Archive for the 'Boating' Category

Annapolis to St. Michaels

In September of 2009, we spent the weekend in Annapolis, MD. Saturday morning we took a 90-minute ferry ride from Annaplolis harbor to the small town of St. Michaels on the Eastern Shore. It was a beautiful day for boat watching from the ferry. We spent a few hours in St. Michaels, ate at the [...]

Boston Whaler 16SL

Our first powered boat was a 1991 Boston Whaler 16SL dual console design with open bow. It had a 1999 Evinrude 90 hp 2-cycle outboard engine. It had a few family friendly features, including lots of seating and bow safety rail. It handled well on calmer lakes, but as any 16′ boat will, it got [...]

Tidewater 196cc

In July 2011, we took delivery on a new 2011 Tidewater 196cc. It was hard to say goodbye to our first powered boat, a 1991 Boston Whaler 16SL, but the time had come to move up to newer, bigger boat that would enable us to spend more time on the water for longer periods of [...]