Friday November 14 I got up at 6:30AM and the day started off not so good. I ran out of propane, so no early morning coffee. Bummer! I had cereal for breakfast then got organized to paint the bottom. First I masked off the waterline. This required moving a short stand around the boat so […]
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Tuesday November 11 Happy Birthday Me It’s getting old, this working on the bottom and the post in mostly about other things. This morning I noticed new scaffolding next to Changes. This was for Uncle Sam to start cleaning up the boat. After cereal for breakfast, Sam showed up and started to clean the deck […]
Sunday Sunday was a no working on the bottom day, read not getting dirty. When sanding the bottom with 80 grit sand paper the red dust fills the air. A respirator is a must and your arms and clothing get covered with the red dust from the red old bottom paint. I use mechanic gloves […]
Wed, November 5, 2014 I arrived in Trinidad yesterday at 9PM, made it through Customs without any problem and was picked up by Mike Corbett at the airport. He then took me to Jean and Mike’s boat SV Tomorrow’s Dawn to stay for the night. This was very much appreciate and very generous of them […]
November 1, 2014 Phil leaves Wednesday, Nov 5 to fly to Trinidad. Mike and Jean from SV Tomorrow’s Dawn are kind enough to pick up Phil at the airport and offered him a berth the first night. He plans to get the boat ready and put in the water waiting for me to come, unless […]
Friday, April 18 Good Friday After spending 4 lovely days at Palmas Del Mar with Victoria and Nick, Phil’s daughter and husband, we left a Thursday for Culebra, an island in the Spanish Virgin Islands. We had to leave a day early due coming high winds so said goodbye leaving at 11am. Good thing we […]
Wednesday, March 12 We have had a lovely stay here at Marina Bahia, which is in a resort residence just outside of Samańa, DR. It’s been a very welcome break from bouncing in Changes on anchor. The weather has a pattern to it each day. The mornings start out cool, which for us is the […]
Monday, January 27 Well we talked to Chris Parker and we can still go to BVI’s going off shore. First waypoint is 26N 72W. We left at 733am. We have an OK message going to Chris Parker so he can give us weather based on our position. Don’t be worried if it takes us a […]
Travels with the Dolsens 