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Things are not always bright and rosy when cruising and living aboard.  There are little things that happen that can make it very aggravating.We used to live in Stamford, Connecticut.   Last spring, we changed our mailing address to St. Brend…

Brunswick Landing Marina is large as marinas go.  There are over 300 slips here and most all of them are full.  Most people have docked their boats here for the hurricane season and left them.  There is, however, a large cruiser/liveaboa…

I like to write this blog everyday, but I know it must be getting monotonous to you.  Not traveling, and no boat projects because of the heat and humidity.  We go to Jekyll Island a lot because we have the time, the dogs love it, and so do we…

We didn’t do much yesterday.  The weather here is getting beautiful with temps down into the mid 80s.  Many marina denizens are doing boat projects.  We’re starting to see teak and mahogany bits at the head of the docks with shiny new va…

No, this blog isn’t going to turn into a cookbook or bar manual.   But I think this is pretty cool.I have high blood pressure.  Both my parents had it and I inherited it, as did my sister.  Although my BP is controlled with meds, I still…

The temps here in Brunswick are up into the 90s again and the humidity is still high.  Too hot to do big boat projects like painting the decks and topsides.   I did do a few small ones though. While washing dishes the faucet started spitting …

There are a lot of great boats on the market, and it’s a buyer’s market.  The economy may be slowly recovering, and your 401k may be doing OK, but we still have a long way to go to get back to “normal”.The megayacht business is doing just fine, th…

I’ve written often about how I’ve met no grouchy or grumpy cruisers in the past year that Pam and I have been traveling and living aboard Drift Away.  I’ve attributed that to “how can anyone be grouchy” living this life style?Now, I’m an easy goin…

Yesterday was my birthday.  My 62nd birthday.   This is good news/bad news.   Which do you want to hear first?  OK, first the bad news.  I’m getting old.  What’s the good news?  It’s better than the alternative. Also …

Today is Dave’s birthday so I thought I would write the blog today. Kind of an ode to my love. Most of you know him just through his words and through the eye of his camera. I have the honor of actually knowing him.I knew OF him for many years. He was …