Last night, Pam and I hied ourselves to the Spa Creek Bridge to watch the Eastport Yacht Club’s Lights Parade. It was cold and a bit windy, but we took the dogs along anyway because they were antsy. We got there early to make sure we’…
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Annapolis. A Drinking Town With A Sailing Problem.
We were told that Annapolis is like the Hotel California. You can check out, but you never leave. We arrived in Annapolis almost a month ago. While we have no plans, no destination or schedule, I had thought that we’d stay a week or t…
Charlie Jumps Ship
We lost one of our crew members. Charlie, the three legged Snowshoe Siamese cat.Pam got Charlie when we lived in upstate New York. He was a stray, living under someone’s porch. He’s a big cat and the neighbors were afraid to pick him …
Replacing An Alternator
The tachometer for Drift Away’s starboard engine stopped working on our run into Annapolis. While changing fuel filters, I had noticed that a copper tab with wires connected to it at the 11 o’clock position had snapped off the alternator and was …
Friends
We all have friends. Some have just passing acquaintences. Some have life-long friends. Some have friends you can call on in a pinch. Most people have all of the above.If you recall, I ran into difficulties when removing th…
Installing Y-Valves
Drift Away has three heads. It also has about an 80 gallon waste holding tank. During a remodel of the boat many years ago, a PO (Previous Owner) decided to disconnect the two guest heads and dump directly overboard. Although illegal,…
Measuring Poop
A boat is a self contained, sometimes self sufficient floating home. We’re mobile and therefore not connected to shore based utilities at times. Not only must we carry fuel for our engines, but tanks for water and waste as well.Drift Away d…
Free Cat!
Pam and I had to drive north to move our personal belongings out of a building I sold in upstate New York. We took a detour to Norwalk to drop Ruby off at Auntie Christine’s. She’ll have torn cruciate ligament surgery today. We’l…
HA! Got it.
It was the dawn of a new day. I decided to tackle the AIS yet again. I also decided to pour a cup of coffee since I was listing to starboard.For my landlubber friends AIS is an acronym for Automatic Identification System, a …
WAGO Terminal Box
Sven, my buddy who installed my electronics, used a fancy dancy terminal block. I couldn’t figure out how to get the AIS data cable wires inserted in the holes so the AIS data would display and overlay on the Simrad NSS12 chartplotter. Fina…
