As many of our followers know, we built our own bimini back in June of 2009. The yellow Sunbrella has kind of been a trademark for Beach House wherever we go. But the Florida sunshine and the cold damp weather in the Chesapeake has taken a toll in just…
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A Bit Overwhelmed
I really haven’t had to interview for many jobs. Most of the time I either knew the company and owner well or they knew me and approached me for a position. But the few times I have had an interview, one of the questions almost always asked was “what d…
WiFi on the Boat – Part 3
It has been a while since we have posted any additional information on our highly successful WiFi set up on the boat. To really see how we have arrived at this point, you need to go back and read our previous posts starting with Part 1 and then P…
Road Trip And A Short Cruise
We’re often asked to give presentations to boaters during their organization’s meetings and rendezvous. While we lived in Maryland for two years, I had to travel to Florida often to give these presentations, and now that we have moved back to Florida, …
Boat Renaming Ceremony
Doing it the right way staves off the possibility of bad luck (I don’t remember where I found this, so sorry if I don’t give the original Author Credit)Superstition still plays a significant role in boaters’ lives. The sea, hardly changed in a…
Raising A Few Brows
The teak brows were probably the least attractive pieces of wood on the boat and a pain to keep up. All of the screws that secured them to the sides of the cabin have been a source of leaks that we knew we needed to deal with soon. We did some caulking…
The Flybridge Makeover That Never Ends
I know that after this post I will get some feedback, but not all positive. I have committed a major sin in the trawler society, but I am not sorry and offer no apologies. The interior of the flybridge is finished, the uppermost of the outside now has …
30 Year Old Boat Plumbing Replacement
Replacing the 30 year old copper plumbing in our fresh water system was on my Things-to-do-when-there-is nothing-else-and-I-have-lots-of-time list and I expected to get to it some time in the years to come. But as with all things boats, that was not to…
The Gentlemans Guide to Passages South, By Bruce Van Sant
Now available. We received an email from Bruce a week ago to let us know that he has the 10th Edition of his book out and that it would be available soon. Older copies have been offered on Ebay for as much as $800.00, which we find totally ridiculous. …
Moving The Starting Battery
Our starting battery sits in a nice fiberglass box that is mounted in the front of the engine. The distance to our house bank is about a foot and makes for short cables and easy access to use jumper cables in case the starting battery goes dead. But th…
