Aug 19, 2012
Selkie’s afloat now! That means we should be sailing off into the sunset in a few days, right? Ahhh…we wish. Alas, now we get to move on to the other list of projects – the ones that didn’t require dry dock. This list is long as well, but now we’re...
Aug 5, 2012
So we quit our jobs and moved away to a tropical destination to live on a sailboat. Life should be nothing more than lazing around the decks of the yacht, pausing only to add another ice cube to the margarita or to reel in another mahi mahi, right? In...
Jul 14, 2012
After a week in the workyard, we have knocked out a few items on the checklist, and we’re waist deep in a few others… Projects In Progress: New Zincs-Hard to find in Mexico! Chainplates-Three are at the machinist now, five more to go Tenders-Patch numerous...
Apr 4, 2012
You can order a windscoop online for $40, and in a few days a package will show up on the doorstep, no muss, no fuss. $40, though, will also buy about two weeks worth of food for the would be cruiser in Mexico. But first a little background…Summers in the...