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Storm’s Coming

12 May 2012

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Storm’s Coming

I love these SoCal storms–a little bit of wind, a smattering of rain, gorgeous skies, and I’m not freezing my arse off. Hypothermia isn’t my preferred method of weight loss.  The guy at the harbor office didn’t even know we had weather coming in. I could get used to this. We rigged up the tarp […]

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Squeaky Birds in the Bilge

12 May 2012

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Squeaky Birds in the Bilge

We’ve got a bilge that’s impenetrably dark and seriously, deep enough to hide bodies in. For real. We haven’t actually field tested this particularly handy feature. Yet. Still, it’s nice to know we could take on a crapload of water and it would mostly just spiral down into the uncharted territory of the deepest parts […]

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Sail Ho!

12 March 2012

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Sail Ho!

One of the funny quirks about living aboard is the compulsion you develop for situational awareness. First thing in the morning, even before you pee, you’ve got to stick your head out the companionway and have a little look-see session with the wind and the waves. What’s the weather doing? Which direction is the boat facing? […]

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