Has anybody seen the documentary Deep Water? I’m very interested in seeing it. Would love to know whether anyone has any opinions on it. I’ve attached a YouTube clip of the official trailer. It looks absolutely incredible. According to IMDB: Deep Water is “a documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.” Would love your comments […]
4/2/2011 OUR LAST DAY AND NIGHT IN FORT LAUDERDALE
SATURDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:10 SUNSET 7:38HIGH: 84 LOW: 67We spent a lovely morning chatting with our neighbo…
El Salvador and Environs
It was exciting to clear out of Mexico at long last. For this big passage, we decided to ‘buddy boat,’ meaning we traveled in the company of a couple of other boats.We made what amounted to a 5-day passage, stopping only briefly in Puerto Chiapas r…
Trip to Sea of Cortez
Our good friends, Ken and Mary, arrived from Seattle Wednesday, March 23rd. Our plans were to depart the marina Thursday AM for the Sea of Cortez, which we did, but just after departing the marina, we realized a shaft seal needed replacing. We returne…
Controllable Pitch Props on FPBs
Hi Steve … I just read the Propellers section on the Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia, and got wondering: given the FPBs are such efficient machines, wouldn´t there be a case for controllable pitch props on them?
Hi Alex:
CP props work great where the loads vary a lot, as with a sailboat motorsailing, or a fishing boat pulling […]
How to Keep Busy While Your TV is Being Held Hostage
March 1- March 20, 2011What’s one of the most important rules with this lifestyle. ALWAYS BE FLEXIBLE AND ABSOLUTELY KEEP NO SCHEDULE!!! After organizing the boat and tweaking a few more projects, we were ready to leave, or so …
Today in the boat shed
I cut out the remaining CnC parts.The last piece.It’s going to take some organizing to find room to work. There’s parts stacked up everywhere! *sigh* Maybe I’ll get to play with some sticky stuff next weekend.
Socializing
We survived a crazy week that had us holed up on the boat for 3 days. We were on the cusp of a tornado. There was torrential rain and high winds that had us thrashing about like mad. On Saturday night we invited Tim, Gina and Skip for a supper of Fl…
Dania Beach, FL – 4/1 11 & 4/2/11
Friday – 4/1/11 Another hot day so we stayed close to the boat today. Huen is still moving his stuff from his old boat to the new boat and Skip & I helped for awhile. It is had to believe that he accumulated all that stuff in just 2 years. He is ha…
