Yesterday was a nice day, conditions we have not seen in awhile, 10 kts of wind and 2′ seas. We fish on our way from Petite Martinique to Bequia, caught a couple of Blackfin Tuna, kept one for Sashimi.
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Blogger for Android
Well blogging has not been easy, still cannot get Blogger to work on my Android phone. The problem seems to be that I cannot log into my account, when I switch Google accounts in Blogger to the account our blog is associated with and try to log in I ge…
Christmas in Grenada
We spent about 11 days at Port St. Luis Marina with John & Paulette on Seamantha, we really had a great time. We toured Grenada inland, spices, cocoa, rain forest, Forts, with John & Paulette and Rita & Ralph on s/v Calypso. We had a wonder…
Trinidad to Carriacou
We departed Crews Inn Marina, Chaguaramas after clearing outbound and collecting our duty free at 9:45 am, December 8th, 2015. Stopped to take on 1,000L diesel at Power Boats then out to sea we go. Once offshore the winds are 090@16-18kts, seas 4-6′. W…
Ready to Cruise! Trinidad to Carriacou Here We Come.
Well it looks like tomorrow is the day, all the *** “Must Do” things on the list are done, the new BBQ bracket is installed and tested (yeah! we should now be able to, grill, blacken, despite 20kt trade winds!) and the weather report is 090-100 at 15-2…
Making posting easier
I really like how easy it is from my Android phone to view, post, comment on Facebook, but I cannot control Facebook, it takes over. Maybe I just don’t know how to use it very well. I got frustrated with the Google Blogger App, horrible, again maybe I …
OOP’s
What do you do when you are replacing the duckbill valves in a poop pump, cleaning up the calcium deposits in a bucket of soapy water. BEFORE YOU DUMP THE WATER OVERBOARD CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE REMOVED ALL THE PUMP PARTS! Otherwise you will be hir…
Getting Ready to Cruise
Well Sylken Sea has been launched in Trinidad and is now berthed at CrewsInn Marina. We have been busy getting her ready for a season of cruising the Windward Islands, Grenada to Martinique. Gelcoat work, changed some hoses, watermaker rebuild and upgr…
Chilly, 0C this am, time to think about going south.
Here in Ontario the temps are dropping. Spent the last week putting things away, parking cars and golf clubs, last few visits with friends, grandson Elliott, then south to reconnect with Sylken Sea in Trinni. Great summer but getting excited to be floa…
CrewsInn
We are assimilating into the local boating “community”. Meeting cruisers, local boaters, Bake & Shark at the Wheelhouse Pub, Liming, morning paper, doing boat things like varnish, clean up and getting ready for haul out, Mexican Train Dominoes.Crew…
