We bought a Starlink
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We converted a sofa to a desk!
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What have we done for 2 months?
Where did 2 months go? Ft. Launderdale, FL, with a short MA and MD Trip After Ft. Pierce in December, we sailed overnight directly to Ft. Lauderdale. We stayed for 6 weeks on the New River City Docks, what a … Continue reading What have we done for 2 months?
It’s a shi@#y job literally
Where does the sh$&t go? Boat, like home jobs, often start with something very small and become enormous projects. So we had been observing a very very small ingress of seawater near the seacock that can let the poop out … Continue reading It’s a shi@#y job literally
All I wanted for Christmas was….long hot showers and clean decks!
So maybe it was a very, very big Chanukah present, but due to Don’s perserverance, we now have our very, very nifty 20 gal per hour watermaker working. We can have long hot showers, rinse our decks liberally, do a … Continue reading All I wanted for Christmas was….long hot showers and clean decks!
They say cruising is working on your boat in exotic places….
So we made significant progress today installing our Ech2O Tec watermaker. After getting advice in Marsh Harbour on how to lay out the various stages components, we went ahead and started the installation process. We routed hoses under various floorboards … Continue reading They say cruising is working on your boat in exotic places….
Dead engine, fishing weed, what next?
I caught your attention didn’t I? Where to start? Two days into our sail to the Bahamas from Portsmouth, VA our port engine died. Don and Ken (I gave up after a day) have been troubleshooting non stop. Low air … Continue reading Dead engine, fishing weed, what next?
15 years later I redeem myself!
31:00:00 left. Before our last cruise in 2002 at an SSCA nautical flea market, I found a Pactor modem to transmit data over long distances (so you get email in the middle of the ocean) . Removing my hand for … Continue reading 15 years later I redeem myself!