December 1 Monday This morning I finished reading volume one of Shelby Foote’s book The Civil War. I noticed yesterday that no anchors were rigged. The bow roller was empty. This would not do as when we left the dock we have to be ready to lower the anchor at a moments notice if something […]
Category Archives: Boat Projects
November 29 Friday This morning when I turned on the SSB there was too much loud interference so I turned it off. Next I checked for internet service as yesterday afternoon it stopped working. It was still off. With no internet I couldn’t laze around drinking coffee and reading the paper so I had to […]
November 27 Thursday Up early as usual but discombobulated as being Thanksgiving there was no weather from Chris Parker. Next thing as I was getting ready to paint the dingy bottom, I missed the local net on VHF Chanel 68. So if anything special was planned for today I missed it. Oh well! Since it […]
November 22 Friday Last night was the first night sleeping in the V-berth and after I got up I felt ok. I had been worried that my back would hurt worse but it didn’t. I went through the usual routine of stretching, coffee, and Chris Parker’s weather. I had some ambition so I tackled the […]
November 20 Thursday I got up before 7a, did my stretches and listened to Chris Parker’s weather. There was a loud interfering signal but I could hear most of the forecast. Next coffee and the morning paper. In my case the New York Times on line. The first thing was to put the bedding on […]
November 15 Saturday At the end of the day Friday the yard moved the jack stands so I could paint the bottom where the pads were. Saturday morning I got to work right after the cruisers net at 8 AM on channel 68 on the VHF radio. It didn’t take long to sand and paint […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travels with the Dolsens 