An interesting read, something about Daddy issues, and in the “get to doing” department… It seems there’s some more bad news in the world of weather forecasting. I’ll just point out that turning your back on available science is just plain stupid. Still, with any luck, the Felon’s resort just might find itself on the …
A birthday of note, some sense being made, and in the “something to keep in mind” department… I’ll admit that the current state of people able to ignore the multitude of out-of-control-runaway-trains set to collide with us all is some kind of impressive. Seriously, business as usual in dire times is obviously a talent I …
Yep, it’s time to say adios to the 2024 “H” season and I’m currently doing the sorta/kinda happy dance. Sorta/kinda because with climate change the “H” season might have some surprises in store for us. There’s also the fact that the new government which takes power in the new year has promised to either dismantle …
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 …
I mostly spent yesterday watching the wall to wall coverage of the impending hurricane Milton. What I should have been doing was installing a couple of vents on the Islander. The main take-away from the media coverage is that 99% of the folks involved did not really understand hurricanes or ‘grok’ the nature of killer …
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 …
Yep, once again, I’ve found myself sitting inside a boat while all hell breaks loose outside. Tropical Storm Ernesto was surprisingly nasty and, while not a cat 5 hurricane, seemed to be just as kickass as Maria was. In hindsight, we really should have gone to our preferred hurricane hole rather than stick it out …
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, as they say down here, we had a big storm come down south and it’s still chugging its way towards the Mexico/USA border. Which, considering we’re nowhere near peak hurricane season, it might get some serious kind of nasty. One of the places we were thinking of going to for the remainder of “H” …
