I did not know if there are those that are interested in
getting our cruising emails on the list or not. We have
a lot of pictures and text of our experiences.
We are on a 3 1/2 foot draft 21 year old Catamaran
(she will be able to drink this year) and are liveaboard
cruisers with friends on the list. Since pictures are a problem
I have not posted any here, but will give a sample of
our style (w/out the pictures but with captions at
least). If anyone wants to be included we will do so.
I also have additional FREE GMAIL invitations from google
for anyone who wants a google account for web based
emails that handle photos like a charm!
Ed & Sue
Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly)
USSV Angel Louise - a Catalac catamaran
Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357
Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net
This is from Ed & Sue Kelly cruising North on Angel Louise
These photos are from our trip on May .2008 from St. Simons Island
near Brunswick, and up the Intra Coastal Waterway to about
50 miles South of Savannah, GA.
We had two pieces of gear in need of maintenance yesterday,
The air horn stopped working, and one engine did not respond
when the starter was pushed. We expect the solenoid is the problem
on the engine and will get it resolved thanks to a suggestion from
Gene Gruender. Sue already fixed the dual compressed
air 2 trumpet Air Horn that I love. You hear it and you look around
cause it sounds like a darn cruise ship.... well, I guess it is in a
way!
I will comment on the pictures I am attaching that
I hoped friends might find of interest, with each photo - or if
your software separates the photos from the captions, at least
it will id which caption was under which photo. ( Some software
shows it like a magazine page. Others has the pictures all
separate.)
We hope to make it past Savannah GA today on our way up to
Charleston to pick up our passenger for next weeks cruise. We
are happy to have company on our cruises! We have an
extra double bedroom cabin on Angel Louise, as our friends know.
Incidentally if any one wants a free GOOGLE EMAIL ACCOUNT let me
know. I have a bunch of free account invitations if you would like to
try them or just have a second throw away email address.
They let you save your pictures and your emails free on their
server and you do not have to fill your computer up with downloads.
We use it some of the time.
Hope your day is a pleasant one!
PS - if you do not have ability to receive pictures or want text only
(or
nothing only) let me know. I do not want to be a burden.
Ed
Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly)
USSV Angel Louise - lying at anchor in Kilkenny Creek GA.
Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357
Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net
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IMG_1154.JPG Sue laughs that I am more than a belt and suspenders
person! Here I have set up my three chartplotters
as a test to see which is the BEST. The one that I am typing this on
is my favorite. A MAC computer running a program
that costs a little more than $100 and uses FREE downloaded govt
electronic charts (we have the paper ones on board
too). You can see a web site demonstrating everything it does on
www.macenc.com if you are curious. The left one
is the Raytheon Pathfinder Radar and Chartplotter with about $1K of
chips showing maps in non too great detail. Middle
is the MAC Computer showing electronic Nav charts downloaded for free
from internet (a couple screen shots are included
in this set of pictures too). At right is a Raymarine E-80
electronic chartplotter which also has about $1K worth of charts
on chips on it showing everything from Canada to Venezuela where we
wanted to spend this hurricane season before
necessity changed our plans. The E-80 at right from West Marine also
has a Sirius satellite Weather overlay that
we are using as we travel ($30 a month).
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IMG_1157.JPG On the ICW just north east of Brunswick, GA, you can
see from the ICW across the marsh to the edge
of St Simon Island and see boats anchored on the next river.
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IMG_1170.JPG This was a picture of the FT. Frederica National
Historic Landmark on St. Simons where
OOGLETHORPE had a barracks and repelled the Spanish in the early 1700s.
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IMG_1175.JPG You are seeing across a marsh going north on the
Frederica River which runs next to the ICW which
is on a river to the west. you can see a sailboat across the marsh.
These marshes are full of wildlife and beautiful.
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IMG_1179.JPG View part of the North end of St. Simons Island GA in
the early morning from the Frederica River
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IMG_1181.JPG Looking across the marsh toward the West on the
Frederica river before rejoining the ICW NE of
Brunswick, GA The blackbirds and Redwing Blackbirds could be just
like the ones in ditches in Iowa. They seem
less aggressive down here though. I guess Southern life encourages a
more laid back attitude.
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IMG_1184.JPG Not fair. Sue snapping a picture of Pirate Ed himself
when I was not looking. I am wearing a sun hat
and an Iowa sweatshirt under my life vest, because of the darn little
midges or nosee 'ems that were biting at the
time. They are little teeny tiny fleas like guys that love to land
on you and then they bite, even in your hair. This
solved the problem which only lasted about 20 minutes in the morning,
but it was a pain when we anchored too
and we went behind our screens where we were protected.
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IMG_1187.JPG How we navigate. The charts are the same that the govt
charges $20 each for, but are free downloads
of them. Our tax money at good use. You can see the image of Angel
Louise on the chart as we go north. The boat
is superimposed by the www.MACENC.Com program, with a little $60 plug
in modem that allows you to see moving
maps. (another picture shows what it looks like close to this spot -
which we went through at low tide.
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IMG_1190.JPG Low tide on the ICW. This is a marker on the govt map.
You can see the tide is down about 6 feet
from the picture of the pole and the bank. Our depth alarm was
beeping all the way through some of our travels.
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IMG_1206.JPG Dolphins were in the rivers down here all day. We never
stop to be amazed by them. You look up
and they are swimming along side and watching you as they surface but
you never have a a camera at the right
time.Here are two of them on the surface feeding and breathing. We
have a bunch by us where we are anchored
overnight on Kilkenny creek.
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IMG_1217.JPG our back porch. We have the bikes hung, a bunch of
coolers and extra tanks out. You can see the
neat door screen that Burnie put in when he owned our beloved boat
before us. our inside station is
inside with great views out, but its nice on sunny days to stay out
in the cockpit. This was taken while underway.
Aren't autopilots wonderful? I have never used them much at all till
Angel Louise, but she loves to steer herself
and we use the autopilot extensively.
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IMG_1226.JPG We are running on only one engine (the Port -LEFT-
Engine). We had been doing 4.5 knots speed
but with a headsail and winds from SE direction, we vaulted ahead at
another knot faster. Pictured is a spare diesel
fuel can and our man overboard pole (you throw it in the water if
someone goes overboard in the ocean so you
can have a chance at seeing them when you turn around to pick them up!)
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IMG_1227.JPG Safely anchored at Kilkenny Creek. You can hear the
little song birds singing in the marsh out here.
in the creek are dolphins lazily swimming by and feeding. About 9 of
them, but try to get them to pose for a picture.
This is one of the best of 20 tries. Thank God for the electronic
camera. We are using a small Canon A720is that
we snap then plug into the MAC computer with its little cable and it
sucks them all into the computer and
the viewing software then emails them to you.
<picture snipped>
IMG_1239.JPG (next to Kilkenny creek where we dropped our hook.)
several dolphins in this pod. we make it 9. We
watched them glide by while we had a gin and tonic and then a
sumptuous spaghetti meal, with Paul Newmans
Spaghetti Sauce with Sausage. The sausage is in the jar with the
sauce and is excellent, especially when you are
on a boat and like meat but don't want to refrigerate everything.
When we see the Newmans spaghetti with the
sausage (all stores don't have it) we buy a bunch to last us for
several months. Highly recommended.
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IMG_1242.JPG The mac ENC software lets you zoom in on where you are.
This is the highest magnification on
the 'raster' chart (the chart is an electronic picture that is
identical to the $20 paper one). Here I zoomed in
on where we are anchored. See the boat symbol. It shows a blue line
on the direction we are moving projected
by our software, and there is a red line showing where we have come
from. This is about 8 pm, so it is after we
were anchored here for about 2 hours. The little box at the bottom
right shows direction, time location, etc.
We anchored in about 22 feet of water, but its pretty high tide. The
chart displays depth at low tides. We have
no idea what SO means but we have a chart somewhere to explain it. It
used to mean Sheriff's Office in
my former life, but I suspect it has a different meaning in this
context.
On May 1, 2008, at 7:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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