Ship’s Log: Days 1-5 September 2 - 6, 1999 Thursday, Sept. 2 Moving the boat to launch into the Missouri River was scheduled for Thursday because Kansas will not issue permits for oversize loads on the Friday before a holiday weekend (Labor Day). The boat...
Ship’s Log: Days 6-10 September 7 - 11, 1999 Tuesday, Sept. 7 The first order of business was the alternator. I removed it and with the yellow pages Nancy had rought from Christy’s began to call rebuild shops. The nice fellow at Sunshine Alternator in KC, KS,...
Ship’s Log: Days 11-15 September 12 - 16, 1999 Sunday, Sept. 12 Nancy and I pulled the hooks at 9:15 A.M. and motored Telesis onto the Mighty Miss with threatening clouds. The Missouri River was behind us and we were headed south. Almost immediately we favored...
Ship’s Log: Days 16-20 September 17 - 21, 1999 Friday, Sept. 17 First thing in the morning, we went up to the motel and called a cab. The cab took us to the grocery store, the liquor store, and the auto parts store for filters and a gas station for five gallons...
Ship’s Log: Days 21-25 September 22 - 26, 1999 Wednesday, Sept. 22 I awoke in the night thinking about the 12-volt system problem. I thought it had to do with the method the ground wires were attached on the various devices. First thing the next morning I...
Ship’s Log: Days 26-30 September 27 - October 1, 1999 Monday, Sept. 27 We were up early and prepared to depart. I talked with the harbormaster, Jim Stark, a very interesting fellow. During ten months last year, he sailed a Bristol 27 10,000 miles down through...
