Some time ago we promised detailed photos of the stabilized spinnaker design which we shot in the Canary Islands. The concept is that the shuttered slots across the face of the sail reduce oscillation and improve stability. It is hard for us to judge the efficacy of the concept from a brief encounter, but it […]
Cochin Miscellaneous
Hi All,
So many of you have written saying you are quite relieved at our change of plans. We do appreciate that. What is a bit reassuring is that almost all of the cruisers who made the passage from Malaysia or Thailand to Gall…
Finally! A warm, sunny Super Sunday!
Its funny. If its July and the temp hits 43 degrees, you’re freezing your butt off. But if its February 6th and you’ve been pummeled by cold and snow for the past two months, its downright balmy. Today was balmy! The day started like any other Sunday… get up, shower, drink too much coffee, and […]
Now its an ice storm!
Cripe, its one thing after another here. This is what I woke up to this morning, a half inch of ice coating everything. The docks looked slippery, but the ramp looked formidable. The big problem, besides not being able to get up the ramp to go to work, is how to get the dogs off […]
Record snow!
Living aboard is one thing if you’re someplace warm with waving palm trees. It’s quite another when one gets hit with snow storm after snow storm. Stamford is just a short distance from New York City. Since weather usually travels from west to east, what they get, we get. NYC usually gets about 20 inches […]
Ice 1, Chevy the dog 0
We’ve had some cold weather down here in CT. Nothing like upstate NY where I come from, for sure, but 4 degrees is pretty cold. The freezing point of seawater is around 28 degrees, depending on its salinity. We’d been pretty much ice free until yesterday when the ice froze to about 1/4″ or maybe […]
Living aboard with pets
I wasn’t sure what was going to happen moving aboard a boat. For Dave and myself it was going to be a challenge in and of itself. Moving aboard with two cats, a dog and a guinea pig, a challenge. We have a 19 year old half Himalayan cat named Smudge, a 6 year old […]
A bit about the boat
A friend suggested that I describe the history of the boat, its design, original equipment and intended use. I think that’s an excellent idea. Today’s entry will be it’s design and construction. The boat is a 1980 Cheoy Lee Long Range Cruiser. It’s 46’ long, 15’ beam, drafts 4’ 10” and displaces about 50,000 pounds. It cruises […]
The rich and the filthy rich
I’m posting the pictures for my next blog now, and will add the text tomorrow morning.
Cold means condensation, and condensation means wet stuff.
This is our first year living aboard. The spring was cool but nice, the summer was hot but wonderful, and the fall beautiful but cool, again. Winter is a whole ‘nother matter. Drift Away has three levels. The upper level is the flybridge and sundeck, and right now that’s covered in snow and doesn’t enter […]
