gay Rum /  Boatyard Regatta. The owner was an Aussie who'd live in St Lucia for the last 3 years on his Aussie Pension and he and some other Lucians had sailed down ...

I received a call from a friend who was living on his boat in Semiahmoo marina across the water from Blaine Harbor at about 12:30 PM. He had a story of an elderly gentleman who was upset at the marina for threatening to crush his boat. The Marina was ...

Hola! Well, mucho trabajo todos dias,however,have seen the local environs,on foot,bus,car and bike! Windstrutter is now in the water and Tony has virtually renovated the engine.The dust on deck and inside was incredible,but she had been through a ...

... , it’s a brisk and windy 40 degrees) and it was quite easy to find the marina. We sprung for some dock space at the Boatyard at Ashley River, and we have wandered in to see some of the sights of Charleston - a definite sailor’s town and one of ...

... plaques celebrating the life and memory of many important Dutch and English luminaries, one being George Brunton, the man who founded the boatyard that is now our hotel. There's also a plaque celebrating the visit of Her Maj Queen Liz in 1997 After ...

... while we were not hungry, so that we didn't buy too much! As it was good weather in the afternoon we went to the boatyard for some fuel - YES a real diesel pump that put fuel directly into our tank! We then continued back up the Glasson flight of locks, ...

... degrees of interest.  They enjoyed watching us and practicing their English. As we were headed back into town we passed a boatyard.  I can never resist a boatyard; they are always so colorful and toxic and interesting.  We stopped, and ...

... starts at the other end!  Most locks were in our favour, and we paused for lunch at Hunsdon Mill Lock. We phoned the boatyard again and left a strongish message on their machine. Rain was forecast for the next day so we thought we would do a little ...

... decided that he would go back to Denver and return when we were ready to proceed.  So we spent Christmas in the boatyard, a somewhat interesting place with huge tankers moving in small areas just at our stern on the river.  It was a pretty ...

... must have been my interfering that caused its demise, read on! Fortunately for me, the manager in charge of engineering in Dickies' boatyard in Bangor (where we have stored our boats for years) , dropped everything and came to help. It transpired that the ...

... a Honda 50 when she was 16. Forty-five thrilling minutes later after surviving the motocross dirt track, without falling off we arrived at the "boatyard" It's not really a boatyard it's where the barges load up with stakes used in the fishing trade and ...

... to Lakki to be met by June and Richard on Caladh who were decommissioning their boat prior to going home.   The boatyard was suffering another problem, The yard's Bulgarian crane driver had a heart attack and was in hospital. There was a queue of ...

... as the rates are really cheap (1400euros for a year's contract - about the same as 3 months in Lagos), they have a good, safe boatyard, there is a small airport & ferries to Athens.   We shall have a couple more days here (its Bank Holiday the ...