Between the Coromuel winds and Lowe teething we’ve had a couple of pretty sleepless nights. So this morning we decided to head further north and start trying to at least escape the Coromuel. We left early with a nice breeze and rolly seas. Throughout the day it calmed more and … Read More
Puerto Balandra—Again
We’ve come to the conclusion that the thing that we dislike the most about cruising in this boat—aside from the fact that it is missing a hull—is the refrigerator situation. Needing to run the engine for an hour or more twice a day in order to keep the fridge cool … Read More
Cruising North
We left with the tide this morning, motoring north towards the islands again—finally. We stopped off at Costa Brava Marina for the cheapest diesel in town. Which seems like an odd statement considering that Steve Jobs yacht was in there last month, and that famous British couple that live in … Read More
Not Quite Ranting
I don’t often do this—bag on companies—so when I do you can be assured that their products are indeed crap. First up, Dr. LEDs. These are something like thirty bucks apiece and are supposed to plug into your normal existing running lights and replace the old-fashioned power hungry bulbs with … Read More
Small Talk
“No way!” That is Ouest’s latest saying. She doesn’t say it like a valley girl or anything, she says it clearly and directly. “Ouest, can I have a bite of your ice cream?” “No way!” “Ouest, instead of turning four on your next birthday will you turn two? I want … Read More
Unscheduled Swim
Ali is actually taking to this whole cooking thing. She keeps saying to me, “I can’t believe I never did this when I actually had the time to do it.” In other words, pre-kids. Note: We could seriously do with a dishwasher on this boat. Note: The kids didn’t eat … Read More
Another Day
Really hard to imagine that someone somewhere is gloating over the same images of the Boston Marathon bombings that are making me feel ill. Thoughts are with all those helpless innocent victims. While all that is going on our lives proceed without worries. News like this only invades us at … Read More
1 Down 3 To Go
Yesterday we picked up a 2-ton gas jack at Walmart and today I went about making some progress on the mounts. First thing was to remove the prop shaft. Four bolts, done. Next up was to cut a big pile of 2x4s to stack up and rest the jack where … Read More
