Boating

Homage to the Lake Cabin

September 29, 2015September 30, 2015 Steve 2 Comments Boating, Conversation, Food, Friends, Wisconsin

Last weekend our good friends Beth and John invited us to their family lake cabin in celebration of John’s birthday. The cabin is on Red Cedar Lake, near Birchwood, Wisconsin. We biked, boated, talked, ate, drank wine, went for pizza, and generally had an all-around good time. Truth be told, there were actually five of […]

Back on the Water

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 Steve 2 Comments Bayfield, Boating, Family

Sometimes destiny seems to be a bit more apparent than others. We heard that space had opened up at a motel for a reasonable rate on the weekend of the 4th of July. Then we heard from our friends Ann and Steve that they had chartered our old sailboat Esprit on Saturday afternoon. As it […]

Bayfield Fireworks

July 6, 2015 Steve Bayfield, Boating, Friends

We were able to enjoy the Bayfield fireworks from the perfectly located unit that our friends Steve and Ann, their daughter Joan, and her husband Colin. The balcony overlooked the commercial marina. People started to show up hours before, camping out on the marina bank. For those of you unfamiliar, there is a bit of […]

Sunk on the Hard

June 13, 2015June 13, 2015 Steve Boating, East Coast

The good news, the image above is not Majic. The bad news, we heard yesterday from Ellie that reports of Majic’s relaunch are greatly exaggerated. She is still “on the hard,” (not in the water.) The nautical gods have conspired against Ellie and Jack, an experience most boat-owners are all too familiar with. The boat-works says that the […]

Introducing Majic

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Steve Boating, East Coast

Jack has sent us a memo on our East Coast cruising adventure, and Ellie has sent us some background on the good ship “Majic.” The name is assembled from the initials of children. The boat splashes today, weather permitting. It has been out of the water for 4 years, so the wooden hull will need […]

Moving the Richardson

May 12, 2015June 10, 2015 Steve Boating

Ellen’s cousins Ellie and Jack have recently restored a vintage 42 foot Richardson cabin cruiser. The work was done at the Cayuga Wooden Boat Works in Cayuga, New York. Ellie and Jack have asked us to join them and their professional skipper to move the boat out to Martha’s Vineyard in June. We embark on […]