http://toewsrus.com/sailing These are the adventures of the Toews family as they trek into the unknown on a sailing adventure aboard the s/v Los GATOews. None of them have ever really been sailing, but they're taking off on an open ended family cruise. "Sell the house, pack the bags and grab the kids honey, we're taking off!" Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:05:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why is it when one thing goes wrong, everything seems to go wrong? I believe it's the principle of compound - quandaries - on - the - spot - while - hung - up - in - a - bind - near - a - quagmired - predicament - ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/18/double-trouble/ There's a great little island with nothing on it, but lots to do and see. It's just 15 miles north of Charleston, SC. Caper's Island is convenient from the ICW but can't be accessed from offshore. At least I wouldn't try it in a sailboat, or any ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/08/capers-island/ They say you can tell you're in New Hampshire by all the snowmobiles up on blocks in the front yards. In South Carolina is it boats in the front yard? http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/07/is-this-south-carolina/ We sailed from Cape Fear River, NC on the outside to Winyah bay. We anchored just outside of Estherville Minum Canal in Winyah Bay's Western Channel. It was A 73 mile day - a long day. Mostly because the wind turned against us in the afternoon - ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/06/winyah-winyah-can-i-get-a-winyah/ We must be heading in the right direction - South. Today we had three different birds jump on the boat. We first noticed a bird plastered to the luff of the mainsail. It was a type of woodpecker. Woodpecker? Yeah a Common Flicker, go figure. ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/06/freeloading-stowaways/ We were anchored in Dutchman Creek. It was an early day and we were in set by early afternoon. The rest of the day we just hung around. I tried fishing, getting some hits but never hooking one. While I was fishing there was a gentleman checking his ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/05/angel-fish/ There's a never ending list of things that need to get done on a boat. It always seems like something is in need of some attention. The engine had an electrical problem during startup one time and didn't want to crank, Debi asked, "Why's that causing a problem, it was ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/04/maintenance/ We had some weather to wait out in Wrightsville Beach, NC. I decided that it was time to start looking into the WIFI a little harder. You may recall it just wasn't what I expected. Here in Wrightsville Beach I can get WIFI with my laptop, but not the ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/02/waiting-on-weather/ We finally put one on the boat. I haven't really been trolling much since Cape Cod. All my trolling rigs were lost to fish there, or maybe it was to the lobster buoys. But I'm pretty sure the fish were just too big for me to reel in. Today I put together ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/11/01/tuna-surprise/ The kids had heard how Beaufort, NC was the place to be for Halloween, so it was a "do not miss" on our trip. We even skipped over some other (better) things just to ensure we got here on time. As it turned out we only found one other set ... http://toewsrus.com/sailing/ships-log/2008/10/31/halloween/