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The Cruising Community Communicates
There are 6,742 cruising boats on the east coast. 5,981 sit at the dock empty, day after day, week after week, month after month, and many probably year after year. OK, I made those numbers up. I guess it’s because it’s ele…
Installing an Ice Maker
Drift Away came with an ice maker. It was installed in the helm station under the bench seat, which also houses the washer and dryer. It worked fine up until a couple of months ago when it decided to stop. A couple of weeks ago I went…
Touring Jekyll Island
Yesterday, we took the Navi-Nut (patent pending) head of Research and Development, Kent Boatguy, for a well deserved holiday to Jekyll Island. Joining Pam and I was our daughter Megan, and Rod and Patti from Second Chance. Jekyll…
How to Run TV Coax
One thing you have to do when you buy an old boat is pull wire. I’ve been pulling wires on Drift Away for two years, and yesterday was yet another day to pull wire. We bought a small television for the middle stateroom and I nee…
New Boat Projects
Pam and I just got back from running around Brunswick buying components for boat projects. First is to install a small LED TV in the middle (Megan’s) stateroom. I have to run coaxial cable to it which will be the biggest part of that j…
How to Bed a Hatch
Yesterday, I decided that I should actually tackle a boat project. Why, I don’t know, but I did. It’s been brutally hot here in Georgia with the heat index well over 100 degrees every day. But along with that heat comes whomping …
Mariner’s Guide to the Port of New York and New Jersey
For some odd reason, this blog gets many hits. Consequently, I get many requests for advertising and such, which I decline. This latest request is a bit different, though.I’ve been to New York City many times, mostly by boat. &nb…
The Bad Guys are Still Running
A couple of nights ago, I went to bed early. I was bored. Pamela and Megan were in Louisiana. It was just me and the three dogs. Gertie was outside. I closed all the doors because of rain, leaving the helm station do…
Dog licenses? We don’ need no steenkin’ dog licenses!
Yesterday, for lack of anything else to do while Pamela was away, I decided to walk downtown to city hall to license our three dogs. Olivia has never been licensed and Ruby and Chevy’s Connecticut licenses have lapsed. It was a two mi…
