Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina where we are attending the 2013 Outer Reef Rendezvous.Friday photos are like a treasure hunt. Why you ask? Simple. The photos are not annotated. Hence, you have to look at each photo and…
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Construction: Week 23 – Significant Progress
NOTE TO READERS – THIS PAGE, LIKE THE BOAT, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTIONThe Week 23 photos show considerable progress especially in the accomodations forward of the engine room. Here’s a case where you will want to click on the photo below, which will e…
Construction: Week 22 – Progress Report
As readers now know, Friday photos are additive and usually arrive around 8:00 am. When, at 10:00 am, they were still missing I called Outer Reef where I learned that Jeff Druek was in Australia at a boat show. Sure enough the photos a…
Construction: Week 21 – Progress Report
Friday photos have arrived.The big news is the superstructure is out of the mold. The photo below shows it upside down on the shipyard floor. We are looking from the bow forward. The open space to the right (starboard side) is th…
Construction: Week 20 – Progress Report
Here are today’s “Friday” photos. My first impression was that not much was going on. I changed my mind after chatting with Mike Schlichtig. The changes are subtle and in some cases you will have to look hard but it is clear that prog…
Decisions: Locating Master SR AV Equipment
I thought it would be fun to share one of the experiences of building a custom boat as one example of the large number of decisions one has to make. In this case a small one but it does demonstrate the amount of thought that often is require…
Construction: Week 19 – Progress Report
Promptly at 8:00 AM, I checked for my weekly “Friday” photos only to discover there was no email from Outer Reef. Funny how you get addicted to Friday photos. They “finally” arrived at 10:07 AM (2 hours and 7 minutes late).&n…
Construction: Week 17 & 18 – Out of the Mold
Good news!!!! Our Friday photos showed considerable progress and a significant milestone. The 63 is out of the mold.The photo below shows the boat on her cradle. She will sit on the cradle from now through her shipment to the…
What’s wrong with United Airlines?
Lesley and Amelia were scheduled to return to Rhode Island on Saturday, April 20. When I wrote the letter below (in her name at her request) she was stuck at Washington’s Dulles Airport on Sunday evening. In my 38 year career I traveled ext…
Time to talk about Amelia Myrna
The following paragraph appears in the The Great Adventure article, which, to date, is the only mention of my lovely granddaughter. I now intend to correct this oversight.”We departed April 2 (2012), for our trip north to Chicago and made a&…
