Feb 08 2008
As I’ve mentioned before, the process of really settling into a boat and making it yours can be fairly long and involved. If you happen to have more money than we do, you can often buy a spiffy designer-touched creation, and no further care is required. But if you’re like us, and this is a [...]
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 [...]
Jun 04 2007
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 your typical [...]
Apr 23 2007
Gotta tell ya, folks, nothing, but nothing, sucks as bad as being a boat on the hard.
I mean, boats, they’re magic. They are creatures of the water. And just like all other water creatures, they’re sort of weird and awkward and in danger of suffocating when forced to be on land for any length of [...]