Luckily, it appears that Hurricane Beryl is not going to cause too much grief for those of us in America’s Paradise. One of my favorite tools in my “H” ting arsenal is “How close can it get?” which tells me that Beryl will come somewhere around 234-miles away from us. That said, shit happens and …
Got up this morning to this… Now, as I’ve said many times before, the best place to be when”H” season comes around is sitting in a sidewalk cafe, self-medicating with a bottle of Ricard pastis and a pitcher of cold water. Failing that, one should be in some out-of-the-way place where “H” season is not …
I’m currently in the midst of getting the boat ready to get out of dodge for the “H” season. The biggest hassle being getting rid of all the stuff I no longer need (including a Cal 34) and getting the Islander in cruising trim. The current possible destinations are Grenada, Trinidad, Curacao, Columbia or Panama. …
As they’re already forecasting a nasty “H” season, it’s way past time for me to be considering the various options that make sense. Trust me, it’s a whole lot better sitting in a French sidewalk cafe than it is being in the mangroves waiting for all hell to break loose. Since we’re speaking of hurricanes, …
A common issue when doing rigging work on older boats is that, more often than not, previous owners and various marine tradesmen have made questionable tool decisions. A quick example is dealing with a Sta-Lok fitting that has been mangled because someone used the worst tool known to man to tighten or loosen it. Yeah, …
Stress inducing.
We caught the lower edge of Tropical Storm Phillipe which was mostly just rain. The good news was that down here we’ve been in a drought situation so rain is no bad thing in general. That said, for a lot of folks being flooded they might decide to differ. We’d actually been hoping for a …
Well, according to the website How Close Can It Get that Hurricane Lee will be at it’s closest to me on September 11th being 350 miles away. From where I’m sitting that’s a very good thing as I’d much rather be working on the Islander than than tying-up two boats in the mangroves. As far …
Lots of stuff to do.
