takes some effort. Once the snow clears I’ll have to shift some toys (boat & car) around and get the shed setup as a workshop. I’m pretty sure I know how that’s going to go together.One of the things that’s concerned me a bit was the amount of epoxy we…
Sugarcane Candy
We saw tons, literally tons, of sugar cane carried on every kind of vehicle imaginable. Much of it was going to a huge processing plant. But we also saw small family operations and Randal asked Sandeep if we could stop and see one. Always willing to ob…
It is fuel polishing time; tech talk (not a pretty subject)
While we have been enjoying the warmer weather in the SE, we are currently in Key West, our diesel fuel has been hard at work creating sludge and what is called asphaltenes, http://fuelschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Asphaltene.Fuel as a biologi…
Barge
Here’s a picture of the barge which is moored just in front of me.You can see the wood cut from my deck neatly stacked down below there, serving as ballast for the thing.If you look at the end furthest away, you can see a notch cut into the deck. This …
55 Days to Departure for the 2011 Adventure
Since Spirit arrived back in Anacortes after the sojourn in Lake Union, planning for the 2011 trip to SE Alaska has been intense. We spent time at the Seattle Boat Show looking for additional safety equipment to better prepare for offshore cruising an…
Norman’s Cay- Day 3
Day 3 at Norman’s and the winds are still howling away at a steady 20-25 kts. We’re rolling a good bit, but getting acclimated to it. Aries Too has a stern anchor set out to their stbd quarter, just a smaller 17x Fortress, but it keeps them bow-fir…
Maharaja Public Library and a few other things: Jaipur, Rajasthan
From Delhi we drove forever to get to Jaipur in Rajasthan. Jaipur and Pushker were on Linda’s “must see” list. This is the information provided by Nayeem, our tour operator.
“Jaipur, first planned city in India was founded 18 November 1727 by M…
Posted from home pics from Boomtown to Seabrook Marina
A morning shot just before we left Boomtown the two houseboats, tied side by side, were pretty close to us. The crews were nowhere to be seen I know they had a late night at the casino they were pretty loud when they boarded last night, must have been…
March 3, 2011
WE ARE UNDERWAY!!! Can you believe it? We’re having a spot of bother (as Winnie-ther-Pooh would say) with the concept ourselves! To catch up—
After Orlando we did make one more trip to the fuel dock at Shelter Cove—again fora…
A bit of our trawler comes home
Since we are changing the name of our trawler, our port/starboard nameboards need to be refinished and the new name placed on them. Since the boat is over in Guntersville getting the finishing touches of the topside paint done, fuel at $3.40 a gallon …
