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It doesn't completely replace windshield wipers, but we recently re-applied Rain-X and we're DELIGHTED to see how well it works. Best, C&M

I just replaced the blades on "Desert 1st" at the beginning of our current trip. The replacement blade was MARINCO Part #33004 / 11.5" blade. These little electric wiper blades are Expensive ($25+ EACH !). I saw them at another marine supply store yesterday and they were $27.99 each! I...

Jake - you make a good point. I also wondered at the lack of overtaking/passing signals, but they didn't use them. The only signal was (as I mentioned) the dreaded 5-Blast. Personally, my guess is that the on-watch bridge crew had a bet going to see if they could make a power boater...

Good Morning 'Brats! We departed Beaufort (BOW-fert) NC yesterday morning in a cold light rain. Very nice to have a cabin (with a Wallas stove). Who would have thought it would be this cold in late April? But it is-what-it-is and we're managing (but I should have brought some kind of...

It's interesting to read all the comments on Mississippi River travel. For some reason I had never seriously considered it - maybe my mistake. We're in Beaufort (NC) and had happy hour last night with some folks on a 50' Ocean Alexander (very nice boat by the way...) who finished a seven month...

Chuck, getting the camera away from Mary could be a life-endangering activity (and I'm usually smarter than that)! We stopped in Morehead City (NC) yesterday. We planned to go to the "Sanitary Fish Market"* but the reviews on Trip Advisor and Active Captain were terrible, so we opted for the...

Good Morning 'Brats! It's Friday morning (4/24), and we spent the night at Casper's Marina in Swansboro (NC). We are 676sm enroute (55sm yesterday), and the trip is going very well, but it has turned cold. (Since we have electricity at the marina, I actually plugged-in the "Big Heat" heater...

Larry, you should be able to click on this address and find us: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... HgY9XbCayZ Thanks for the offer of a dock/elec but we are already well north of you at Georgetown, SC. (I just checked the SPOT. As far as I know it only saves data for seven days, so...

Nick, I think I'll pass on fogging Mary with bug dope ... She may decide to fog me with the bear spray .... It has been an excellent trip so far. The wx turned cooler and rainy a few days ago, but cool can be a good thing. We arrived in Charleston on Friday, expecting to be there for a...

Oh my God, I'm turning into a geriatric technology geek! I'm finding all this very interesting, but still a bit perplexing. We hoisted the anchor at 0705 this morning and the iPad was at 83%! as I recall (I have a habit of reading for a couple hours before getting underway). By 1445 the iPad...

Good suggestion Nick, but how do you get the pesky critters to remain still long enough to spray them? :-) Just kidding. We did the same thing when we traveled through Everglades City last year. Frankly, I had forgotten about doing that, and doing it every couple of days would be a good...

Good points, thanks. Previously, I had shut down unused app's, and wifi is disabled. Today I think we'll try turning off the roaming data and BlueTooth as well, and see what happens. One thing is for sure ... at some point I will connect a couple of dedicated charging cords so we can largely...

Our iPad3 is working fine and we're using it all day for navigation. We plug it in while underway with a 12V charging cord, but it still seems to loose charge as the day goes along. Example: we departed at 1030 this morning (iPad was showing 100% charge) but by the time we anchored (1600) it...

Good Morning 'Brats! We decided to stay another day in the "Golden Isles" (Brunswick/St Simons Island, GA) so we could see more friends. (Mary and I each lived here for about ten years, but in different decades ... so there are several good friends in the area.) RE the noseeums (aka: sand...

Yea, the Golden Isles and sand knats are well known to both of us. We both lived in Brunswick/St Simons for ten years ... but in different decades. We are currently anchored off Kingsley Plantation on the Fort George River. The plantation is a small NPS site devoted to telling the story of...

Dave, watch the SPOT from time to time (SPOT address is in an earlier comment) and you'll see where we are. Our plan is to boat-up then boat-back to FL. (Two months northbound, then two months in the Chesapeake, then two months southbound.) We're having a rather tough time making miles...

Yesterday's quote of the day.... While talking to an RV couple on the dock at Green Cove Spring, the lady commented: "Why would anyone want to spend that much time on a boat(?) ... all you can see is water!" We were speechless (and they claimed to have previously owned a 40' sailboat)! The...

Dessert 1st is northbound on the ICW. We launched from Astor (FL) on Saturday, and hope to go as far as Chesepeake Bay (MD). The grand plan is to cruise North for two months, then two months on the Chesepeake, then two months southbound back to FL. ...if the heat/humidity/ Mosquitoes don't...

Mary and I are still planning to drive over for the potluck (Saturday?). (Tom, I'll try calling you this AM.) We won't be bringing "Dessert 1st" this time, just driving over. We will plan to ride the SP ferry over to the island and then talk someone into giving us a ride back after the...

Interesting picture. At first glance I thought your boat had sprouted wings! :-) Best, Casey&Mary