Chuck Hewett
It's Good to Be Home, Can't Wait to Get Back!
The Admiral, Bosun, and I arrived at Cottage Point from Pensacola just after 12:30 am on Thanksgiving morning. Son, Sam, his wife,...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 255 min read
Electrical Gremlins Lead at the End of the First Quarter; Admiral Plans Tough Schedule; Captain Mutinies
Well, if that title doesn't grab your attention, I don't know what will. After a sleepless Friday night at Turner Marine on the Dog River...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 235 min read
Tidewater, Another Huge Challenge, Great People!
On Wednesday, we left Kingfisher Marina in the cold (36 degrees) and dark of 5:45 am to travel 99 miles down the Black Warrior-Tombigbee...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 193 min read
Tenn-Tom Is Behind Us
Yesterday, Monday, November 18, we completed our journey down the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway when we reached the confluence of the...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 194 min read
A Day in the Life--Getting Underway
Some have you have asked what a typical day on the boat on the inland rivers looks and feels like. In this blog, I'll attempt to share...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 175 min read
When Things Go Right
As the bosun says, when things go right, we can start to relax a little bit and maybe even have some fun! We've now had six days on the...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 142 min read
We're Getting Things Worked Out--An Update from the Bosun!
As you can see, I'm starting to get the hang of this and relax a little. That may have something to do with the fact that the Admiral...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 145 min read
Catching Up
It's been a week since my last post and we've been busy! First, the great news: we've had four days on the water without a single...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 74 min read
If It Were Easy . . .
Slowly leaving Clarksville Marina at dead idle last Saturday morning on the identical GPS track that we had been in and out on three...
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Chuck Hewett
Nov 23 min read
Women Performers, the Right to Vote, 1000 Miles--And Then Some
My last blog ended just before Jackie got back to Nashville from Key West on Wednesday evening. Boy does the pace pick up when she's...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 293 min read
Cowboy Boots and Tight Leather Skirts: I Must Be In . . . Nashville!
If you've got to cool your heels, Nashville's not a bad place to do it. On Saturday, Marie Gerrity and her son Henry joined me for lunch...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 253 min read
Taylor Hasn't Invited Me to Dinner--Yet. But, Marie Has!
We arrived at the Commodore Yacht Club in Nashville yesterday afternoon where the boat is docked and the Commander-In-Chief and I are...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 243 min read
Moonshine and I Can See Clearly Now!
Wow! We have enjoyed a couple of great days working our way up Barkley Lake and the Cumberland River and will arrive in Nashville...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 215 min read
Where Does All the Time Go?
Since last writing, we ended our Mississippi River journey and turned up the Ohio River at Cairo. We overnighted at Paducha, Kentucky,...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 192 min read
First Night At Anchor--Mostly/Not Quite--Without Incident
We arrived at this pleasant spot called Bum Guard Island (gotta be a story) around 3:00 and called it good. The proper anchorage turned...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 181 min read
Something Light!
Just a few pics this morning. Then we're off for a 100 mile run stopping 30 miles short of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 171 min read
All's Well That Ends Well?
An update to this morning's blog: The Port Charles guys are pretty sure that water dripping from a leaking shore water connector caused...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 174 min read
On The Road Again--To Terror
On Tuesday, Cummins came with a new logic board for the generator and, after testing for other faults and finding none, replaced ours...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 143 min read
They're Catching On--They Don't Call Me Bosun Anymore!j
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnNcZMncMEU I hope you skipped the ad (sorry about that) and got quickly to my music above. It's...
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Chuck Hewett
Oct 133 min read
Feared Lost in St. Charles--Did You Miss Us?
Significant others, dare I say wives, are an interesting lot. After my last blog she complained that I was getting a little wordy. That...
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