Landfall Voyages January 2012 Archives

Archive | January, 2012

My New Drunk Friends

16 January 2012

We have these new boat neighbors, really nice guys. We like them a lot in spite of the fact that they’re always drunk. I’m not saying that they drink often, we’re talking buzzed in the morning and drunk at night. Tequila with breakfast never hurt anyone, right? They have many fine stories. Out of last […]

Shit Tank Shenanigans

12 January 2012

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When you tell someone that you’re sailing around the world, the picture that pops up in their heads is invariably a lot more glamorous than the down and dirty, day-in-and-day-out reality proves to be. And by down and dirty I mean that sooner or later you’re gonna be crunched up like a contortionist, playing hide […]

Getting the Shaft

4 January 2012

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Diesels are not at all like their gasoline brethren. A finely tuned gas-fed engine sort of purrs under its breath and hums high-pitched songs of far off places to the road beneath its wheels. A diesel is not so refined. They growl and jitter and the songs they sing are not captured by the ear […]

Sweet Lil’ Tug

2 January 2012

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I’ve always had a soft spot for tugboats. When 2012 finally rolled on into the bay, some people were shooting off fireworks from the pier and their fizzling remnants kept raining down onto the deck of the tug.