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Tornado Trouble
“Whirl, whirl, twist and twirl…” So, I fell asleep last night to the relaxing sounds of rain and distant thunder. Around 01:00, I was awakened by the sudden, violent movement of the boat in her slip as she was brought up hard against her mooring lines and rolled about 15 degrees to port. There were…
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Fort Lauderdale to the Marquesas Keys
The Conch Republic and Beyond!
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Sunrise Jellyfish Encounter
Aliens from the Abyss 😉
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Annapolis to Norfolk
Over the past several days I’ve been sailing with my friend Ralph as he begins his journey down to the Caribbean. This first leg of his trip was kind of a shakedown as he recently had a lot of repairs and upgrades done to his boat. So, plan was that I would accompany him as far as we could get in…
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Winter Preparations 2
Surviving winter aboard – in comfort
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Glowing Toilet Water!?
Invasion of the Dinoflagellates! I answered nature’s call this morning before sunrise and got a surprise when I flushed – the water glowed! Marine heads flush into holding tanks using water from the ocean, or in my case the Chesapeake Bay. When I pumped the handle the water entering the bowl lit up like a Christmas…
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Winter Preparations 1
After getting the heating system on the boat working with the help of a professional, my attention has turned to minimizing heat loss. The front door of a sailboat is the companionway – a complicated entryway that is designed to keep water out of the boat in rough weather. Unfortunately, it’s not really designed with cold…
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Sunday Woodworking
Home Improvement Aboard
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Powerless!
Woke to discover dying batteries
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My Move Aboard Experience (Part I)
An ounce of preparation is worth a pound of jumping-into-it-head-first
