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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
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Haul-out and Survey
Today was the haul-out, survey and sea trial of my soon-to-be home. During this process the boat is hauled-out of the water (see the slide sequence at the bottom of the page) by means of a Travel Lift, then she’s power washed to remove “critters” from the hull and the surveyor begins his work. The…
