July 2017

Yes, I may have over provisioned in the ham department.  Truly ham sandwiches are not even a favorite mine, and, after the last week, I probably won’t be eating another one for quite some time. But what John failed to mention was that I also stocked the boat with avocados. Six of them. It seemed …

Well, the first three days of our trip went pretty well.  We were the windshield.  We hit a pretty significant thunderstorm while coming into Belhaven, and I guess that was the turning of the tide.  We woke up today as the bug.  We determined we have a leaky holding tank – thing #1.  That was …

J: What are you going to write tonight? C: Me? J:Yeah . . . It’s your turn. C: But it’s late . . . I mean what time is it . . . I’m pretty tired. J: It’s only 9:30 but I guess we were up at 5 something. C: I’m pretty sure we were …

I have been sailing for about 10 years and have a confession to make….I have never used the VHF. When I first got the boat, the VHF was below. I was single-handling and didn’t have time to pop up and down the companion way using the radio. So I docked without calling anybody to come …

A day that completely exceeded all expectations . . . can’t say that about every day . . . but I have no other way to describe today. I had a restless sleep last night, knowing we would be rising early to make our way to our new boat.  We tried to get everything ready …