Sunday

October 23rd, 2016

Having "Docktails" on our dock last evening...

Elwood refused to take the picture so I could be in it...

So, here's an interesting boat at the end of our dock called:

ZOE

It appears to be a motor sailer...  It has two driving stations, one outside and one inside.

Zoe's very "tubby" which lends to lots of space inside.

Just great joinery of the wood with beautiful detail.

A couple air scoops for the inside cabin.

Heavy duty bow area...

Even has two windshield wipers.

Have no idea what this means....

and I don't know who build this baby!

That's Zoe!

Saturday 

October 22, 2016

A few photos showing the exodus of yachts today.  Yesterday the larger groups took off, but today's cast off was during a beautiful crisp fall morning.  Mikee Likes It will cast off early Monday morning.  Today we were getting things ready by shopping, washing cloth and returning the dinghy to it's davits mount on the boat.  Definitely not Wisconsin color, but beautiful none the less.

Friday

October 21st, 2016

This years 2016 Loopers at Joe Wheelers Resort, Rogersville, AL.

"right side, up front"

This is Miss Bailey and she has a newly repaired mast. At a cost of $2800.00 "ouch" ......it looks pretty good though.  Who thought you could de-mast a trawler...

watch those bridges......

Last evening AGLCA had a Blind Dinghy Race "In Reverse"

If you've ever drove a inflatable keel type dinghy, you know they don't steer worth a darn...  they slide which ever way they want.  We were seconds out of 3rd place out of a group of nine couples...  Drove it out to the bouy and back in just over 3.32 minutes... One couple was in the 11 minute range, going around and around in circles (14 circles)....we only performed one 360 degree turn before straightening out and heading around the course.

Wednesday evening a group of us went to a good Mexican Restaurant in Rogersville!

Brian and Dorothy drove here from Milwaukee to get lots of information prior to starting their loop in a couple years.  Joell, Dorothy, Brian and Mike are all members of the South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.... the Harbor of Hospitality!

Dorothy and Mikee

Brian and Joell

Monday

October 17th, 2016

Day one of the AGLCA Rendezvous is finally here

and their packing in the boats...

Hardly any room for fenders...

Today starts with registration, an exhibit area, ships store, introduction to loopers in progress (us), followed by a wine & beer reception and dinner.

Tomorrow, the lectures begin, covering areas such as crossing the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and others.

Squeeze'em in...

Two unusual boats are here with this rounded bow....

They are Kady Krogen boats...

Below is an example of How Not to do the Loop!

This is a boat in the Milwaukee Harbor that hit the break wall at night last weekend.

They'll be waiting a long time for the tide to come in!

Sunday

October 16th, 2016

Full Moon at Joe Wheeler

Elwood always looses his rawhide chew stick between the couch and ottoman.

We had several boats come in on Saturday which almost filled the slips in front of the Resort.  Many more coming today, the day before everything starts.  

Friday

October 14, 2016

We're entering the final weekend before the 4 day America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association AGLCA Rendezvous.  There's a nice schedule set up for all levels of loopers.  It also includes a fun night at a local farm hosting a polo match, a kayak race and a dinghy race.  Rumor has it the dinghy captain must wear a blind fold and the admiral must give directions.   We will see.  

To pass the time we have been walking quite a bit.  This state park has wonderful hiking trails.  We have also been working on the boat and yesterday we went for a long dinghy ride.

Mike at full throttle

Scenery is beautiful to view from the dinghy level.

We followed our friends, Terri and Jim, around for a while.

Terri took our picture, so we're all together.

Elwood enjoys it on any size boat.  

A neighbors boat all decked out for the Holiday

We were able to take the dinghy pretty close to the lock.

Mike spent some time putting fiberglass on the anchor hatch.  One area needed reinforcing, because it was starting to crack from stepping in that area.  Looks to be in good shape now. 

Done and reattached over the anchor hatch...