May 2010 – Memorial Weekend at GYB
Last Trade was the TMCA Memorial Weekend Cruiseleader to Galveston Yacht Basin. Thirty-seven boats participated, the final count was 17 power and 20 sail. Some of the boats headed down on Friday, May 28th and the rest arrived on the 29th. All had a gre…
Black Streaks On The Boat
If you own a boat, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. Those grimy black streaks – I don’t even know what they are. But they are both common and annoying. Regular soap doesn’t get them off, the “black streak remover” they sell is expensive and no…
Memorial Day Weekend 2010
What a busy weekend! The boat still had it’s winter grime, so Saturday morning, Lynda started cleaning the decks. When we had purchased the boat, I had asked the dealer how they got the boats so clean and sparkling for the boat show.&…
May 2010 – Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island – Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, SC #22
Our first 2 weeks of May were spent in Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island. Shelter Cove Harbour was designed to resemble the sunny port side villages of the Mediterranean and even though it is located almost 2 hours off the Intracoastal Waterway…
Cruising the Society islands
A vicious hailstorm broke my cameraI have had a very poor internet connection and so have not been able to update until now.Marina Hanbury has joined us.We have been to Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, and Bora Bora.I am leaving Lone Wolf in Raiatea un…
Palmetto Moon 2010-05-31 09:52:00
On Wednesday, May 5, we left Myrtle Beach and had a long day of travel after sitting because of rain, wind, or fog. We went all the way to Wrightsville Beach as the forecast for Cape Fear was good with the tide coming in combined with a south wind. We …
Lessons Learned Buildling a Semi-Custom Trawler Slide Deck
Last weekend we presented our
experiences in going through the design and build process for Nordhavn
5263. The slides are at Hamilton_TF10_BuildingTrawlerWebPost.pdf
In discuss…
Coat Of Paint Helps Almost Anything
After getting rid of the boxes on the floor (one of my pet peeves – too easy to forget what’s in them), we realized that a new coat of paint was in order.Getting better and better down there. I think I’ll touch up the sides of the hull with some white….
58 Years of a Junk Drawer
Everybody has one. Usually when people move out of their houses every 5-7 years, they clean it out and probably throw most of it away. However, on a boat, frequently things get passed from owner to owner. I imagine the tool box in the lazarette has bee…
