Cruising on the Mary T - Nova Scotia to the Bahamas

The film you've all been waiting for is finally here. Amy recently completed the editing of our 2007-2008 trip up to Nova Scotia and down to the Bahamas. We call it a docu-comedy. For more information, go to www.cruisingonthemaryt.com

We are back in slip C-61 at the West River Yacht Harbor in Galesville. Our thanks to the Tates for renting us their slip again. We'd also like to thank our dear friends Tim, Viki, and Annie for allowing us to stay at their house while we renovated our V-berth. The work involved removing the head-liner, cleaning all the mold, painting the fiberglass, and varnishing the teak. We hope to continue cleaning, painting and varnishing the rest of the boat as weather permits.

We also had our diesel inboard repaired. There was a messy fuel leak and an oil leak that had nagged us throughout our trip back from Newfoundland. The oil leak from our raw water pump was the result of sloppy work by a mechanic in Maine. The arrow in the photo points to the broken gasket he covered up with a new gasket.

Another important item we were able to cross off our "to do" list was the replacement of our wind speed instrument. This device had not been working for a number of years. We lived without it for most of that time but missed it at night when looking up at the wind indicator at the top of the mast becomes very difficult.

How about that big snowstorm December 18 & 19? We heard it was coming so we abandoned ship and headed to the home of Ken's daughter and son-in-law. It wasn't so much the snow that concerned us as was the very strong winds that were predicted to blow from the northeast. The slip we occupy is exposed to choppy seas when the wind is out of that direction and that makes life aboard quite unpleasant. We returned on the 20th and spent about 45 minutes shoveling the snow from the boat and the dock. Hopefully there won't be any more blizzards like that this winter.