Making Progress
Well today considerable progress was made towards getting the laserette (the space under the cockpit) organized and cleaned. Jerry also has completed the re-installing of the new gps/ais antennae. He originally installed the new antennae in November …
03/05/2012 THROUGH 03/11/2012 IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
MONDAY 03/05/2012 DOCKED AT CROWN BAY MARINAIt was laundry, cleaning, stocking the liquor cabinet, making appointments for the SVRS and preparing for Dan’s return tomorrow. Dull but got lots done! Oh yes, I did have to move t…
I Don’t Dare Think Of It
As early as Wednesday morning, I had my suspicions as to the cause of our misfortune at sea on Tuesday. Preliminary inspections revealed that the oil cooler for the transmission had ruptured internally and forced large qu…
Sailing Blog 101 – Tips and Tricks to Get You Started
It’s always nice to know a few tips and tricks to help get your blog kicked into high-gear. Here are five great tips and tricks to help you start your sailing blog. I’ve been going over these tricks a few times lately and I started to forget about one of these tricks I’m about to mention […]
Retired Old Farts
Yesterday started off fine. The workmen fixing the end of C Dock arrived early. The story, as I heard it, was that the captain of an 80′ yacht hit the end of C Dock so hard that he broke the huge metal piling and concrete dock. The ba…
Eight Batteries!
Good news today from Star Marine. They took out the old "house" battery and made new battery boxes for the new batteries and found there was room for eight batteries instead of six like they thought. We're going to have mucho power! Yea! …
The Game Winning Edition
Leaving Plain Bay and Black Point was difficult, but not as difficult as leaving Nassau. We had arrived in Nassau by way of Highborne Cay on Friday and crossed the Yellow Bank to Nassau on Saturday. While in Nassau …
Night Watch
As usual, I am way behind on my posts, but I am going to skip ahead for this one. We are currently enroute from Whangaroa to Queen Charlotte Sound on the South Island via the North Cape, Cape Reinga at … Continue reading →
