One thing I’ve learned over the years is that if you really want to get boat folks all riled up, talk about anchors or guns.My Mom’s side of the family, the farm family, always owned guns. I got my first gun, a bolt action .22 (which I still have) when…
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Sometimes People Really Tick Me Off
We took the dogs to Jekyll Island’s beach today. No news there. We do that all the time, and have been going frequently for the six months we’ve been here. However, we’ve noticed more and more of this.Fresh cutsAn old cut. This…
What Does a Pelican, a Sunset, and a Windlass Have in Common?
Nothing that I know of. But here are three pics for you.First is a brown pelican.A brown pelican’s head turns from reddish-brown during the summer months to yellow in the winter to attract a mate. The brown pelican is the only pelican in t…
Heating a Boat
Drift Away has reverse cycle A/C. It cools in the summer and heats in the winter, and does a respectable job at it.Last summer here in Georgia, though, the air conditioning could barely keep up. if it was 95 degrees outside, it would be 85 …
The Check Bounced!
Unbelievable. I received a check for $120,000 for Drift Away from an ad I placed on the MTOA (Marine Trawler Owners’ Association), sight unseen. This rich guy from London said the boat sounded perfect and he wanted to buy it as a gift for h…
Lots of Interest in Drift Away
Not counting the $120,000 cashier’s check I received a couple of weeks ago (the extra is to be given to the delivery captain), I’ve had about a dozen genuine inquiries. I posted Craig’s List ad in Brunswick, Savannah, and Jacksonville and have g…
Boat For Sale Photos
Disclaimer- our boat doesn’t really look this good. We live on it, with three dogs. What Pam and I did was to clean the clutter out of an area, photograph it, and then put all our stuff back. This is what Drift Away would look like …
Just Stuff From Yesterday
How about them Ravens, eh? Besides watching the Superbowl, I took a few pics that I thought were interesting. Here you go.This is my submission for Digital Photography School’s assignment “composition contrast”.Mr. Bill was a pit bull toy. …
So How Do We Fit Three People and Three Dogs On A Boat?
Easy. We stack them.
Sentry Battery Charger
I recently had to replace three batteries on Drift Away. They were cooked by the Guest battery charger that apparently failed and overcharged the batteries in a two week period, boiling off all the water. When Wayne, the marina mechanic, an…
