Archive for June, 2007

Jun 23 2007

One Thing Leads To Another

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The thing about a boat like ours is that sometimes, it’s actually a lot more like Easter than it is like, oh, boating. The man we bought her from did not believe in maintenance. We knew that up front, and figured we could tackle it. We knew, for example, that when the anchor windlass broke, [...]

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Jun 08 2007

Divesting

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You start out the process of divesting of your worldly goods with the best of intentions, you surely do. During the long, slow, horrid months of boat shopping, Jason and I strategized about what to get rid of, what mattered to us, what had to stay on land, what was safe to bring aboard with [...]

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Jun 04 2007

Homecoming

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 1203, the s/v Excellent Adventure came home. We got the phone call at 0940. Don Gussler, the harbormaster, said “Just got a call from your Captain; he’s about 12 miles out, and will be here in 2-5 hours.” I shrieked into the phone, and he laughed at me. This being [...]

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