This #WildRover party is about to get started ... with a custom-made drink tower by one of Y dock's most talented residents, filled with "mermaid tears," a rum-based drink
#boatlife #washingtondc #boating #dmv

#boatlife #boating #sailing

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_10.html

Some almost final steps.

Got home just before we started getting nailed by this storm. First one this season that I've been on the boat for and it's great! The rain sounds amazing.
#boatlife

#sailing #boatlife #sailboats

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_9.html

All good things come to an end.

This will be interesting for boaters: the section of the navigable channel next to the American Airlines Flight 5342 and Black Hawk crash site has been permanently marked "no wake."

Undoubtedly, many boaters will not be accustomed to slower travel in this section of the river.

#boating #boatlife #sailing

46 days ago, we plowed a furrow to enter the Myakka River past the South Gulf Cove lock. Water was about a 0.9’ above low water.

I’ve been dreading the return for almost 7 weeks. Today, water was 1.3’ above low water. And rising all the way to 1.4’. We drifted through without a problem.

What. A. Relief. (And a testament to learning to wait for the higher tides under the full moon.)

#boating #boatlife #sailing

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_8.html

The “doing nothing” part just hit a wall. We are moving next week. And my editor starting sending comments back on chapters. So. I have to actually do some real work.

#boating #boatlife #sailing

Wind gusts to 35 knots. Glad to be on a mooring ball. Glad to be sheltered between islands. Glad the boss suggested we get groceries when it was calm two days ago.

#boating #boatlife #sailing

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_7.html

Another delightful week of doing almost nothing.

Is spring here? Very nearly!
A little later than usual owing to some dodgy internet, why not join us tonight under a new moon and on the cusp of a new season.

#podcast #narrowboat #boatlife #nature #naturewriting #waterways

Episode 178: On the Leading Edge of Spring.
https://www.noswpod.com/edge-of-spring/

Batten down the hatches and tighten your lines (or add extra and ... check your fenders) for the small craft warning tomorrow!

#sailing #boating #boatlife

Not much to report. But. We're enjoying a great deal of nothing.

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_6.html

Living on the water strips a home down to the essentials: shelter, coziness, a space to go about one's daily business. It doesn't appeal to everyone, but it sure does to some.

#workboats on Kent Island on a foggy #silentsunday

#Chesapeakebay #boatlife #crabber
#boats

#sailing #boats #boatlife

https://itmaybeahack.com/TeamRedCruising2/2025_cruise_week_4.html

Not doing much. Loving every minute of it.

Why not join us as we gather around the stove on a bitingly cold night of sleety squalls to celebrate the joys of a warm fire and the comfort of three stars to light our ways through the night.

Ep: 176. 'Orion still looks down (On a world my shadow knows)'

https://www.noswpod.com/Orion-still-looks/

#boating #boatlife #sailing

Things you don’t see every day.

#boating #boatlife #sailing

Things you see at anchor near the Gulf ICW.