Feb 28 2008
Long ago and far away in another world, when Jason and I first moved in together, in our search for rental digs (very very hard to find in Santa Cruz, CA), we settled on a place that I considered to be “cute and funky” and Jason, with his lifetime of experience in building trades, considered [...]
Dec 12 2007
One of the basic tenets of hosting non-sailors on your boat, especially when you’re liveaboards or cruisers, is “Never do anything differently than you normally do.” Well, this weekend, we absolutely exceeded ourselves in sticking to it.
My friends and colleagues Alec and Adriana, and their friend Geoff, came to visit us on the s/v Excellent [...]
Nov 07 2007
Yesterday started out pure suckage.
Short form, I had a ton of unpleasant, bureaucratic, paperwork-related tasks in my queue. And I am wrestling with a cold. And pregnancy nausea (the fool who called it “morning sickness” should be taken out and shot). And it was just looking like a lousy day all the way around.
And [...]
Jun 23 2007
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, instead [...]