Sunset over Steinhatchee( pronounced Steen-hatchee ) and we were done with our first serious crossing of open water, out of sight of all land and alone except for Seabiscuit trailing behind and the crackle of the radio as various boats communicated their status. You cannot imagine the stress and concentration we endured for […]
Disaster averted and decisions made… Read More »
Readers it is 2240 and I am bushed. The Admiral has been asleep for a couple of hours. I will only give the briefest of testimony about today and fill in the details tomorrow as it looks like I will have plenty of time. To begin, we are tied up at Sea Hag Marina in
Steinhatchee, safe, sound and closed down… Read More »
I did not plan on writing this but with boats the exigencies of weather and circumstances can change plans rather quickly. Or as the poet Robert Burns said in the original Gaelic, ” The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” Yes that is spelled correctly. We were all set to be picked up tomorrow and be
Ship’s alert, all hands on deck… Read More »
I promised I would tell you what happened with the weather today and who turned out to be worthy of the title “weather guru”. He is known in every port as Commander Gyro Screwloose and also known as my friend Mike Brookbank. His brother Walter tagged him with the nickname and it became famous from
Commander Gyro Screwloose a/k/a… Read More »
They say opportunity knocks but once and if that is so we are hopelessly lost. We are still at The Moorings in Carrabelle and the boat will be here for at least a month but we will not. How exactly did all this happen? Well that is what I am about to tell you but
Ready, set, kerflooey… Read More »
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words but with me you get both because I write just like I talk, nonstop. Here we are preparing to remove Capt. Ed’s ashes from the container. I will try to put a video of the actual service elsewhere on this site if I can figure
Pictures plus a 1000 words! Read More »
Last night we took a nostalgic trip back to 1955, but first let me catch up our mechanically minded readers on our work day. We got an early start about 0630 by starting on the fuel filters. I wanted fresh ones to cross the Gulf. According to the log onboard when we got the boat, they
Nostalgic trip to 1955… Read More »
I would give my kingdom for a decent WIFI connection. I apologize for the inability to post pictures. We are still in PC waiting out the weather. It was really blowing today. I decided to run some errands and the only method of transportation was by bus. I have not ridden a public bus, with
Pictures for this blog are posted a couple of days hence. Today was exciting and maybe tomorrow you will get to see some photos and even a video. Right now there is just text but it is exciting. Jan and I left our temporary home for the last week at Bluewater Bay. This was certainly
Step lively and grab the lifeline… Read More »
Today Cbay had the honor of conducting final rites onboard for an old and dear friend. I have known Edward O. Distin since the mid-eighties. He was one of my instructors in my very first safe-boating course given by the United States Power Squadron. He convinced me to join the USPS and thus a friendship
