The Moorings Village

... in Placencia, then back to Lark Cay. As we passed Bugle Cay, the oil pressure on the port engine went to zero. We radioed Moorings, and they sent a chase boat (which arrived just as we anchored at Lark). Jack checked it out, then radioed for a new boat ...

... as we worked to settle the bill - an extra dinner had been added; service was added twice. Finally resolved; cab waiting; to Moorings. We were given a long - but very helpful - briefly. Too many "must sees" however. We packed the boat, then took off ...

... School and Government Offices.     We dropped the hook in blue clear water in Asanvari Bay this time avoiding the moorings that put such bad scratches into our hull last time. Rick didn't seem to remember that although he sure as hell ...

... 100 ft deep and the water is so clear that we could see the bottom. We were invited to a Tongan feast at a local village - a spectacular meal with traditional dishes cooked in an underground oven.We didn't really know what most of it was (imagine ...

... until the very end – and then we came to the Snowy River which was beautiful. Metung was stunning, a small fishing village with wonderful boardwalks and stunning views.  Had a great seafood dinner, however our tongues were still burning 2 hours ...

... so Maisie and I only had a short walk.  We tried crossing over the lock to get to the road so we could try a small village not too far away but the gates from the boat club were locked so we gave up.  We left at 8am, stopped at Wadenhoe to fill ...

... good time.  Bonnie cleaned up the kitchen, ironed and put things in order while Mike cruised.  As usual, the moorings at Castlefilds, Manchester were nearly all filled.  We managed to turn around and fit into the last place ...

... Halfords (like Pep Boys) to get oil, polish, etc. to take care of some basic maintenance. Then on to the club moorings in Lymm, about a 3-1/2 hour journey from Manchester Castlefields. On the way, Mike stopped at the club’s Agden moorings to fill ...

... at Great Harbor and headed for Cruz Bay on St. John to sign into the US Virgin Islands. The National Park Service has moorings all along the Caneel Bay resort. Since Cruz Bay is small and awash with commercial traffic and anchored local yachts, it is ...

... River Nene – very timely for us. Wed 14th September The wind was much less today. We had a pleasant cruise to Alwalton Lock moorings for lunch. This is a lovely spot, sadly spoilt by the A1 which thunders past not far away.  It is only a short ...

... information.  We paused to remove a lump of weed the size of a football before going back down through the lock. The moorings in the centre looked a little too accessible by the several groups of youngsters with beer cans, so we went back down river ...

... .  When we arrived in Cambridge, we made immediate use of the facilities, having two fairly full cassettes. Most of the visitor moorings were taken, but we managed to squeeze in on the park just below Jesus Lock but we were partly upstream of the no ...

... they were getting soaked. We drove back into the heavy rain just before Monze and 10km further on we turned for a campsite called the Moorings. This had a good write up in the books. We pulled up in the rain so we sat in the terrace lounge until the rain ...

... go we!"   We rounded the high dunes to port and entered Thunderball  (where 007 was filmed) where there are moorings and past Thunderball Cave to Staniel Cay Yacht Club Marina. We passed the Thunderball Grotto which is a sky lit ...

... do with a piling hook to turn the spindles. On then in the high winds to March where we found Springwater on the town moorings. They weren’t around so we passed their boat, and found quieter moorings further on by the recreation ground where we had ...

... pressure than the guillotine.  We had some heavy rain at times before arriving at Irthlingborough where there are good moorings.  The facilities advertised in the EA guide were no longer available. Elsan boarded up, the tap disconnected.  ...

... 2pm due to the water shortage.  After a few minutes baking in the sun we decided to move round the corner to the lock moorings where there was some shade.  We found two boats already there: Mine’s a pint and Tia, a boat selling ecological ...

... reconnected until next year. The property had just changed hands again two weeks earlier.  Two other boats arrived on the moorings later – Meandrine and Pipedream!  Hazel had an opportunity for a good chat to them this time which was ...

... was Ely, 7 hours away according to our Environment Agency map. As we passed the end of Brandon Creek, we saw a sign to "Little Ouse Moorings"  Diesel and Gas, half a mile.  This was not marked on our map, so we went up Brandon Creek (also called ...

... easy on the Nene.  The two March boats we met at Wadenhoe were also there, plus probably ten other boats on the moorings. We visited the cathedral, which is magnificent, and pottered round the shops where James found a Shadows CD. We decided to move ...