We’ve just finished a new feature on the web site that shows a real-time plot of Dirona‘s location. A small version of the live chart is on the blog site above, and a large one is at:  http://www.mvdirona.com/maps/LocationCurrent.html.

In the image at right (click to enlarge it), the blue line is the plot of our track. Each blue square on the line shows the time and speed at that location if you put the cursor on them. And the red square with the star shows our current location. The blue paddle icons represents a log entry along the way, the red one being the most recent. Click on a paddle to see details for that entry.

Each map also has a refresh button that you can click to refresh just the map data (rather than the whole page).

As we sail south, we’re leaving one of the most beautiful cruising areas in the world and perhaps the nicest marina we’ve ever stayed at. Bell Harbor Marina, in the core of downtown Seattle, is a special place. Below are some of what we’ve seen since our cruise on the Columbia and Snake River system. You also can display these on the map view.