<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:30:43.671-08:00</updated><category term='Cruise'/><title type='text'>Destination Pegasus</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-2145606871264942983</id><published>2009-06-20T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:23:06.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Maine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2qHNL41rI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/kmZXXJVcEUg/s1600-h/IMG_2526+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2qHNL41rI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/kmZXXJVcEUg/s320/IMG_2526+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349618973161346738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although the weather forecast kept talking of weak disturbances coming though, I ended up having a gorgeous week in Gloucester.  I kept myself busy with chores on the boat and trips to shore and before I knew it, it was Friday and Jason was joining the crew of Pegasus.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We left the next morning when the tide was favourable to get through the Cape Ann Canal and headed north to the coast of Maine.  We had a nice day with a 10 to 15 knot wind in the back.  We motor sailed though so that we would make it to Wood Island Harbour about 60 miles away.  The next day had even less wind so we motored on to Boothbay harbour.  We first moored to the town landing for a short visit to shore.  Then we went over to Linekine bay to anchor for the night.  We made it there just before we got a light rain.  The next day was back to sunshine as we made our way to Rockland where we caught up with the Canadian yacht I had met in Onset.  Jason and I had a nice seafood supper at a local diner then we went to listen to some live blues at a local bar.  That was the last nice weather day for a while though.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next morning, we went to eat breakfast at the diner again before checking out the local marine store.  By the time we headed out, there was a light drizzle and a 10 knot breeze from the east.  Right in our nose.  We anchored in a very sheltered cove in Vinelhaven and had a relaxed afternoon with the help of a bottle of Sailor Jerry spiced rum.  The next day the wind was more like 15 to 20 knots in the nose and we had to tack our way to Stonington where we fuel up.  There the starter on Pegasus decided to act up again.  For a few weeks, there had been an intermittent electrical problem and the starter just wouldn't kick over.  In Stonington, it just wouldn't work at all.  In the end Jason had to jump start it with a pair of pliers.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We then headed to &lt;a href="http://www.thewoodenboatschool.com/"&gt;WoodenBoat School&lt;/a&gt; in Brooklyn Maine where we anchored for the night.  The next morning I went to say hello to Greg Rossell who was teaching the Boat Building Fundamentals class.  I had taken Greg's class a few years ago and had brought home one of the whitehalls that we were building.  I showed Greg and his class the pictures of the completed boat.  That day, we still had overcast skies and fog but the wind had calmed down.  We left Eggomoggin Reach and headed off to Winter harbour.  The yacht club there was still all shut down for the winter so we spend a quiet night at a mooring.  The next day was pouring rain with a south east wind that made it very hard to see the lobster pots.  After first trying to head on east, we decided to turn around and head to Bar Harbour instead of fighting the weather all day.  So, instead of spending Friday night in the middle of nowhere, we had a good seafood supper in town and Jason got to do some shopping for gifts for the family.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It cleared up nicely the next day and it was in flat calm seas the we made it to the beautiful Roque Island harbour.  That evening, Jason showed me some pictures of the sailboat of one of his customer.    He said that was the boat he would like to buy some day.  The next morning we headed out along with an other boat that had anchored on the other side of the harbour.  As we got closer to the other boat, we realized that it was the boat the Jason had shown me the pictures.  What a coincidence!  We were both headed back to Saint Andrews and got to chat with them.  It turns out that I knew one of the crew too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We arrived in Saint Andrews on Sunday June 14th just before 5 pm.  That was the end of a nearly 5000 miles journey along the North American eastern seaboard over a period of eight months.  Now it's time to get back to real life... at least for a while. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-2145606871264942983?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/2145606871264942983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=2145606871264942983' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/2145606871264942983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/2145606871264942983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/06/maine.html' title='Maine'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2qHNL41rI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/kmZXXJVcEUg/s72-c/IMG_2526+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-2449800170838768722</id><published>2009-06-20T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T20:30:20.219-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solo New York to Gloucester</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2PppjgbFI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Z54xBAPgXSM/s1600-h/IMG_2480.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2PppjgbFI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Z54xBAPgXSM/s320/IMG_2480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349589878078205010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I left New York's 79th St. Boat Basin on Saturday May 20th in the Morning to get a favourable tide back down the Hudson River.  It was my first time soloing Pegasus and I had put Luna on the davits the night before. I figured that it was easier for me to get Luna on the davits alone rather than on deck.  It was a nice sunny day when I anchored behind the Statue of Liberty for lunch to wait for the tide to turn in Hell Gate so I could go through the East River to Long Island Sound. By the end of the day, it had clouded over and there was a strong easterly wind in my nose when I entered Long Island Sound.  I decided to Anchor behind City Island for the night where I was warmly greeted by fellow boaters on a neighbouring  yacht.  It turns out the lady was originally from Cap Breton Island.  We had a pleasant conversation and they told me of what was available on City Island and even offered me a ride in their dingy.  It had been a long day for me so I decided to turn in early instead.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the morning, the sun was out again and I had a beautiful but almost windless day to start my journey up Long Island sound.  I stopped at the Norwalk Islands and anchored next to the lighthouse.  Once again, I got warmly greeted by fellow boaters.  It was a local couple who were starting out on a beautiful 70 feet Swan that they had been fixing for the last few years.  They are hoping to go off for an extended cruise and had many questions on how our trip had been.  Later, the guardian of the lighthouse also dropped by to greet me and said to let him know if I needed anything.  Once again, it was a very friendly place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Memorial day was another beautiful day on the water with pleasure crafts of all types covering Long Island Sound.  As one dismayed tug skipper said to an other on the radio, 'be careful, the kamikaze are out!'  I had a very good day motor sailing in light breeze on the stay sail and far from the shipping lanes.  I managed to cover the rest of Long Island Sound that day and anchored at Fisher Island.  I also stayed there on the 23rd to wait out for favourable winds for Block Island Sound.  I didn't quit get them.  I still got 15 knot winds in the nose when I did the short hop though Block Island Sound over to Newport.  I almost decided to stop in Point Judith but then decided to push on since the next couple of days weren't going to be any better.  The engine's fuel pump had stated to have a slight leak and I needed to replace it.  I wanted to get to Newport because I knew there was a Yanmar dealer there.  It turns out, we had four days of fog and rain so I stayed in Newport till Saturday May 30th.  That gave me time to get a new fuel pump, change it, and do my last oil and filter change on the engine for the trip.  Somehow, it made me feel much closer to home to know that the last scheduled  maintenance was done with!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had noticed some stress cracks appear on the davits after the waves I had gone through off Judith Point on my way into Newport so I decided to put Luna back on deck for the next leg.  It tuns out I got Luna up there fine on my own also.  It even went a little easier than on the davits. I had a beautiful flat day out of Newport to get passed Sakonnet Point.  What a change from last fall when we had head winds and 8 foot waves there!  By the time I got to Buzzards bay, it was a perfect sailing day.  Unfortunately, I didn't feel comfortable raising the main sail up alone so I decided to motor sail with the stay sail instead.  I made it to the entrance of Cape Cod Canal and decided to pick up a mooring from Onset Marina for the night.  There was an other Canadian flagged sail boat anchored nearby and I got to meet them.  They were from Fredericton and were also heading home.  We would meet up regularly for the rest of the trip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The favourable tide through the canal started at 10 am the next day and that was when I headed out.  I didn't want to wait too long because the forecast for the afternoon was for increasing winds and thunderstorms.  That is exactly what we got.  Luckily the wind was in the back and was pushing me north.  As I got closer to Scituate, where I was planning to spend the night, the winds got to over 25 knots. I had to take the wheel as the auto pilot was starting to get overwhelmed by the following seas.  Scituate harbour is very nice and protected though and I was glad to pick up a mooring there just before the thunder clouds came rolling by.  The mooring fee includes a shuttle service to shore so I was able to go take a shower at the harbour master's office as well as do groceries.  As it turns out, the thunder storms missed Scituate that day but I still got a nice picture of the rainbow at sunset.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next day, June 1st, I had a perfect day to continue my trip.  Once, I got past the Boston Harbour shipping lanes, I shut down the engine and sailed to the Gloucester harbour entrance with both head sails.  I decided to wait for my friend Jason there.  We would face the Maine lobster traps together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-2449800170838768722?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/2449800170838768722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=2449800170838768722' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/2449800170838768722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/2449800170838768722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/06/solo-new-york-to-gloucester.html' title='Solo New York to Gloucester'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sj2PppjgbFI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Z54xBAPgXSM/s72-c/IMG_2480.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8648125077864261288</id><published>2009-05-22T15:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:26:21.879-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot New York</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh71l3VOvfI/AAAAAAAAAD4/5bUUfqJ0VS4/s1600-h/IMG_2409.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh71l3VOvfI/AAAAAAAAAD4/5bUUfqJ0VS4/s320/IMG_2409.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340976238964948466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruce and I got Pegasus back to New York.  We had a foggy first day out of Cape May with a south wind pushing us along the 65 miles to Barnegat inlet which we had to enter entirely by radar and GPS.  We made it safely inside to a good anchorage and waited there for a front to go by.  After a day and a half, the wind calmed down, the sun came out and we did a short 20 mile hop over to Manasquan inlet with a light head wind.  The next day,  we had a windless sunny day for the final hop to New York and headed to the &lt;a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/marinas/10"&gt;79th St Boat Basin&lt;/a&gt;.  What a change in temperature compared to last fall!  It's now in the 80 F!  I don't need the heater now! &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Wednesday,  Bruce and I did some site seeing.  It was Bruce's first time visiting New York and since his fiancé and his daughter had told him to see Time Square, that is where we went.  Bruce looked a little overwhelmed by all the hustle and bustle.  As he puts it:  'there is nothing but shoe and purse stores'.  So we went over to some boy's stores (electronics and marine stores) then down to the waterfront to see the &lt;a href="http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/"&gt;Intrepid Museum&lt;/a&gt;.  It turns out this was the first day of an annual Fleet Week and a bunch of navy ships were arriving in the harbour including about four Canadian Frigates!  That seems to be most of our Navy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had a good time but that was it for Bruce's part of the trip.  He took the bus back to Saint John that night and got home by the end of the next day.  I plan on staying in New York till Saturday, then head to Long Island Sound and Newport.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bruce et moi avons ramené Pegasus à New York.  En partant du Cape May, nous avons eu du brouillard mais aussi un vent arrière de 15 noeud.  Ca nous a permis de franchir les 65 miles marin jusqu'à Barnegat dans la journée.  Par contre nous avions du faire l'entrée dans la passe entièrement au radar et au GPS tend le brouillard été dense.  En sécurité dans un bon ancrage, nous avions préférer attendre un jour et demi qu'un front passe.  Une fois le vent calmé et le soleil revenue, nous avons fait le petit trajet jusqu'à Manasquan, la prochaine passe sur la cote du New Jersey.  Le landemain, dans un calm plat, nous avons complété notre route jusqu'a New York et avons pris un amarre au &lt;a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/marinas/10"&gt;79th street Boat Bassin&lt;/a&gt;.  Quel différence de température avec l'automne dernier.  Il fait chaud avec des températures approchant les 30 C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le lendemain mercredi, nous avons fait du tourisme.  C'était la première visite à New York pour Bruce et sur la recommandation de sa fiancé et sa fille, nous sommes allés à time square.  Bruce avait l'aire un peut perdu dans toute la cohue.  Comme il a dit, 'il n'y a que des magasin de sacoches et de souliers!'  Par la suite nous avons trouvé quelque magasin pour 'garcon' (électronique et marine) et nous avons visiter le &lt;a href="http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/"&gt;musée de L'intrépid.&lt;/a&gt;  Ce fut aussi la première journée de 'Fleet Week' sur les quais alors plusieurs navire de la Marine sont arrivé dont quatre frégates Canadienne.  Ca doit représenter la majeur partie de la marine Canadienne ça!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nous avons eu du bon temps à New York, mais ça représenté la fin du voyage avec Bruce.  Il a pris l'autobus pour Saint John le soir même pour arriver le lendemain.  Moi je reste à New York jusqu'à samedi avant de partir pour Long Island Sound et Newport.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8648125077864261288?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8648125077864261288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8648125077864261288' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8648125077864261288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8648125077864261288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/05/hot-new-york.html' title='Hot New York'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh71l3VOvfI/AAAAAAAAAD4/5bUUfqJ0VS4/s72-c/IMG_2409.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-9053256852608395688</id><published>2009-05-15T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T14:29:35.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Annapolis, Cape May and a crew change</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh8CK-pnxtI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Y9FokjczbZQ/s1600-h/DSCF6866.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh8CK-pnxtI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Y9FokjczbZQ/s320/DSCF6866.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340990070724216530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Louis and I had a great trip on the Cheasapeake from Hampton  VA to Annapolis.  We did the trip in four days and although we had some windy days, we didn't get stuck anywhere because of the weather.  We motor sailed for most of the trip to maintain a good speed since I had arranged to meet up with my friend Bruce on Monday May 11th in Annapolis.  We got there at about 3:30 PM with Bruce waiting to get on and Marie-Helen waiting to pick up Louis, both at the dock.  Thank you again Louis and Marie-Helen for the kind reception and helping out on this leg of the trip.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bruce and I spent Tuesday shopping in Annapolis for food and for replacing some of the boats electronics.  The radio had a frayed mic wire that made it cut out and the autopilot was dead.  Since both are important for safety when sailing short handed and aren't cheaply and quickly reparable, I got new ones.  We managed to get the new radio in before leaving the next morning and also some of the autopilot's components. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had a nice day motor sailing up the Cheasapeake in light winds and anchored in Bohemia river just before the C &amp;amp; D canal to wait overnight for the tide to turn.  Currents in the canal can reach 2 knots so it can turn a 2 hour trip into a 4 hour trip easily if you don't go with the tide.  The next day was very windy with gust over 30 knots.  The trip through the canal is sheltered so it went very well.  The Delaware is not sheltered so going down to Cape May that day was out of the question.  We anchored in front of Delaware City in a relatively sheltered spot and settled down early for a bouncy night.  It did give us time to finish the autopilot installation so the next day in almost perfect weather (now no wind at all!) we let Pegasus steer herself to Cape May.  The next step is going to be the New Jersey coast and New York.  That is out in the open Atlantic so we will check for the next weather window for that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Louis et moi avons fait un bon voyage dans le Chesapeake de Hampton, Virginie,  à Annapolis.  Ca nous a pris quatre jours avec escale chaque soir, du Vendredi 8 mai au Lundi 11 May.  Nous avons eu du bon vents et du soleil pour tous sauf le dernier jour.  La le temps s'est couvert et nous avons eu un peu de pluie. Malgré le vent généralement favorable, nous somme resté sous moteur pour maintenir le rendez-vous avec  mon ami Bruce à Annapolis.  A l'arrivée, Bruce, qui fera la manche du voyage jusqu'à New York avec moi, nous attendez sur le quai ainsi que Marie-Helène qui venait chercher Louis.  Avec ce changement d'équipier pris fin mon voyage avec Louis.  Merci encore, Louis et Marie-Hélène pour l'accueille à Washington et la compagnie dans le voyage sur le Cheasapeake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le lendemain mardi, Bruce et moi somme resté à Annapolis faire du magasinage.  Nous devions passer à l'épicerie pour les provisions mais aussi j'avais à remplacer de l'équipement électronique du bateaux.  En effet, le vieux pilot automatique avais rendu l'âme à Miami.  En fait il n'avait pas servi du voyage mais j'allais en avoir besoin au retour car je doit faire une période en solo après New York.  Aussi après six mois d'usage intensif pour communiquer avec les ponts, la radio VHF avais le fils du micro tout effiloché résultant dans un mauvais contact.  Dans les deux cas j'ai trouvé plus rapide et économique de les remplacer par du neufs.  On a eu le temps d'installer la nouvelle radio avant de partir le lendemain ainsi qu'une partie de composante du pilote automatique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nous avons une belle journée sous voile et moteur avec une légère brise jusqu'à la rivière Bohemia ou nous avons mouillé l'ancre.  Nous y avons passé la nuit pour attendre la marrée favorable pour passer le canal du Cheasapeake au Delaware.  Les courants peuvent y atteindre les 2 noeud alors il vaux mieux les avoir avec nous!  Le jeudi fut très venteux avec des bourrasques de 30 noeuds.  Comme le canal est protégé des vents, on a pu le passer sans problème mais la Delaware n'été pas navigable pour nous alors nous avons mouillé l'ancre en face de Delaware City.  On été relativement protégé mais la nuit fut loin d'être calme. On a comme même eu le temps de compléter l'installation du pilote automatique.  C'est ainsi que dans un calme parfait (plus de vent du tout mais un peut de brouillard) nous avons rejoint Cape May le lendemain en laissant Pegasus se diriger toute seul!  La prochaine étape est dans l'Atlantique pour remonter la cote de New Jersey jusqu'à New York.  Nous allons devoir attendre une météo favorable pour cela!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-9053256852608395688?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/9053256852608395688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=9053256852608395688' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/9053256852608395688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/9053256852608395688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/05/annapolis-cape-may-and-crew-change.html' title='Annapolis, Cape May and a crew change'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sh8CK-pnxtI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Y9FokjczbZQ/s72-c/DSCF6866.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-4404829917358735295</id><published>2009-05-07T18:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T19:55:29.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Canuck in Washington</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOYZLK9iaI/AAAAAAAAADY/DCdj9UZq2FM/s1600-h/IMG_2358+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOYZLK9iaI/AAAAAAAAADY/DCdj9UZq2FM/s320/IMG_2358+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333273941999716770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The month of April is already over and so is our trip home. While Genny is back in St-Andrews hard at work for an other season at the &lt;a href="http://www.huntsmanmarine.ca/"&gt;Huntsman Ocean Sciences' Aquarium,&lt;/a&gt; I am on my way back to Pegasus to sail her to New Brunswick.  On my way, I have just spent a couple days site seeing in Washington DC and checking out a couple of the Smithsonian museums.  On my tours I have found that I was not the only 'Canadian' enjoying the US capital, although I don't think that these geese have ever made it up to Canada.  On the other hand, I was graciously hosted in Washington by Genny's cousins, Louis and Marie-Helene. Thank-you. Tomorrow we are heading down to Hampton and Louis will join me to sail the next leg up the Chesapeake to Annapolis.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le mois d'avril est déjà terminé, tout comme notre visite de la famille à Montréal.  Alors que Geneviève est maintenant de nouveau au travail à l'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huntsmanmarine.ca/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aquarium Huntsman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; de St. Andrews, moi je suis en route vers Pegasus afin compléter son périple de retour au Nouveau Brunswick.  En chemin, je me suis arrêté quelques jours à Washington afin de visiter la capital américaine et ces musées.  J'y ai croisé quelque bernaches du Canada qui se prélassées sur les pelouses.   Mais peu bavardes, elles ne semble pas avoir déjà mises les pieds au Canada celles-la.  Pour ce séjour à Washington,  j'ai été gentiment accueillît par les cousin de Geneviève, Louis et Marie-Hélène.  Merci.  Demain nous prenons la route pour rejoindre Pegasus à Hampton et Louis m'accompagnera pour la prochaine manche du voyage, soit la remonté de la Chesapeake jusqu'à Annapolis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-4404829917358735295?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/4404829917358735295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=4404829917358735295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4404829917358735295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4404829917358735295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/05/canuck-in-washington.html' title='A Canuck in Washington'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOYZLK9iaI/AAAAAAAAADY/DCdj9UZq2FM/s72-c/IMG_2358+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8391541966814885480</id><published>2009-04-07T16:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:28:10.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Home sweet home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sdvoht7g_lI/AAAAAAAAACs/RM0-PQHr4uY/s1600-h/IMG_2492.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sdvoht7g_lI/AAAAAAAAACs/RM0-PQHr4uY/s320/IMG_2492.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322103050630921810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have arrived in Montreal, and it is great to see family members, enjoying every moments with them !  We have 6 months of stories to share, so we are taking a whole week to do so. My mom came to pick us up in Hampton, and after visiting the area a bit (including the battleship "Wisconsin"), we took 2 days and a half to make it back to Montreal. The drive was a nice change, and when we spotted the first remnants of snow banks in upstate New York, we knew we were back up North. Now, we have to find a place to call our own in St. Andrews, so I can start my job next Tuesday. But I have to admit, I REALLY miss my boat !&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous sommes arrivés a Montreal, and nous sommes tellement heureux de revoir tous nos membres de la famille, en savourant chaque moment ! Il y a 6 mois de choses a se raconter ensemble, alors nous prenons toute la semaine pour aller voir tout le monde. Ma mere nous a prise a Hampton, et apres avoir visiter un peu la région (dont le cuirassé "Wisconsin") nous avons pris 2 jours et demi pour faire le traject de retour en auto. Quelle différence de faire le voyage via la route ! Quand nous avons vu ce qui restait des bancs de neige dans l'état de New York, nous savions que nous étions finallement dans le Grand Nord (ou presque !). Maintenant, il faut se trouver un "chez-nous" bien a nous a St. Andrews, pour que je puisse aller au travail mardi prochain. Mais je l'avoue, mon bateau me manque BEAUCOUP !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8391541966814885480?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8391541966814885480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8391541966814885480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8391541966814885480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8391541966814885480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/04/home-sweet-home.html' title='Home sweet home'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sdvoht7g_lI/AAAAAAAAACs/RM0-PQHr4uY/s72-c/IMG_2492.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6186779578035636748</id><published>2009-03-28T08:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-28T09:10:19.657-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in Hampton, Virginia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5L4qQSrfI/AAAAAAAAACk/1Ww2GppqjK0/s1600-h/IMG_2476+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5L4qQSrfI/AAAAAAAAACk/1Ww2GppqjK0/s320/IMG_2476+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318271646758514162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are back in Hampton, near Norfolk, Virginia, and to our great surprise, we are anchored next to the 2 British sailboats that we had last seen in New York on the way down. What a small world ! We are having a good time visiting the area, waiting for my mom to come and meet us here on Monday, so we can drive back with her to Canada. This means that we are leaving our boat in the area for one month. Since we arrived early, we took our time to visit the Dismal Swamp State Park, and once in Hampton, we went to see the Virginia Air and Space museum. We received a lot of rain, but today, the sun is out and for once, we do not need to run the heater on board. We found a very friendly marina to store the boat, so we will spend some time to get her ready, and do a bit of maintenance so she's ready once Val comes back with his friends. For me, this is the end, however, but I am looking forward to seeing my family again, and to start working in St.Andrews for the summer months.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous sommes de retour a Hampton, pres de Norfolk, en Virginie, et a notre grande surprise, nous sommes ancré tout pres des 2 voiliers brittaniques que nous avions suivi a New York. Le monde est tellement petit ! Nous attendons que ma mere vienne nous rejoindre ici lundi, pour nous ramener au Canada par la suite. En attendant, nous prenons notre temps pour visiter. En montant le Dismal Swamp, nous avons visiter leur parc tout neuf, et ici, nous avons été voir le musée aérospatial de la Virginie. Nous avons recu beaucoup de pluie, mais finallement, aujourdhui, le soleil est sortie, et notre fournaise n'est plus nécessaire. Nous avons trouvé une bonne marina avec des gens aimable pour entreposer Pegasus pendant un mois, et nous allons faire un brin d'entretien pour qu'elle soit prete pour le voyage de retour avec Valery et ses amis. Pour moi, par contre, c'est la fin du voyage, ce qui m'attriste, mais j'ai aussi hate de revoir ma famille, et de travailler a St.Andrews cet été.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6186779578035636748?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6186779578035636748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6186779578035636748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6186779578035636748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6186779578035636748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/03/back-in-hampton-virginia.html' title='Back in Hampton, Virginia'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5L4qQSrfI/AAAAAAAAACk/1Ww2GppqjK0/s72-c/IMG_2476+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6265497170665144971</id><published>2009-03-23T09:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-28T09:09:21.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Still going back North</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5LosGlEfI/AAAAAAAAACc/u0ZknQP5T5I/s1600-h/IMG_2290+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5LosGlEfI/AAAAAAAAACc/u0ZknQP5T5I/s320/IMG_2290+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318271372376740338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why, do you ask ?  Because we have to. Otherwise, we would stay down here, as the weather has been lovely.  We have now reached Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and as expected, we are experiencing a few cold fronts. But overall, our trip back north is going very well. Our engine started smoking in Morehead City, but fortunately, we were still near the anchorage, so we quickly dropped the anchor again, and shut off the engine. After a thorough check up, we discovered that one of the water hoses had been leaking, preventing most of the water from cooling the engine. Luckily, we caught it in time, and were able to fix it with a brand new hose. Otherwise, now that we have very few bridges to wait for, the engine seems happier and works great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey oui, nous continuons toujours notre voyage de retour, meme si nous voudrions bien rester un peu plus longtemps dans le sud, car la météo est belle. Nous sommes arrivés a Elizabeth City, Caroline du Nord, et comme nous nous y attendions, nous avons recu quelques fronts froids. Mais en général, nous nous tenons au chaud, et le voyage se passe tres bien. A Morehead City, notre moteur avait commencé a fumer, alors une chance que nous étions toujours pres de la ville, car nous avons mouillé l'ancre de nouveau en vitesse, et avons éteint le moteur. Apres une vérification, nous avons vu qu'un des boyaux d'eau avait une fuite et empechait la plupart de l'eau de refroidir le moteur. Alors nous l'avons remplacer, et depuis, il fonctionne a merveille, surtout que nous avons tres peu de ponts a faire ouvrir, alors le moteur en est tres heureux !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6265497170665144971?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6265497170665144971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6265497170665144971' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6265497170665144971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6265497170665144971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/03/still-going-back-north.html' title='Still going back North'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/Sc5LosGlEfI/AAAAAAAAACc/u0ZknQP5T5I/s72-c/IMG_2290+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-4563635035019099941</id><published>2009-02-23T09:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T10:31:04.187-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The beginning of the end: The trip back north</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SaLrWBCTTZI/AAAAAAAAACU/JisxIFla7dA/s1600-h/IMG_2445+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SaLrWBCTTZI/AAAAAAAAACU/JisxIFla7dA/s320/IMG_2445+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306062074463604114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All good things have to come to an end. My job starts again in April, so we have turned around to head back north. We spent a few very nice days in key Biscayne, sailing the Biscayne Bay, and meeting with other cruisers that were heading out to the Bahamas (including 2 Quebecers on their smaller sailboats). We met with the previous owners of Pegasus at the Miami Boat Show (it was so refreshing to see familiar faces from back home ! We had a great time !). But when came time to do the next 2 days full of bridges to cross, between Miami and Palm Beach, our engine said "enough" !  It was very tired of waiting at idle while each bridge opened for us. So we got very worried that it would let go. But it held on, and we did it (one day, we cleared 16 bridges, one after the other !). After this little bit, the bridges are more spaced out. We are now in Vero Beach again, rafted to a motorsailer from Delaware. The owner is very friendly and helped Val install our radar on our mast, since our radar pole broke again (after some powerboats left a huge wake in the narrow canal not far from Miami. Pegasus really got tossed around). Thank goodness we have those metal steps to climb the mast, but Val still needed a Bosun chair (the kind that includes a harness) so he could be more comfortable up there while drilling holes for the screws. Not an easy task ! Today, we're gonna check our dear engine to make sure it can take us further without problems, and tomorrow, if the north winds die down, we will continue our journey towards Cape Canaveral to see a shuttle launch on the 27th (although the sun is out, and it's tempting to just stay south, where there are no snow storms !).&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Toutes bonnes choses doivent prendre fin, malheureusement. Mon boulot recommence en Avril au Nouveau-Brunswick, alors on doit remonter vers le nord. Nous avons quand meme passé plusieurs belles journées a Key Biscayne, en faisant de la voile dans la belle Baie de Biscayne, et en rencontrant des gens qui commencaient leur croisiere vers les Bahamas (incluant 2 Québecois sur leur plus petits voiliers). Nous avons ensuite visité le salon du bateau de Miami, ou nous avons pu passer du temps avec les anciens proprietaires de Pegasus, qui séjournent ici (quelle merveille de voir des visages connus de part chez nous!). La journée a été tres plaisante ! Ensuite, il nous a fallu passer 2 jours a traverser les nombreux ponts entre Miami et Palm Beach. C'est la que notre moteur a dit "ca suffit"!  Il n'a pas aimé tourner au ralenti en attendant que chaque pont ouvre, alors il nous a beaucoup inquieté quand il a hésité par moment. Mais nous avons réussit a le faire (notre record: 16 ponts en une journée!), et nous sommes maintenant de retour a Vero Beach, sur une amarre avec un type du Delaware. Le gars est tres sympatique, et il a beaucoup aidé Valery a installer notre radar sur notre mat, car la structure du radar en arriere de Pegasus a encore laché (des bateaux a moteurs de vitesses nous ont laissé des énormes vagues en plein dans le canal étroit pres de Miami. Pegasus s'est fait brassé !). Une chance qu'on a des marches en métal pour grimper le mat, mais il a fallu que Valery utilise aussi la chair Bosun (qui vient avec un harnais) pour etre comfortable en haut, pendant qu'il percait les trous pour les vis.  Pas une job facile !  Aujourd'hui on s'occupe de prendre soin du moteur pour qu'il continue sans problemes, et demain, si les vents du nord se calment, nous allons monter vers le Cap Canaveral pour voir la navette décoller le 27 février (mais avec le beau soleil ici, c'est tentant de rester dans le sud, ou il n'y a pas de tempetes de neige !). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-4563635035019099941?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/4563635035019099941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=4563635035019099941' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4563635035019099941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4563635035019099941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/02/beginning-of-end-trip-back-north.html' title='The beginning of the end: The trip back north'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SaLrWBCTTZI/AAAAAAAAACU/JisxIFla7dA/s72-c/IMG_2445+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-970329911487151015</id><published>2009-02-04T13:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T14:12:11.811-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Miami Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SYoSqgHza1I/AAAAAAAAACM/KJGfqXyyWQs/s1600-h/IMG_2377.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SYoSqgHza1I/AAAAAAAAACM/KJGfqXyyWQs/s320/IMG_2377.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299068432941280082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We have arrived in Miami Beach, but even though it's sunny, it is not as warm as we had hoped. To get here, we had to go through the busiest part of the canal. Just to give an example, we had to go under 25 swing bridges in just 2 days for the last few miles. This means calling over to the bridge tenders, one at a time, to get them opened (our mast does not fit under most of them), and each has its own schedule. Some of them open on request. We did this part on weekdays, to avoid the weekend crowd. Millionnaire mansions line the canal on each side, each more luxurious than the other. Some of them are as big as some hotels ! Once near Miami Beach, we found this lovely quiet lagoon next to Oleta Park, where many canadian cruisers choose to anchor. We really enjoyed it. But we knew once we would reach Miami Beach itself, we would no longer have this kind of setting. It's a big city, with lots of traffic and regulations. We did stay one night in a marina, and took the bus into South Beach. We took lots of pictures of the awesome Art Deco hotels and restaurants, and went shopping on Lincoln road, a pedestrian shopping street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Yesterday, we anchored next to Jungle Island, where they moved the old Parrot Jungle, and it's now a great exhibit of different kinds of animals, including shows and a big flamingo lake. We went to visit the place today and we totally enjoyed the parrot show, which I had seen twice before when I was a young girl visiting my grand-mother in Florida. We can still hear the parrots screaming from our anchorage ! Some of the animals looked a bit cold, as we have the north winds blowing, with the lowest temperatures of the winter so far in this area. Even the monkeys were all wrapped in the thick wool blankets they were provided ! Brrr....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Nous avons rejoint Miami Beach, et meme si le soleil est present, il fait froid. Pour arriver ici, il a fallu traverser la partie la plus peuplé du canal, avec plus de 25 ponts a faire lever dans les 2 derniers jours. Ca veut dire qu'il fallait appeler l'opérateur des ponts, un a la fois, pour faire ouvrir le pont (notre mat est trop haut pour passer en dessous), et chacun a son horaire différent. Queques uns ouvrent a la demande. Nous avons fait cette partie durant la semaine, pour eviter les tonnes de bateaux amateurs du dimanche. Les énormes maisons des millionnaires se retrouvent de chaque coté du canal, tous plus luxueuses que les autres. Juste avant Miami Beach, nous avons quand meme trouvé une belle lagune entourée d'un parc, avec d'autres canadiens a l'ancre. Une belle place tranquille avant de se retrouver en ville. Une fois dans Miami Beach meme, c'est le traffic, les grattes-ciels et beaucoup de réglementations. Nous avons passé une nuit dans une marina pour prendre l'autobus au coin de la rue et se rendre a South Beach. Les petits hotels et restaurants Art Déco nous ont impressionné, ainsi que la rue piétonniere Lincoln, avec ces nombreuses boutiques. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Hier, nous avons jeté l'ancre a coté de Jungle Island, qui était l'ancien Parrot Jungle. Nous entendions déja les cris des nombreux perroquets du bateau ! Aujourd'hui, nous avons passé la journée a ce parc, pour voir les différents animaux, et les spectacles, surtout celui avec les perroquets, evidemment. Ca me rappelle ceux que j'avais vu lors de mes visites chez ma grand-mere en Floride l'hiver. Mais nous avons remarqué que certains animaux avaient froid, avec le vent du nord. Meme les primates étaient enroulé dans les grosses couvertes de laine qui leur avaient été donné. Brrr....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-970329911487151015?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/970329911487151015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=970329911487151015' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/970329911487151015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/970329911487151015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/02/miami-beach.html' title='Miami Beach'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SYoSqgHza1I/AAAAAAAAACM/KJGfqXyyWQs/s72-c/IMG_2377.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6661721101441103760</id><published>2009-01-26T14:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T19:38:29.588-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Daytona Beach and warm Vero Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgObHYUS2EI/AAAAAAAAADg/oHbO1ZYv5rM/s1600-h/IMG_2110+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgObHYUS2EI/AAAAAAAAADg/oHbO1ZYv5rM/s320/IMG_2110+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333276934825760834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We spent a few days in Daytona Beach, but unfortunately, we saw nothing ! The cold wind was blowing, and the temperatures dropped below freezing at night, so we ended up staying aboard, with the heater on again. The day we decided to leave the anchorage, we had to wear our hats, scarves and gloves to sail down to the next stop. A little frustrating. But it slowly got warmer, and after 3 days, we reached Vero Beach on a Friday. We decided to spend the whole week-end here, since the ICW canal is full of boating traffic then, when everyone is out fishing. Lots of power boats means lots of huge wakes, which are not comfortable. Fortunately, the summer-type weather has arrived, and we spent a lovely day at the beach on Saturday, while we relaxed at the marina on Sunday. It is a very long dinghy ride to get groceries on the other side of town (rowing across Indian River), and I'm glad Val is in excellent shape to get me there ! We always have a dolphin escort alongside as well. Monday, we decided to try the local free bus rides to town, so Val could get a new oil pump to do an oil change, since ours died on us. We are planning to leave tomorrow, if the weather holds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Nous avons passé 2 jours a Daytona Beach, sans débarquer, avec la chaufferette a fond, en attendant que les grands vents du Nord se calment. Il a fait tres froid, avec des températures sous zéro la nuit. Le lendemain, il a fallu meme naviguer avec nos chapeaux, foulards et gants toute la journée. Un peu frustrant ! Mais ca c'est tranquillement réchauffé, et apres 3 jours, nous sommes arrivés a Vero Beach un vendredi apres-midi. Parce que le traffic de bateaux a moteur augmente énormément les fin-de-semaines sur le canal, et laisse beaucoup de vagues incomfortables, nous avons décidé de rester a la marina jusqu'a lundi. Les belles journées d'été sont finallement arrivées, alors samedi, nous avons été a la plage. Dimanche, nous avons relaxé sur le bateau, et en apres-midi, nous avons ramé jusqu'a l'autre coté de la riviere (toujours avec les dauphins en escorte) pour rejoindre un supermarché. Heureusement que Val est en grande forme pour m'amener jusque la ! Lundi, nous avons décidé d'essayer les autobus gratuits qui se rendent en ville, pour qu'on achete une pompe a huile pour faire les changements d'huile a moteur (le notre a rendu l'ame). Demain, nous continuons le chemin, si la météo le veut bien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6661721101441103760?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6661721101441103760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6661721101441103760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6661721101441103760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6661721101441103760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/01/cold-daytona-beach-and-warm-vero-beach.html' title='Cold Daytona Beach and warm Vero Beach'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgObHYUS2EI/AAAAAAAAADg/oHbO1ZYv5rM/s72-c/IMG_2110+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-7610441964591062332</id><published>2009-01-18T14:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T15:03:55.943-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Going further south</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SXO1UrvFC1I/AAAAAAAAACE/eRoz10fmK10/s1600-h/IMG_2369.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SXO1UrvFC1I/AAAAAAAAACE/eRoz10fmK10/s320/IMG_2369.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292773354032663378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We finally left St.Augustine, reluctantly, to move again further south. I understand you folks back home in Canada are having a big cold snap, well, to make you feel better, we are having it too. It reaches all the way down to mid-Florida. I know, I know, minus 1 Celsius is nothing compared to what you guys are experiencing, but for Florida locals, it's stressful. Everyone is covering up their fragile tropical plants. We also had a couple days of rain. So that's why we had decided to stay put for another week. But this morning, the weather was right, and we crossed the famous Bridge of Lions, to move on. On the way there, we had a big surprise when we saw, anchored just before the bridge, the sailboat "Ghost Dance" from our home town, St.Andrews ! The last time we had spoken was right before we left, on October 5th. What a coincidence ! We also met some nice folks from Sherbrooke, the day before, travelling in their camper, both interested to know how our trip went, as they wanted to do the same thing someday. Lots of Canadians down here !&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On a finallement quitté St.Augustine, a contre-coeur, pour continuer notre voyage. La météo avait fait des siennes ces temps-ci, alors on avait décidé de rester une semaine de plus. Nous avons appris que vous aviez du temps tres tres froid, au Canada, alors sachez que nous aussi, ca tombe sous-zéro la nuit !  Je sais, je sais, ca ne se compare pas a du -30 Celsius, mais pour les Floridiens, c'est un stress pour leur plantes tropicales fragiles. Ils les couvrent tous avec des draps. On a aussi eu quelques journées de pluie. Mais ce matin, le soleil était de retour, avec des vents faibles, alors nous avons passé sous le pont des Lions, en face de St.Augustine, et avons mis le cap au sud. Mais juste avant le pont, nous avons eu la surprise de revoir le voilier "Ghost Dance" de St.Andrews, d'ou nous avions quitté le 5 octobre dernier !  Quelle coincidence !  Nous avions aussi rencontré un couple de Sherbrooke hier, qui voyage dans leur caravan, et ils étaient curieux de savoir comment notre voyage se déroulait, car ils étaient interessés a faire de meme un jour, apres la retraite. Il y a beaucoup de canadiens ici. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-7610441964591062332?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/7610441964591062332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=7610441964591062332' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/7610441964591062332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/7610441964591062332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-finally-left-st.html' title='Going further south'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SXO1UrvFC1I/AAAAAAAAACE/eRoz10fmK10/s72-c/IMG_2369.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-5233360588305480735</id><published>2009-01-10T13:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T13:44:11.811-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Relaxing in St. Augustine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWkWoH63M9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ad687wGtQVs/s1600-h/IMG_2358.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWkWoH63M9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ad687wGtQVs/s320/IMG_2358.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289784115899872210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St.Augustine is still warm and sunny. We are awaiting a package from home, so we are taking it easy. We rigged our little dinghy for sailing her in the lagoon we are anchored in. We are finally doing some sailing in Florida ! We are also enjoying the good catches for supper. The fish, like the grouper, is excellent. And the shrimp are just perfect !  Back in Georgia, we passed a group of fishermen that were tossing their nets into the waters of a bay. A young one came to see us with his dory, and showed us some freshly caught jumbo pink shrimp. He asked if we wanted to buy some. I couldn't refuse !  We bargained the price down, and I ended up with a bucket full. There is nothing like fresh shrimp with garlic and herb sauce ! Tonight, we will get something for the barbecue.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;St.Augustine est toujours tres chaude et ensoleillée. Nous attendons un colis de notre famille, alors nous relaxons en attendant. Nous avons mis la voile sur notre chaloupe, et avec la belle brise de cet apres-midi, nous avons finallement pu faire de la voile en Floride. Ca fait du bien ! Nous profitons des bons fruits de mer aussi. Le poisson est excellent, et les crevettes sont succulentes. L'autre jour, en Georgie, on voyait des pecheurs mettre les filets dans l'eau dans une baie. Peu apres, un jeune pecheur vient nous voir dans sa chaloupe, et nous montre un seau plein de crevettes roses grandeur jumbo !  Il nous demande si nous voulons en acheter, et je ne pouvais pas refuser. J'ai négotié le prix avec lui, et je me suis ramassé avec un gros bol plein !  Y'a rien de tel que des crevettes fraiches avec une sauce a l'ail et aux fines herbes ! Ce soir, je vais essayé de trouver quelque chose pour le barbecue.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-5233360588305480735?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/5233360588305480735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=5233360588305480735' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5233360588305480735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5233360588305480735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/01/relaxing-in-st-augustine.html' title='Relaxing in St. Augustine'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWkWoH63M9I/AAAAAAAAAB8/ad687wGtQVs/s72-c/IMG_2358.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-1808221239826816084</id><published>2009-01-08T06:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T07:31:28.804-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgia and Northern Florida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWYXyevSQwI/AAAAAAAAAB0/BI9-DBld930/s1600-h/IMG_2027+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWYXyevSQwI/AAAAAAAAAB0/BI9-DBld930/s320/IMG_2027+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288940968405517058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, but there is not a lot of wifi signals in the beautiful wild marshes of Georgia. To recap, we spent a very quiet but warm Christmas day in Beaufort. Then we spent a few days to cross Georgia by anchoring in very remote but serene salt water marshes with the dolphins and the egrets. We ended up in Jekyll Island for a few days as the wind was blowing too hard, but we're glad we did, as this is a lovely place to visit with lots of walking trails and a sandy beach on the Atlantic side. This is the island where the richest business men (the Goodyears, Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, etc...) of the early 1900's spent their winters in lavish cottages, which are now museums open to the public. We took lots of pictures !  The next day, we made our way to Northern Florida, spending the night in Fernandina Beach. It's a small town with historic homes, but we did get the smells from the pulp and paper industry up wind from the moorings, so needless to say we didn't stay long. The next few days, we spent the night in the last of the wild marshes before "suburbia" Florida starts, and we had a real wildlife show one evening when a school of fish was trying to escape the dozens and dozens of egrets, herons, storks, ibises, sterns, ospreys, pelicans and diving ducks from becoming supper. Everybody would move as one, up and down the creek, chasing down the many small, leaping fishes. It beats watching TV.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We arrived in St. Augustine 2 days later, and we are now spending a week here, as summer weather has finally greeted us. Now we know we are in Florida. We visited the Alligator Farm nearby, which is more like a reptile zoo, with many exotic birds and mammals as well. We walked across the bridge to town, with all its small shops lining the streets. The buildings are some of the oldest in the States, and they have a lovely Spanish style, with ornate architectural details. We also walked to the beach on the other side, but it's a good hour to get there unfortunately. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Cela fait un bout de temps qu'on n'a pas eu un bon signal wifi, alors on en profite maintenant pour vous donner une mise-a-jour de notre voyage. Apres une journée de Noel tranquille mais chaude passée a Beaufort, nous avons traversé les beaux marais d'eau salée de la Georgie, ou il y avait plus de nature sauvage que de maisons et de technologie. Ca nous donne des endroits paisibles pour passer la nuit a l'ancre. Ensuite, nous avons visité l'ile Jekyll pendant quelques jours alors que le vent était trop fort, et nous avons pu explorer les nombreux sentiers et plages, ainsi que les superbes maisons d'hiver des familles les plus riches du début des années 1900 (commes les Rockefellers, Goodyears, Vanderbilts, etc...). Ces maisons ne sont plus habités, mais elles sont maintenant ouvertes au publique. Tres extravagantes ! Nous nous sommes ensuite rendu a Fernandina Beach, en Floride du Nord, avec son centre-ville historique, mais a cause des odeurs provenant de l'usine pates et papiers, nous ne sommes resté qu'une nuit. Les 2 prochains jours ont été passé dans les derniers marais sauvages de la Floride, avant de retrouver les grands centres urbains, ou nous avons pu assister a un beau spectacle en soirée, avec des douzaines et des douzaines d'oiseaux (aigrettes, hérons, aigle-pecheurs, canards, ibis, cigognes, sternes et pélicans) qui pourchassaient un banc de poissons qui essayait de se sauver a travers les bras d'eau du marais. Tout le monde allait dans la meme direction que les poissons, qui avaient peu de chance de s'en sauver. C'était plus interessant a voir que la TV !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Nous sommes ensuite arrivés a St. Augustine, ou nous allons passer une semaine a l'ancre. Nous en avons profité pour visiter la Ferme d'Alligators, qui est plus comme un zoo de reptiles, avec des beaux oiseaux exotiques et autres... Nous avons aussi visiter a pied le centre-ville avec son style espagnol, et ses nombreuses boutiques. L'ancien pont des Lions est en rénovation, alors nous avons pris le pont temporaire. A une heure de marche, on peut rejoindre la plage de l'autre coté, mais ca fait un peu long pour s'y rendre, malheureusement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-1808221239826816084?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/1808221239826816084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=1808221239826816084' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1808221239826816084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1808221239826816084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2009/01/georgia-and-northern-florida.html' title='Georgia and Northern Florida'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SWYXyevSQwI/AAAAAAAAAB0/BI9-DBld930/s72-c/IMG_2027+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-9183535877644909325</id><published>2008-12-25T09:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T09:57:30.819-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas, from South Carolina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SVO8_ixicaI/AAAAAAAAABs/CdOTjHX7b24/s1600-h/IMG_1848.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SVO8_ixicaI/AAAAAAAAABs/CdOTjHX7b24/s320/IMG_1848.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283774587688087970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Merry Christmas everyone !  I always keep forgetting to mention that Val and I thoroughly enjoy reading your comments on this blog. We miss our friends and family from back home, and it's like we're not too far from you, even though we are miles away.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, it's been a while since the last update, but we've crossed the Cape Fear river to spend a night in Southport. Then we made our way to Myrthle Beach, where we stayed at a marina, since there were no good places to anchor. We prefer to anchor, since there is no cost (and like most cruisers, we are on a budget), but it's nice to have the amenities once in a while. The next day was a little foggy, but it cleared up enough for us to go through the Rock Pile, which is a narrow cut through a rock formation, so it's not a place to go aground ! Little scary, but it went well, and we ended up in the Wacamaw river, where we had to dodge floating dead tree trunks and branches. Some of them were very large !  We anchored in one of the rivers flowing into the Wacamaw, and we spent one of the most peaceful nights, surrounded by owls answering each other, and the sounds of treefrogs. The next day, we spent it in Georgetown, where the temperature reached 26 degrees Celsius !!!  We had a big day ahead of us the next day, and we anchored in the middle of a marsh, as it was the only thing around. That's when we first heard those little snapping shrimps of warmer waters. They are apparently 1 inch long, but they make this snap-crakle-pop noise under the hull, which sounds like bacon in a frying pan. Very weird !  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next day, we arrived in Charleston, but the only place to anchor is on the opposite side of town. We had to spend the next day there as well, since the winds were strong, and it was cold again, so we decided to spend the day walking the distance to reach the shops and the busy streets, full of Christmas shoppers. The amazing thing about this town are all the huge plantation style homes in the residential neighbourhoods. Very lavish ! Next, after a brief stay at anchor in the Stono River, we arrived in beautiful Tom Point Creek, which is a perfect place to anchor. I chose this spot to try and catch me some crabs for supper using a little piece of beef jerky. Well, with Val on net duty, and me pulling up the line every now and then, we managed to catch 2 large crabs (5 and 7 inches) called Blue crabs. There are quite lovely, with a deep indigo blue color under the legs and claws, but they were even more delicious to eat (after it took me an hour to get all the meat out). Yesterday, the 24th, we arrived in Beaufort, South Carolina. We decided to spoil ourselves for Christmas and stay at a marina across the river. The manager was kind enough to drive us to the grocery store to get fresh foods (including some turkey!), and even to the marine store for Val to get an oil filter. We really appreciated it. Today, we called our family members, and even talked to a friend of ours who gave us a call. We miss you all !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Joyeux Noel tout le monde !  Nous apprécions énormément les notes que vous nous envoyez a travers le blog. C'est comme si nous étions pas tres loin de vous !  Vous nous manquez en ces temps de fetes.  Ca fait un bout de temps que nous avons mis a jour le blog, alors j'y vais:  Nous avons traversé la riviere Cape Fear, pour aller passer une nuit a Southport. Le lendemain, nous avons rejoint Myrthle Beach, ou il a fallu rester dans une marina, car il n'y avait pas d'endroit pour jeter l'ancre (nous aimons jeter l'ancre, car ca nous coute rien, et comme la plupart des gens qui se promenent en bateau, notre budget est limité). Nous avons quand meme apprécié les bonnes douches et les laveuses-sécheuses. Le lendemain, dans une legere brume, nous avons passé par le Rock Pile, ainsi nommé parce que le canal traverse une petite région rocheuse, alors il fallait rester dans le centre pour ne pas se cogner sur les pics rocheux des berges. La nuit suivante a été passée a l'ancre dans un bras de la riviere Wacamaw, ou le marais paisible était rempli de chants de rainettes, de hibous et d'autres oiseaux. Avec un ciel étoilé, c'était féerique, sauf pour les plusieurs troncs d'arbres morts qui flottaient autour du bateau, qui fallait éviter le jour. La journée suivante, nous avons rejoint Georgetown, ou il a fait plus de 26 degrées Celsius ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Nous avons ensuite traversé plusieurs marais d'eau salée, et lorsque nous avons jeté l'ancre pour la nuit dans ce coin, nous avons entendu pour la premiere fois les petites crevettes (3-4 cms de long) qui vivent dans l'eau chaude, et font une séries de "snaps" tres forts, qu'on entend a travers la coque. C'est comme si on entendait du bacon frire dans une poele ! Tres bizarre... Le lendemain, nous sommes arrivés a Charleston, avec ses énormes maisons de style plantation, avec les grosses colonnes en avant.  L'endroit pour jeter l'ancre était l'autre coté de la ville, malheureusement, mais comme nous avons passé quelques jours la pour attendre que les vents froids passent, nous avons pris le temps de marcher jusqu'au centre-ville, ou les boutiques se trouvaient. Apres une nuit passé dans la riviere Stono, nous avons eu une belle journée pour aller jusqu'a Tom Point Creek, qui est une tres jolie place pour jeter l'ancre, avec des dauphins comme voisins. C'est ici que j'ai choisit d'essayer d'attraper des crabes pour souper avec un petit morceau de boeuf séché au bout d'une ligne. Avec Valery au filet pour les prendre une fois a la surface de l'eau, nous en avons pris 2 de bonnes tailles (5 et 7 pouces), appelés Crabes Bleus a cause de leur belle couleur indigo sous les pattes et les pinces. Ils ont été délicieux !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Hier, le 24, nous sommes arrivés a Beaufort, Caroline du Sud, ou nous nous sommes payé une marina pour passer Noel. Le directeur nous a meme offert de nous conduire au supermarché pour qu'on achete des aliments frais (comme de la dinde, évidemment !), et au marché nautique pour prendre un filtre a huile. Tres gentil de sa part !  Il fait beau et chaud finallement, alors nous restons tranquille, et nous appelons notre famille pour leur souhaiter des bons voeux. Nous avons meme recu un appel d'un bon ami. Merci beaucoup !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-9183535877644909325?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/9183535877644909325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=9183535877644909325' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/9183535877644909325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/9183535877644909325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas-everyone-i-always-keep.html' title='Merry Christmas, from South Carolina'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SVO8_ixicaI/AAAAAAAAABs/CdOTjHX7b24/s72-c/IMG_1848.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-3175236447714490992</id><published>2008-12-16T12:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:12:54.438-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dolphins, seahorses, a tornado and a grounding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgoYVWp05I/AAAAAAAAABc/8azif106HlU/s1600-h/IMG_2308.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgoYVWp05I/AAAAAAAAABc/8azif106HlU/s320/IMG_2308.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280514961606038418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, it's been a series of ups and downs. First of all, before we left Morehead city, Val decided to dinghy ashore to visit this cute little island in the afternoon, leaving me aboard Pegasus. All of a sudden, we got pouring rain, and the sky was very very dark just south-west of us. After a couple of lightning bolts, I decided to turn on the VHF radio on the weather channel, and all I heard was : "the tornado is heading towards Morehead city for 16h10". It was now 16h05.  I panicked !  I tried to call Val, but he could not hear me across the waters. But he did show up on the shores of the island about 10 minutes later, and I yelled at him to come get me, as I wanted off this boat !!!  Somehow, I would feel a lot safer on land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, by that time, the dark sky went north, and we didn't see the tornado. Which is fine with me !  We decided to stay an extra night, to let a gale go by. The next morning, it was nice and sunny, so Val took me to the island, and we walked around it. In the sand, at low tide, I found a dried up seahorse, but as I picked it up, it moved, so it was still alive. It was only 2 inches long, but I quickly put it back in the seawater, and it started swimming to a nearby seaweed to hook on to it with its tail. Neat animals !  We actually left the next morning, and we anchored in Mile Hammock Bay, which is a military dredged bay. After a good night's sleep, we carried on, and that's when we saw our first dolphins !!!  A whole group of them, crossing our bow. Later on, we saw a couple more that actually followed us, so close to the sides, that we could have touched them !  I took some pictures and a video. It is very emotional to see them so close. It really looks like they enjoy following slow moving boats like ours.  It was the beginning of a very good day, however, we started to cross some ocean inlets while transiting the ICW, and when the tidal current is strong, it pushes our boat sideways, which is a little scary. Just after Wrightsville Beach, we crossed another inlet, but a fast motorboat was coming out of it, so we veered to starboard to give him a little more space. Unfortunately, this canal is very narrow, and has lots of shoals on either sides, so you guessed it, we went aground !  It was in soft sand, so no damage done, and we were at low tide. So we sat and waited for the tide to raise a little, and with the anchor set towards deeper water, we pulled ourselves out of it.  However, the engine started to hesitate, so we decided to go back to Wrightsville Beach slowly, and take a look at it. We think it did not like idling so long in the sandbank, and the injectors were fouled. the next day, it ran fine, and before we headed out, we went to see the actual beach on the ocean side. We could hear the waves from our anchorage, and it was a very warm sunny morning. So it was a treat to just relax on the sand, feeling as if we had finally reached the "South" !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Hey bien oui, on a eu des bons et des mauvais moments ces derniers jours. Pour commencer, avant de quitter Morehead City, Valery a decidé d'aller visiter l'ile en face, a chaloupe, pendant que je suis restée a bord de Pegasus. Tout d'un coup, la pluie est tombé a flot, et les éclairs se promenaient dans le ciel noir. J'ai alors decidé d'écouter la station météo sur VHF, et c'est la que j'ai entendu :" la tornade se déplace vers le nord, et sera a Morehead City vers 16h10". J'ai paniqué, car il était 16h05 !!!  J'ai essayé d'appeler Valery, mais il ne m'entendait pas, jusqu'a ce qu'il rapparaisse sur le bord de l'ile 10 minutes plus tard. Alors je lui ai crié :" Vient me chercher, je veux débarquer du bateau au plus vite !".  Je me sentais mieux a terre. Finallement, le ciel noir a disparut vers le nord, et nous n'avons pas vu la tornade. Ce qui est bien ! Je peux &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;m'en passer. Le lendemain matin, il faisait beau soleil, alors Valery m'a amené sur l'ile, car c'est un joli parc, et c'est la que j'ai trouvé un hippocampe sur le sable, qui séchait au soleil. En le prenant dans mes mains, il a bougé, alors je l'ai rapidement remis dans l'eau de mer. Apres quelques secondes, il s'est mis a nager, et il s'est agrippé a une touffe d'algues. Je suis contente de l'avoir sauvé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Nous sommes restés une autre nuit car les vents étaient trop forts, et le lendemain, nous sommes allés ancrer dans Mile Hammock Bay, une baie militaire pour entrainer les marines. Apres une bonne nuit tranquille, nous avons repris le "chemin", et c'est la que nous avons vu nos premiers dauphins. Ils étaient un bon groupe, qui nous ont croisé. Plus tard, nous en avons eu d'autres, qui nous ont suivi, tellement pres de notre coque sur le coté, qu'on aurait pu les toucher. C'est toute une expérience de les voir s'amuser si pres de nous. J'ai réussit a prendre des photos, et un vidéo. La journée s'annoncait bien, jusqu'a ce qu'on passe pres des embouchures qui mennent a l'océan. Il y en a de facon réguliere, et si les courants sont forts, ca nous pousse de coté, ce qui est un peu troublant. Juste apres Wrightsville Beach, nous avons tourné un peu a tribord pour éviter un bateau a moteur qui sortait d'une de ces embouchures. Il faut savoir qu'a chaque coté de ce canal, il y a des hauts-fonds, alors vous devinez juste, nous avons touché le fond. Heureusement, c'etait un banc de sable, et la marée etait basse, alors nous avons attendu que la marée remonte un peu, et nous nous sommes dégagé en tirant sur notre ancre qu'on avait mis du coté plus profond. Que d'émotions !!! Et c'est la que notre moteur a fais des siennes. Alors nous sommes retournés tranquillement a Wrightsville Beach pour le vérifier. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Le lendemain, le moteur fonctionnait bien (on croit que les injecteurs se sont encrassés quand il a marché au ralentit  pendant longtemps la veille). Mais nous avons profité de la plage du coté de l'océan avant qu'on parte, car nous entendions les vagues au loin, et il faisait beau et chaud !  Alors nous avons relaxé sur le sable, comme si nous étions deja arrivés dans le Sud !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-3175236447714490992?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/3175236447714490992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=3175236447714490992' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3175236447714490992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3175236447714490992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/12/dolphins-seahorses-tornado-and.html' title='Dolphins, seahorses, a tornado and a grounding'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgoYVWp05I/AAAAAAAAABc/8azif106HlU/s72-c/IMG_2308.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-1398208537283241327</id><published>2008-12-11T07:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T14:17:29.463-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting warmer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgo0XDLn9I/AAAAAAAAABk/djhasPyBiTE/s1600-h/IMG_1832+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgo0XDLn9I/AAAAAAAAABk/djhasPyBiTE/s320/IMG_1832+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280515443097575378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;For once now, we are finally getting some warmer weather. We are presently in Morehead City, NC, just next door to Beaufort. We had to get there in dense fog, as the warmer air was interacting with the colder water, but with all our electronic equipment onboard, everything went fine. It's still pretty stressful, however (I feel like a blind woman then). Before that, we spent a couple of nights at anchor, and one night in Oriental, in a very cute little marina/Inn. It was all decorated for Christmas, including a set of holiday songs playing in the yard !  It put me in the mood for setting up my own little Christmas tree in the boat, with tiny little colorful LED lights at night !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to tell the story of how we rescued another sailboat that went aground in the Alligator-Pungo river canal. We were following him and suddenly, his engine quit, and the very strong winds pushed him onto the bank. There is nothing for miles and miles on either side of this narrow canal, so we went close to him and grabbed a line so we could tow him out. But to no avail. So Val remembered a trick he used with a friend of his back home, where we grab his halyard that's attached to the top of his mast, and we pull sideways so that his boat tips slightly, and then his keel frees itself from the mud. It worked !  They were so relieved that they offered to buy us supper once we reached Bellhaven. Unfortunately, once we came out of the canal, the waves were so steep that we decided to go seek shelter in a small bay instead. Oh well ! Life goes on... We were just happy to have helped him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Il fait finallement un peu plus chaud a Morehead City, Caroline du Nord, juste a coté de Beaufort. Il a fallu arriver dans la brume cette journée la, car l'air chaude a réagit avec l'eau plus froide. Mais avec tous nos équipements electroniques a bord, tout a bien été (c'est quand meme stressant de se sentir aveugle dans un canal étroit !). &lt;/span&gt;Avant ce voyage, on avait passé quelques nuits a l'ancre, et une nuit dans une petite charmante marina/auberge de Oriental. Elle était toute décorée pour Noel, avec des belles musiques des fetes qui jouaient sur la terrasse. Ca m'a mis dans l'ambiance, et j'ai tout-de-suite fait un petit arbre de Noel dans le bateau, complet avec un set de petites lumieres colorées LED pour le soir !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut que je vous conte comment nous avons aidé un voilier qui s'est retrouvé pris dans les hauts-fonds sur le bord du canal Alligator-Pungo river. Nous le suivions a distance, quand soudainement, son moteur a fait des siennes et les vents forts l'ont poussé vers la berge. Il n'y a aucune aide a des miles et des miles de chaque bord de ce canal, alors nous avons décidé d'aller le voir, et de lui prendre une ligne pour qu'on le tire de la.  Mais ca n'a pas fonctionné. Alors Valery s'est souvenu d'un truc qu'il avait utilisé avec son copain a Saint John. On a pris une corde qui allait du haut de son mat a l'arriere de notre bateau, et on l'a tiré vers le coté pour que son bateau penche. En penchant, sa quille s'est dégagé de la vase, et il a finallement pu aller de l'avant. Le proprietaire etait tellement heureux qu'on ai pu l'aider qu'il nous a invité a souper une fois qu'on arriverait a Bellhaven. Malheureusement, une fois sortie du canal, les vagues étaient tellement désagréables que nous avons plutot choisit d'aller nous réfugier a l'ancre dans une petite baie. Peut-etre nous aurons l'occasion de le revoir plutard ! Nous sommes simplement content de l'avoir aidé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-1398208537283241327?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/1398208537283241327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=1398208537283241327' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1398208537283241327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1398208537283241327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/12/getting-warmer.html' title='Getting warmer'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SUgo0XDLn9I/AAAAAAAAABk/djhasPyBiTE/s72-c/IMG_1832+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8860085654615705498</id><published>2008-12-04T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:17:04.046-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The North Carolina hospitality</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0tuYlGsI/AAAAAAAAABU/99QxQHAQu4U/s1600-h/IMG_1789.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0tuYlGsI/AAAAAAAAABU/99QxQHAQu4U/s320/IMG_1789.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276447136079485634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Wow... So far, we have had the best welcome yet since we have crossed over to North Carolina. It started at the visitor center in the Dismal Swamp. The ladies saw that we were cold, so they gave us a cup of coffee to bring back onboard (litterally... they gave us the ceramic cup AND the coffee !), and offered their computer so we could update our blog. We signed their boaters' logbook. Last night, we slept at anchor just before Elizabeth city. After fueling up and taking full bottles of propane at a marina, where we met these people from Ontario in a boat very similar to ours (Bayfield 29), we arrived in this city just after lunch, to be greeted by the mayor himself !  The dock here is free for 48 hours, and a small team of retirees recommended all the "good" places to eat, shower, do laundry, and even get food delivered to us for free. They even volunteer to drive us around if we need more propane !  We are definitely staying here for a couple of days (why not ? They have a farmers market this Saturday morning... gotta go!), because the winds won't die down until Saturday afternoon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Hey bien... Les gens nous acceuillent avec les bras ouverts depuis qu'on est arrivé dans la Caroline du Nord. Cela a commencé avec les petites dames du centre d'information dans le Dismal Swamp. Elles ont vu qu'on avait froid, alors elles nous ont offert des tasses de café a ramener a bord (litterallement, les tasses de céramique ET le café !), et nous ont offert leur ordinateur pour qu'on puisse mettre notre BLOG a jour. Nous avons couché a l'ancre tout pres de Elizabeth City, et le lendemain, apres avoir faire le plein de diesel et de propane dans une marina (ou nous avons rencontré des Ontariens sur un Bayfield 29, tres similaire au notre), nous sommes arrivés dans cette petite ville juste apres le diner, pour etre acceuillis par le maire lui-meme, et une petite équipe de retraités qui nous ont donné les directions pour trouver les meilleurs restaurants, les douches, les buanderies, et les épiceries qui livrent gratuitement.  Ils nous ont meme offert de nous conduire si nous avions besoin de d'autre chose. Incroyable !  Nous allons surement rester jusqu'a samedi apres-midi, lorsque les vents se calmeront.  Il y a apparemment, un bon marché d'artisanat et de produits de la ferme les samedis matins, alors j'y vais, c'est sur ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8860085654615705498?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8860085654615705498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8860085654615705498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8860085654615705498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8860085654615705498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/12/north-carolina-hospitality.html' title='The North Carolina hospitality'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0tuYlGsI/AAAAAAAAABU/99QxQHAQu4U/s72-c/IMG_1789.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6768539496857800595</id><published>2008-12-03T08:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T15:06:27.072-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dismal Swamp canal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STmz5-QOU9I/AAAAAAAAABE/N2Kl3tm4jfY/s1600-h/IMG_1774.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STmz5-QOU9I/AAAAAAAAABE/N2Kl3tm4jfY/s320/IMG_1774.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276446246986208210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;After spending a couple of days re-stocking on supplies in Hampton, we have finally entered the Intracoastal Waterway, a man-made canal using existing rivers and bays that goes all the way to Florida. Pegasus had to go through her first lock, which only goes up a few feet, into the Dismal Swamp canal, which is one of 2 routes in Virginia. It is the prettier one for sailboats, and has a lot less traffic. The best way to describe it, it's like navigating through a ditch in the middle of a forest !  Lots of wildlife, and trees that are so close to the boat that we can reach out and trouch the branches. We have one more lock to go through, and a bunch of more bridges before we reach Elisabeth City, North Carolina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Apres avoir passé plusieurs jours a Hampton, pour l'épicerie et un changement d'huile a moteur, on a finallement entré dans le ICW, un canal qui a été fait a partir de rivieres et de baies pour que les bateaux puissent se rendre jusqu'en Floride sans avoir a passer par l'Atlantique. C'est un endroit protégé des vents, mais c'est un canal tres étroit avec parfois beaucoup de traffic maritime. On a choisit de passer par le canal Dismal Swamp, qui est une branche plus jolie, et voit tres peu de bateaux a moteur.  La meilleure facon de le décrire: c'est comme une voie maritime (du St-Laurent) étroite et peu profonde qui passe a travers une foret !  Il y a beaucoup de faune, et les arbres sont si proches qu'on peut les toucher a l'occasion. Il a fallu utiliser une écluse, la premiere pour nous. Il y a une autre écluse et plusieurs autres ponts avant d'arriver a Elisabeth city en Caroline du Nord. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6768539496857800595?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6768539496857800595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6768539496857800595' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6768539496857800595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6768539496857800595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/12/dismal-swamp-canal.html' title='Dismal Swamp canal'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STmz5-QOU9I/AAAAAAAAABE/N2Kl3tm4jfY/s72-c/IMG_1774.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6251548141510137961</id><published>2008-11-28T06:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T15:08:32.420-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Chesapeake is behind us</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0X9w9JbI/AAAAAAAAABM/cDaLDCnrcXw/s1600-h/IMG_1765.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0X9w9JbI/AAAAAAAAABM/cDaLDCnrcXw/s320/IMG_1765.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276446762251134386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We have finally arrived in Hampton, Virginia, where the Chesapeake Bay ends, and the Intracoastal Waterway starts heading south to Florida.  We're still so far away from this mystical place, it seems like. We spent the last week anchored in different little bays, sometimes in snow squalls, waiting for good weather windows, which are few and far between this time of year. The other nasty thing about this leg of the trip, is that the Chesapeake is very busy with barge and tug traffic. We wanted to avoid them at all costs, but the bay is narrow, and everyone goes through the same channels. So it's with a sigh of relief that we're planning to spend a couple of days in Hampton, to stock up on groceries and do some much needed engine maintenance. Last night was the American  Thanksgiving, so I decided to put together a worthy supper with whatever food I had left onboard (some canned chicken soup as the "turkey", some dried cranberries, some yams, pickled beets, and homemade cornbread made with the last egg!). On the up side, we saw our first pelicans !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;On est finallement arrivé a Hampton, en Virginie, ou la baie du Chesapeake se termine, et le canal ICW commence pour se rendre en Floride. Ca semble encore tellement loin, la Floride ! On a vu nos premiers pélicans, par contre. La derniere semaine a été longue, car il fallait qu'on passe beaucoup de temps a l'ancre, a attendre les bonnes journées ou les vents n'etaient pas trop fort, et il ne neigait pas trop ! Il fallait aussi s'assurer d'éviter les nombreuses barges et remorqueuses qui montent et descendent la baie. Alors on est soulagés d'etre arrivé, et nous allons prendre le temps de faire une bonne épicerie, et prendre soin du moteur.  Hier, c'était l'Action de Grace Américaine, alors j'ai essayé de cuisiner un bon souper avec les restants du bord (de la soupe au poulet en canne comme "dinde", des canneberges séchés, des patates douces au four, des betteraves marinées, et du pain de mais fait avec le dernier oeuf !).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6251548141510137961?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6251548141510137961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6251548141510137961' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6251548141510137961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6251548141510137961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/11/chesapeake-is-behind-us.html' title='The Chesapeake is behind us'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/STm0X9w9JbI/AAAAAAAAABM/cDaLDCnrcXw/s72-c/IMG_1765.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-4195160821699818181</id><published>2008-11-19T06:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:19:35.348-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow and mosquitos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdE-dh3oI/AAAAAAAAADo/uYk77OxYttA/s1600-h/IMG_1757+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdE-dh3oI/AAAAAAAAADo/uYk77OxYttA/s320/IMG_1757+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333279092548689538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Well, it's a world of contrast out here.  We spent a whole day going up the Delaware Bay, in total fog (feels like we are back in New Brunswick!), and we docked in Delaware City at sunset. It was very warm, and I actually had to kill a mosquito that found its way into the cabin. It was a very quiet and dark night, so Val decided to go walk on the long dock that lines the very narrow creek, only to find that the dock Pegasus was on suddenly ended. He quickly realized that the waters in the Delaware river are quite warm this time of year !!!  He was soaking wet !  The next day, it was a gale out there, but we made it to the C&amp;amp;D canal, which links the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake, and it was very sheltered.  But at the other end of the canal, it was quite choppy, so we pulled in to this small marina for protection.  The owner was amazed to see us there, cause he claims there is only a few feet of water near the dock. Thank goodness Pegasus only has 3' 9" draft, but we'd have to wait for high tide again to get out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;High tide happened at midnight the next day, and the winds finally calmed down, so off to bed we went at supper time, to wake up at 23h30. We got out safely, and motored until 5am, trying to avoid the tugs and barges in the dark. Even when they are lighted like a Christmas tree, they blend in with the lights on shore in the distance.  At 5am, tired of the chop, we anchored in a quiet bay, and only slept for 2 hours, but it was worth every minute of it !  We motorsailed the rest of the day until Annapolis.  We met with my cousins the next day, and we had a wonderful time with them. They took such good care of us: we ate Chesapeake crabcakes in a wonderful restaurant overlooking the harbour, they offered their car for us to get much needed groceries, and helped us bring all those bags (and water jugs!) to the dinghy. We invited them on board, just as snow flurries started to fall on Pegasus !  Yes, it now feels like winter here, and we are still very grateful to have our heater, even if it barely keeps the cabin above 10 degrees C. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Les journées se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas. Apres avoir remonté la Baie du Delaware dans la brume (on se sent de nouveau au Nouveau-Brunswick), on est resté a Delware City pour la nuit, ou il a fallu que j'écrase un maringouin qui s'est retrouvé dans notre cabine. C'etait une soirée tres chaude, et dans la noirceur, Valery a décidé d'aller se promener sur le long quai de la marina. Hey bien !  Il a vite découvert que le quai ne continuait pas éternellement, et il a fait une autre importante découverte: les eaux de la riviere Delaware sont encore chaudes ces temps-ci de l'année !!!  Il était trempé de la tete au pieds !  Le lendemain, ils annoncaient des vents forts, mais une fois dans le C&amp;amp;D canal, on était protégé. En sortant du canal, par contre, les vagues étaient trop hautes, alors on s'est réfugié dans une petit marina qui, on a sut plus tard, n'avait que quelques pieds d'eau autour du quai. On a été chanceux d'avoir rentré a la marée haute. Pegasus n'a que 3 pieds 9 pouces de tirant d'eau, mais il a fallu attendre la prochaine marée haute pour sortir, ce qui était vers minuit. Alors le lendemain, a l'heure du souper, on a été au lit, et a 23h30, on est sortit sans problemes. On a fait du chemin jusqu'a 5am, en essayant d'éviter les barges dans le noir (pas évident!).  On a jeté l'ancre a 5am, et dormit jusqu'a 7am, ce qui nous a redonné l'énergie nécessaire pour faire le reste du trajet jusqu'a Annapolis.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Hier, a Annapolis, nous avons rencontré mes cousins qui sont descendus de Washington. Nous avons passé une excellente journée avec eux. Ils nous ont beaucoup gaté : on a mangé de succulent "crabcakes" dans un bon restaurant, ils nous ont offert leur voiture pour aller chercher l'épicerie qui nous manquait énormément, et ils sont venu a bord de Pegasus, juste quand des flocons de neige ont commencé a tomber du ciel !  Hey oui, l'hiver est déja arrivé dans le Maryland, et on est tres content d'avoir notre précieuse chaufferette, meme si elle ne maintient la température que juste au-dessus de 10 degrés C !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-4195160821699818181?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/4195160821699818181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=4195160821699818181' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4195160821699818181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4195160821699818181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/11/snow-and-mosquitos.html' title='Snow and mosquitos'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdE-dh3oI/AAAAAAAAADo/uYk77OxYttA/s72-c/IMG_1757+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8750614849899487194</id><published>2008-11-13T17:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T19:50:04.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We survived the New Jersey coast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdwQvOTEI/AAAAAAAAADw/pNgmGuyl5e0/s1600-h/IMG_1744+-+Version+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdwQvOTEI/AAAAAAAAADw/pNgmGuyl5e0/s320/IMG_1744+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333279836189117506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;It's a long coast, open to the Atlantic ocean, but we had 2 calm days to do it. We also did our first trip at night !  Well.... partially. We left New York at sunset, since the winds were too strong in the afternoon, and we arrived 2 hours later, in the dark, at Great Kills Harbour.  We knew it was a good experience to have, and we had all the chances on our side (great full moon, GPS, Radar, and our good friends on Velissa waiting for us at the harbour). What a feeling to see the New York lights get brighter and brighter, even though it was a little stressful. The next day, we had a long day to reach Barnegat harbour, and the day after, another long day to reach Cap May, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Once again, we arrived there in the dark, since the days are getting shorter. Cap May is the sport fishing mecca of the east coast. Right now, stripped bass is in season, and they are catching lots of them (I keep craving fish for supper for some reason). Tomorrow, the winds should be light enough for us to go up the Delaware Bay, towards the C&amp;amp;D canal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Nous avons survécu la longue cote du New Jersey. Elle est un peu stressante, car a notre droite, c'est l'océan Atlantique, alors nous avons été chanceux d'avoir eu 2 belles journée calmes pour le faire.  Nous avons aussi fait notre premiere expérience de nuit ! Ou presque... Nous avions quitté New York au coucher du soleil, car il ventait trop dans l'apres-midi, alors 2 heures plus tard, nous sommes arrivé a Great Kills Harbour dans la noirceur (par contre, nous avions a notre disposition le GPS, le radar, une belle pleine lune, et nos amis sur Velissa qui étaient déja la, a nous attendre). C'était ahurissant de voir les lumieres de New York au loin, meme si cette aventure était un peu stressante ! Le lendemain, nous avons eu une longue journée jusqu'a Barnegat, et la journée suivante, une autre longue journée pour rejoindre Cap May.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt; Les pecheurs de sport sont tres nombreux ici, surtout que c'est la saison de l'achigan, alors ils en attrapent de belles tailles (ca me donne toujours le gout d'avoir du poisson pour souper !). Demain, on remonte la baie du Delaware, pour aller au canal C&amp;amp;D.  Esperons que les vents et les courants nous aident, nous en aurons besoin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8750614849899487194?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8750614849899487194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8750614849899487194' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8750614849899487194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8750614849899487194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-survived-new-jersey-coast.html' title='We survived the New Jersey coast'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SgOdwQvOTEI/AAAAAAAAADw/pNgmGuyl5e0/s72-c/IMG_1744+-+Version+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-5685048730172803996</id><published>2008-11-10T07:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T07:52:00.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pegasus in New York</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhRRwFTGQI/AAAAAAAAAA8/uinG49mQk5Q/s1600-h/IMG_1333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhRRwFTGQI/AAAAAAAAAA8/uinG49mQk5Q/s320/IMG_1333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267049129616546050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;What a feeling to arrive in New York by boat !  It is visually overwhelming. Lots of tall buildings right next to the water, lots of helicopters landing on your head, lots of ferries, police patrol boats (a little intimidating), water taxis, barges, tugs, cargo ships, etc... We passed through Hell Gate (which is nothing compared to our turbulent Letete Passage or Old Sow back home) and down the East river, to round off Manhattan point, and go up the Hudson river to reach 79th street boat basin, where there is a small marina, just blocks away by foot from Central Park and Broadway street. We spend a few days here, to wait for a weather window. We took the time to visit Central Park, which still has lots of Fall colors, famous Times Square, the Empire State building (too expensive to go up, though!), and the World Trade Centre site. The food is good if you stick to the small specialty restaurants (stay away from the hot dog stands !). This afternoon, we will load up on water and fuel (and veggies), and head to Great Kills harbour, just outside New York harbour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Just to recap, we had left Mystic river to go spend a night in Branford. The next day was a long one, since we went all the way down Long Island Sound to Larchmont. We (us and our canadian friends on Velissa) had to leave this harbour at around 6am to make it to Hell Gate when the current was not too strong. It was a great surprise to meet up with our British friends aboard Black Thorn and Hanna right down the East river, after not seeing them for a week !  It is definitely a small boating world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;C'est tout une expérience d'arriver a New York par bateau. Le traffic sur l'eau est incroyable: traversiers, bateaux police, cargos, remorqueurs, bateaux taxis, et des tonnes d'helicopteres qui survolent le tout. En arrivant par le East River, on est rapidement entouré de grattes-ciels. En contournant la pointe de Manhattan, on a rattrapé nos amis sur Black Thorn et Hanna, qu'on avait perdu de vue pendant une semaine. C'est un petit monde ! Nous avons ensuite remonté la Hudson pour aller a la marina de la 79ieme rue, a quelques pas de Broadway et de Central Park. On a pris quelques jours a visiter les incontournables Times Square, le Empire State Building, Central Park avec ses belles couleurs d'automne et le site du World Trade Centre. Cet apres-midi, nous et nos amis canadiens sur Velissa allons faire le plein de diesel, fruits et légumes, eau, et allons prendre le chemin vers Great Kills, juste a l'extérieure du port de New York pour attendre que la météo soit favorable pour continuer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Pour recapituler, nous avions quitté Mystic pour aller passer la nuit a Branford. Le lendemain, nous avons fait beaucoup de millage pour finir de longer le Long Island Sound, pour aboutir a Larchmont. Il fallait quitter Larchmont le lendemain vers 6am pour etre a Hell Gate au bon moment, quand le courant n'est pas trop fort. En réalité, ce n'est rien a comparer avec les courants que l'on retrouve dans la Baie de Passamaquoddy. Vivre a St. Andrews nous a au moins donné l'expérience pour les courants et les tourbillons qui viennent avec eux !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-5685048730172803996?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/5685048730172803996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=5685048730172803996' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5685048730172803996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5685048730172803996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/11/pegasus-in-new-york.html' title='Pegasus in New York'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhRRwFTGQI/AAAAAAAAAA8/uinG49mQk5Q/s72-c/IMG_1333.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6628148002877347857</id><published>2008-11-04T12:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T07:19:08.032-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mystic Seaport</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhQ1GiCpHI/AAAAAAAAAA0/a1T7WCmDTKw/s1600-h/CW+Morgan+in+Mystic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhQ1GiCpHI/AAAAAAAAAA0/a1T7WCmDTKw/s320/CW+Morgan+in+Mystic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267048637426476146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One word to describe Mystic Seaport Museum... WOW !... After leaving Point Judith Monday, we went up the Mystic river to the museum, where we are spending 2 nigths. They have lots and lots of traditional wooden boats, all displayed along a recreated old time village. We are docked next to a canadian couple on their boat, who we met in Newport. They are also heading south. Mystic is a gorgeous little town, full of Fall colors and people who obviously love to live and work here !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Un mot pour decrire le Musée de Mystic Seaport.... WOW !  Beaucoup de beaux voiliers dans un petit village d'antan. Les gens ici semblent adorer travailler ici, et les couleurs de l'automne sont superbes. On a quitté Judith Point lundi avec un autre voilier canadien, qui va aussi vers le sud, et on a remonté la riviere Mystic jusqu'ici. On va passer 2 nuits au musée, pour avoir le temps de tout visiter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6628148002877347857?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6628148002877347857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6628148002877347857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6628148002877347857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6628148002877347857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/11/mystic-seaport.html' title='Mystic Seaport'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SRhQ1GiCpHI/AAAAAAAAAA0/a1T7WCmDTKw/s72-c/CW+Morgan+in+Mystic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-7980660706982795679</id><published>2008-10-31T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T09:15:36.816-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a cold one !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQsqbtdEMGI/AAAAAAAAAAs/AIX-4vx-Eh4/s1600-h/IMG_2246.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQsqbtdEMGI/AAAAAAAAAAs/AIX-4vx-Eh4/s320/IMG_2246.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263347245058895970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We woke up yesterday morning in Bristol, NH, with just a few degrees to share in the cabin. Again, we're glad to have the heater, but it can barely keep up when the wind is blowing. We still managed to dress warmly to go and visit the Herreshoff Museum, a very interesting place to learn about this famous yacht designer. We saw lots of gorgeous original boats in their big warehouse, along with lots of pictures from the turn of last century. The next day, we sailed into Newport, NH, the sailing capital around here. For the second time, we ran into the people sailing in "Black Thorn", which also stayed in St.Andrews for a bit last month. Val and I visited a yacht restoration school (yes, Val was drooling a bit over the tools), and we grabbed supper before heading back to Pegasus. Right now, we are trying to figure out which day will be best to head out around the coast again, as the wind is still not favorable, but is suppose to calm down over the weekend. We will stay tuned to our VHF !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Hier matin, nous nous sommes réveillé a Bristol, NH, avec seulement quelques degrées au-dessus de zero dans la cabine. Notre fournaise est bien appréciée ces temps-ci, mais quand le vent est bon, ca ne suffit pas. Alors on s'habille tres chaudement, et cette journée-la, on a été visiter le musée Herreshoff, dédié au fameux designer de yachts. L'immense batiment avait plusieurs bateaux originals restorés et beaucoup de photos qui dataient du siecle dernier. Le lendemain, nous nous sommes rendu a Newport, NH, a la voile. Nous avons encore rencontrer les gens qui se promenent a bord de "Black Thorn", qui étaient aussi a St.Andrews le mois dernier. Valery et moi avons été visiter une école qui répare les petits voiliers de bois (oui, Valery avait les yeux grands en voyant tous les outils!), et on a souper en ville avant de retourner a bord de Pegasus. En ce moment, on écoute attentivement la météo sur la VHF, car nous attendons avec impatience une bonne journée pour retourner sur la cote. En espérant que les vents redeviennent en notre faveur!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-7980660706982795679?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/7980660706982795679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=7980660706982795679' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/7980660706982795679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/7980660706982795679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-cold-one.html' title='It&apos;s a cold one !'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQsqbtdEMGI/AAAAAAAAAAs/AIX-4vx-Eh4/s72-c/IMG_2246.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-3590538510542477046</id><published>2008-10-28T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T10:25:20.942-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Good days and bad days</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQdEPKp7gtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/nrJS1QQxqik/s1600-h/IMG_2242.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQdEPKp7gtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/nrJS1QQxqik/s320/IMG_2242.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262249716954661586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, it's definitely Fall, with one gale warning after the other. We ended up staying 1 week in Gloucester, with the lovely and helpful people of this port city. Then came one good day of sailing before the next gale would hit, so we made a dash across Massachussetts bay to reach the Cape Cod canal.  That was 45 nautical miles in 10 hours.  We slept at the marina at the entrance, and crossed the canal the next morning. We took refuge in Marion, to weather the next gale, which happened overnight, including thunder and lightning.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The bad day happened when we decided to leave Marion for Newport, as the swells were still present on the ocean, but because Buzzards Bay is protected, we didn't see this phenomenon until later. We were happy to be able to duck into Sakonnet river, because it was way too much for Pegasus (and her crew) to handle. We landed in Tiverton, Rhode Island, which is very protected from the swells, being 1 hour away from the coast, behind a breakwater.  The next day was very warm. We walked around in short sleeves, admiring the gorgeous Fall colors.  We are now Tuesday, and guess what ? Yes, another gale is blowing !  So we are going to wait until tomorrow to go visit Bristol, on our way to Newport. Lots of maritime museums await us !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;C'est définitivement l'automne, avec toutes ses tempetes de vents. On est resté une semaine a Gloucester, avant d'avoir une belle journée pour traverser la baie de Massachussetts, pour aller rejoindre le canal de Cape Cod. Ca veut dire que Pegasus a fait 45 miles nautiques en 10 heures !  Nous avons passé une belle nuit tranquille a la marina de Sandwich avant de traverser le canal le lendemain matin. On a tout-de-suite trouvé refuge a Marion pour la nuit, car ils annoncaient encore une tempete de vent. Le vent a hurlé a travers les éclairs et le tonnerre. Mais le lendemain, la mer semblait calme, alors nous sommes partis pour Newport, sans savoir que la houle était encore présente au large. C'était un peu trop pour notre petit voilier et son équipage !  Alors nous sommes tres soulagés d'avoir trouvé la riviere de Sakonnet, ou nous nous sommes trouvé un petit port bien protégé pour la nuit. Tiverton, Rhode Island, est un beau petit village derriere un brise-lame. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Hier, il a fait tres beau et chaud. Nous nous sommes promené en manches courtes, mais aujourd'hui, devinez !  Oui, une autre tempete de vent. Alors nous restons en place jusqu'a demain, ou nous prendrons la route vers Bristol et Newport, en visitant les beaux musées maritimes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-3590538510542477046?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/3590538510542477046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=3590538510542477046' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3590538510542477046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3590538510542477046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/good-days-and-bad-days.html' title='Good days and bad days'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SQdEPKp7gtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/nrJS1QQxqik/s72-c/IMG_2242.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8444400997567942687</id><published>2008-10-20T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T10:21:52.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The great Boston</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4PlsWvs5I/AAAAAAAAAAM/HKEw-4c3nag/s1600-h/Reef+fish+at+boston+aquarium.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4PlsWvs5I/AAAAAAAAAAM/HKEw-4c3nag/s200/Reef+fish+at+boston+aquarium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259658555051455378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the weather is calling for a lot of winds and waves for the next couple of days, we decided to stay put in Gloucester. Today however, we took the commuter train to Boston for an afternoon of fun !  We ate a scrumptious lunch at the famous Quincy Market, and then went to the New England Aquarium. Quite a bit bigger than Huntsman !  We arrived just in time to see the caretakers hand-feed the penguins, and other creatures like the sharks and sea turtles. It was nice to relax and spend a day elsewhere than on the boat for a change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Alors qu'ils annoncent des grands vents et de grosses vagues ces temps-ci, nous sommes resté a l'ancre a Gloucester. Nous avons par contre pris le train cet apres-midi pour aller visiter Boston. Nous avons pris un exquis lunch au fameux Quincy Market, et ensuite, nous avons visité l'aquarium qui est beaucoup plus grand que Huntsman ! Nous sommes arrivés juste a temps pour voir les penguins etre nourris a la main. Des plongeurs nourissaient aussi les tortues de mer, et les autres creatures comme les requins. Ca a fait du bien de relaxer dans un paysage autre que celui du bateau, pour faire changement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8444400997567942687?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8444400997567942687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8444400997567942687' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8444400997567942687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8444400997567942687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-boston.html' title='The great Boston'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4PlsWvs5I/AAAAAAAAAAM/HKEw-4c3nag/s72-c/Reef+fish+at+boston+aquarium.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-8016156964774925391</id><published>2008-10-18T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T08:43:20.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2 states behind us</title><content type='html'>We have finally arrived in Massachusetts, after going through Maine and New Hampshire. We can even see the skyscrapers of Boston rising from the distant waters (we're too far to see the actual shore). We spend a night just outside Portsmouth, NH, and since the strong winds were delayed a day, we decided to make it around Cape Ann the next day. This is the furthest we've been offshore yet. We had 6-foot swells, even though the wind was light, so Pegasus was rocking and rolling. She did great, and took us safely to Gloucester, where a very friendly harbormaster showed us an empty mooring for the night. Today, since they are calling for strong winds, we're gonna stay put and do an oil change for the engine, and maybe even bake some fresh bread. Thank God for our heater, because it is finally chilly outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;On a finallement passé le Maine et le New Hampshire ! On est arrivé au Massachusett, et on peut meme voir les gratte-ciels de Boston a l'horizon !  On est resté une nuit dans un petit port pres de Portsmouth, NH, et ensuite, on a decidé de faire le tour du Cape Ann, qui nous amenait le plus loin des cotes a date. Ca a tres bien été, sauf qu'il y avait de la houle de 6 pieds, meme si les vents etaient légers, alors ce n'etait pas confortable. Mais Pegasus se porte bien, et elle nous a amené a bon port a Gloucester, ou on a passé la nuit. Aujourdhui, on reste tranquille, alors qu'ils annoncent des grands vents. On va en profiter pour changer l'huile du moteur, et peut-etre faire du bon pain maison. Heureusement qu'on a la fournaise a bord, car il fait un peu frais dehors maintenant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-8016156964774925391?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/8016156964774925391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=8016156964774925391' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8016156964774925391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/8016156964774925391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-states-behind-us.html' title='2 states behind us'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-121052447717463868</id><published>2008-10-15T13:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T13:25:31.314-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful Kennebunkport</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We just made it to Kennebunkport for the night. Beautiful sunny day, very little wind. But the last 2 days were spent in Portland, doing things other normal people do: laundry, shopping, and a hot shower !  Portland is a city, full of services. Val found some marine stores and got us some parts, and I found a huge natural food store that offered free delivery to the marina ! I went nuts.  It was very windy yesterday, but a sailing school full of kids still went out and raced. They were flying ! We also went to visit the Narrow Gauge Train museum. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;On s'est rendu a Kennebunkport pour la nuit. Les 2 derniers jours ont été passé a Portland, pour faire des choses que la plupart des gens font tous les jours: magasiner, faire la lessive, et prendre des bonnes douches chaudes ! Val a découvert des magasins de pieces a bateaux, et moi, j'ai trouvé un énorme magasin d'aliments naturels, qui livre gratuit aux marinas. Alors j'en ai profité ! Il a venter beaucoup hier, mais ca n'a pas empeché les jeunes d'une école de voile de sortir et avoir du fun.  On a aussi visité un musée de trains a voie ferrée etroite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-121052447717463868?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/121052447717463868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=121052447717463868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/121052447717463868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/121052447717463868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/beautiful-kennebunkport.html' title='Beautiful Kennebunkport'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-5379078426608603786</id><published>2008-10-14T14:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T10:26:09.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A day for shopping</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We spent all of today in Portland, after spending a night last night, admiring the city lights from our mooring. Portland has lots to offer, and we took advantage of it. Val went to visit West Marine, where he bought us a new GPS chartplotter, and I discovered a natural food store that is the size of a big supermarket !  I was in heaven. We also did laundry, and watched the crazy young students learn how to sail in the harbor, on this very windy day. I guess they don't stop offering sailing classes even in October !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;On a resté a dans la grande ville de Portland la nuit derniere, en admirant les belles lumieres au loin. On en a profité pour aller faire des emplettes. Val a trouvé un autre bon GPS au cas ou l'autre ferait defaut. Moi, j'ai découvert un grand magasin d'aliments naturels rempli tout ce qu'une cuisiniere pasionnée pourrais avoir besion ! Il vente énormément cet apres-midi, mais il y a quand meme des jeunes qui sont sortit avec un cours de voile, en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-5379078426608603786?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/5379078426608603786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=5379078426608603786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5379078426608603786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/5379078426608603786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/day-for-shopping.html' title='A day for shopping'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-3533319036959352022</id><published>2008-10-12T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T10:27:08.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On the move again</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4Q3cLDpiI/AAAAAAAAAAc/6qiTu6KmoAw/s1600-h/Genny+at+the+helm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4Q3cLDpiI/AAAAAAAAAAc/6qiTu6KmoAw/s200/Genny+at+the+helm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259659959456736802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;We left Bar Harbor for a good long day of avoiding lobster pots !  Oh yeah... Did we mention the 3 million lobster pots on this coast, and how they are always right on our path ? Val and I are getting good at spotting them, but it's very hard when the sun is in your face, and when it's choppy. But we survived. We landed in beautiful Southwest Harbor, home of Hinckley Yachts, where we found Peter and Michelle, from Saint John. Small world ! The next day, we made it to Rockland, and today, on a gorgeous sunny day, we landed in Boothbay Harbor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;On a quitte Bar Harbor en essayant d'eviter les nombreuses trappes a homards !  Il y en a partout !  On s'est rendu a Southwest Harbor, ou le manufacturier des yachts Hinckley est situé, alors on a passé la nuit, en jasant avec des gens de Saint John qui s'adonnaient a etre la aussi.  Le lendemain, on s'est rendu a Rockland, puis aujourd'hui, on passe la nuit a Boothbay Harbor, qui est charmant pour les touristes comme nous !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-3533319036959352022?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/3533319036959352022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=3533319036959352022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3533319036959352022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3533319036959352022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/on-move-again.html' title='On the move again'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4Q3cLDpiI/AAAAAAAAAAc/6qiTu6KmoAw/s72-c/Genny+at+the+helm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-1988241588004301310</id><published>2008-10-09T13:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T10:25:04.933-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A day to relax</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4QX6EiGjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/bcmG10Qd_wY/s1600-h/Bar+Harbor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4QX6EiGjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/bcmG10Qd_wY/s200/Bar+Harbor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259659417726622258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Well, it was a bitter sweet day here in Bar Harbor.  We had lots of wind and rain this morning, but sunshine later on.  I have to say this before I go on: I miss all of you !  It was a very emotional day when you bid us farewell on the wharf in St Andrews !  But today, we were able to roam around this lovely tourist town, and we do feel like we are on vacation. Tomorrow, we have to start another leg of our voyage, and this is when I keep thinking: can we do this ?  I really hope that the weather will cooperate. Pegasus has been very good to us so far. She may still bob up and down like a 10-foot tender on the big waves, but she stays afloat and I'm proud to say: nothing has been flying around in the cabin !  And Val had doubts... Goes to show that a woman knows how to put away stuff ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;On a passer une tres belle journee a Bar Harbor, meme si il pleuvait le matin. Le soleil a sortit dans l'apres-midi, et on en a profite pour relaxer un peu. Nos amis et notre famille nous manquent beaucoup par contre !  Demain on va essaye d'aller rejoindre le port de Southwest harbor, si la meteo est bonne.  On est fier de Pegasus, elle se porte tres bien, meme quand les conditions nous donnent des sueurs par fois. A plus tard !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-1988241588004301310?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/1988241588004301310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=1988241588004301310' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1988241588004301310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/1988241588004301310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/day-to-relax.html' title='A day to relax'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SP4QX6EiGjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/bcmG10Qd_wY/s72-c/Bar+Harbor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-6331727147254127055</id><published>2008-10-08T15:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T15:16:05.587-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We depart, finally !</title><content type='html'>After 2 days of very strong winds (40 knots), we finally got kicked out of St Andrews (thanks BB!) on Sunday afternoon. We arrived in Lubec to clear customs 2 hours later. We spent the night there, then had a wonderful productive day Monday, going all the way to Jonesport. We met a nice guy at the boatyard, who rented us a mooring for the night. But the next day proved difficult, as we tried to cross a bay with a strong west wind, and very steep waves.  We turned into the wind, in the only harbour in this area for safety, Eastern Harbour. Being a small fishing boat harbour, we had to take a mooring suggested by a fisherman, but it was a small one and ended up dragging into another boat !  So we went to another group of boats, where another fisherman suggested a guest mooring, more solid. Thank goodness !  But it did make for a very nervous day overall.  Today, Tuesday, was a lovely day on the other hand, sunny, very little wind, so we made it all the way to Bar Harbour, where we will stay at least for a day.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;On est finallement partis !  On s'est rendu a Lubec pour voir les douaniers, qui nous ont laisser passé.  Le lendemain, tres belle température, alors on s'est rendu jusqu'a Jonesport, ou on a passé la nuit dans un petit port tranquille. Mais le lendemain, la brise a monté et on a eu de la difficulté a maneuvrer, et on s'est demandé quoi faire. Mais j'avais trouvé un petit port de pecheurs a l'ouest, alors on a trouvé refuge la, pour la nuit. Apres cette peur, on a bien mérité la belle journée d'aujourdhui, beau soleil et peu de vent pour se rendre a Bar Harbour, ou on va se la couler douce pour une journée de plus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-6331727147254127055?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/6331727147254127055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=6331727147254127055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6331727147254127055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/6331727147254127055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-depart-finally.html' title='We depart, finally !'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-4497067491954448073</id><published>2008-10-02T13:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T13:58:04.929-07:00</updated><title type='text'>D day minus one... hopefully</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Kyle was the biggest non-event ever !  If anything, today's thunderstorms gave us more wind and rain , so yes, we got delayed a bit more. Tomorrow, Friday, we can hopefully clear customs in Eastport, Maine, to start our journey south. Weather permitting, of course. We almost have a heater working (just needs the diesel and a test), and that'll be a good thing, since the mercury is also thinking of going south !  Brrrrr...... On the positive side, we did kick out the engine gremlin that was living in our electrical wires. Thanks Val !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-4497067491954448073?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/4497067491954448073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=4497067491954448073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4497067491954448073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4497067491954448073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/10/d-day-minus-one-hopefully.html' title='D day minus one... hopefully'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-3991865441417414393</id><published>2008-09-28T09:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T11:30:38.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurricane Kyle</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Well, here we are, a couple of days before our departure from St Andrews, and we are already trying to dodge a hurricane.  Kyle is coming straight at us, so we have taken down all of our sails, and tied down everything that could fly off. BB, our very helpful wharfinger, has added another line to our mooring.  We are going to sleep on land tonight as it hits, and keep our fingers crossed. If all goes well, I am planning to go to St Stephen for a last big set of groceries tomorrow, and Val is going to finish sorting out storage for the things we are not bringing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-3991865441417414393?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/3991865441417414393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=3991865441417414393' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3991865441417414393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/3991865441417414393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/09/hurricane-kyle.html' title='Hurricane Kyle'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271072666983497367.post-4387267979552042200</id><published>2008-09-21T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T11:54:07.030-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cruise'/><title type='text'>Pegasus' Journey</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Hello, after six months of preparations, we are almost ready to start our journey.  Since Genny started at Huntsman aquarium and I left Xerox, I got most of the systems on Pegasus checked, repaired, replaced or removed.  We have a new septic tank, new valves on all the rear through hulls, reworked electrical system with new batteries and solar panel. I reworked and simplified the fresh water system.  I also made new boards to replace the leaky companionway doors.  I still have a long list of things to do before we leave next week. Among them, installing the windlass, getting the fuel line installed for the new diesel heater and sorting out an intermittent electrical problem with the starter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Val  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7271072666983497367-4387267979552042200?l=destinationpegasus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/feeds/4387267979552042200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7271072666983497367&amp;postID=4387267979552042200' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4387267979552042200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7271072666983497367/posts/default/4387267979552042200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://destinationpegasus.blogspot.com/2008/09/pegasus-journey.html' title='Pegasus&apos; Journey'/><author><name>Genny and Val :</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12187290623730251459</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBFwiFh_kDM/SdvoyNjRxHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/0C4IeULy6MM/S220/IMG_2267+-+Version+4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
