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Today we moved a bit farther south. I believe that picture is before the small craft advisory arrived 3 hours early. We finished the day with the 2nd reef in the main and the first in the...

Yep, Magnificent Hayes is a hero of mine. Here's an excerpt from "Seamanship in the Age of Sail".

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The last few days, Grace did heel a few times like that bottom picture, but I ...

Garr! 3 days of riding out gales at anchor. For the last one, the wind veered unexpectedly and left us on a lee shore. The picture just doesn't describe it (land immediately behind me with surf...

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Random acts of Piracy

Sunday morning we left Washington DC and moved down the Potomac to George Washington's house, Mount Vernon. We anchored off his dock, and the park folks actually...

Thank you, Admiral. It's very shiny!

More sailing, Aye, aye! Today is a day of victualing and watering. We sail in two tides.

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Here's another one for you, Rob

An ice cream shop just up from our boat has these cow-ches (couches) out front.

Even riding the Metro (English translation - Tube) is a treat

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This was a perspective shot of a moderately long escalator down to the trains.

Garr! It was upstairs. There's just so much to see!

I took this especially for you, Rob.

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Ape House, Apiary, what's the diff?

A hearty congratulations to both Lankin and Bos'n! It wasn't an easy month for postng.

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Yesterday afternoon we explored a corner of the American History Museum. They had a nice collection of commercial sailing vessel models.

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When talking about American...

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Turtle Power!

We found this in the Spy Museum lobby as we were walking to the American History Museum.

Apparently some engineers decided to see if the sub was practical. It...

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Here's our home for the next few days. The Smithsonian Institute is about 7 blocks away. We went for a walk through the cherry blossoms and checked out the Washington Monument and Lincoln...

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We found this in Alexandria, just south of DC. She's a reproduction of the sloop Providence. I imagine that there will be a bowsprit on her in the near future.
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:thumbsup: I'm getting an itchy chemistry finger. When the experiments begin, I'll keep you posted.

I'm thinking so. Maybe the burning of Washington will have a water feature in my history.

Suzanne is working to find us a slip at a nearby marina later this week so we can tour the fort. More...

Wait, I think the ships are styrene, and I think Chris had found that you can use acetone as a cement.

Well, it's all about learning.

Thanks, Jim! That's good information. I thought you'd be the one to know.

Working with real boats, I have no shortage of 100% acetone.

I have some hulls that I can sacrifice for...

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We found this on our way up the Potomac River to Washington DC. Fort Washington

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington_Park

Garrrr! I thought it might be Nightmoss' USS Pennsylvania post, but I was wrong. It's still a good read.
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I have just been through the entire Chippy Shop and didn't find anything.

A few years back someone posted about how to soften the glue that holds the ships together without softening the plastic. If anyone knows the secret, the post, or the person, I'd love to know. My...

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It's that time of year again. Suzanne and I are off to explore the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, and Albemarle Sound.

She's writing again and her blog address is:
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Great to be back!

What would be really sweet is if the 3D prints could be colored like the planes made for WoG! Ares could get a percentage on every licensed print and there could be a multitude of different ship...