I’m having a lot of trouble keeping my mind on boat jobs I need to be doing. While I should be building a new dodger, sorting out needful spares for Yanmar, chasing down that mystery leak that’s driving me nuts but my mind always seems to be somewhere else… Like wondering how nearly 50% of …
Most cruising folk I know are obsessed with the weather in general and when it comes to the “H” ting time we can’t get enough input. The first thing I look at when I wake up is the NOAA forecasts and the last thing I check before going to sleep is a cocktail made out …
Folks up in Florida should be some kind of nervous… Down here it’s been fairly calm and while Beryl nailed the Grenadines and we had Ernesto kick some butt here in America’s Paradise, it’s mostly been benign weather wise. Fact is, the last few days have been mostly windless and a stiff breeze would be …
As the wags are wont to say, “Shit happens”. Of course, sitting on a boat in the Caribbean during the middle of hurricane season one has to expect to have to run through the getting ready for a hurricane two-step. So it does go. So, we’re getting both boats ready for a possible storm, keeping …
So, yesterday was one of those days. Carriacou got up close and personal with a Cat 4/5 “H” ting with the expected result, a whale story that depressed me, and just when you think it can’t get any worse… Makes you want to sail away on a boat and chill. Affordability + Sustainabilty = VolksCruiser …
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