So, in follow up to my last post about daily check-ins via SSBs, when in transit, boats must monitor Channel 16 on the maritime mobile band very high frequency (VHF) radio for emergency communications like May Day. Of course, sailors … Continue reading Red is bad, blue is good, green is us!
We were able to check in for the first time on our single sideband radio (SSB), to the 8:15 am SSCA and 8:30 am EST Cruiseheimer’s chat rooms of sorts. This is a time each day where cruisers around the … Continue reading Our first radio chat room!
Pending weather, Sailing Vessel enjoy will depart Monday for Portsmouth Virginia and depart November 5th directly offshore to Green Turtle Cay in the Abacos with the ARC Bahamas! All systems checked out today when we test sailed with Ken and … Continue reading It’s a go!
08:00:00 days left and we’re painting the props. Again… So, we had the lovely occasion to haul Enjoy out two weeks after our sail drives and props were painted (not on our dime…) And, to our shock and horror, the … Continue reading Hauled out again? We’re not pay’in…
19:00:00 days left; yesterday we did our first Costco run. Where will it all go? That’s the challenge of boat living! I found a Southwestern recipe to marinate the skirt steak and a lime cilantro marinade for the chicken. Only … Continue reading Started provisioning food today
24:00:00 days left. Beemer the boat dog is now Beemer the farm dog. Thanks to my poker buddies, Beemer gets to hang with other dogs so he’ll be less bored. Beemer humored us on Enjoy for the past two years … Continue reading Bye Bye Beemer
25:00:00 days left and now with a magic solar carpet on the clam shell! So Don and I sat down when we first moved onto Enjoy and estimated our power consumption. We did the typical …research all sailing blogs and … Continue reading We just installed our own solar
30:00:00 days left. What have I learned after decompressing from a terrific September weekend of Seven Seas Cruising Association Gathering of Mariners (Gam)? Among the many things I learned: I can sail into my late 90s, and that by selecting a … Continue reading What I learned from 150 mariners sharing experiences
It’s not too late to join us on the Rhode River for a fun weekend of seminars and new friends! www.ssca.org Continue reading Underway to the SSCA gam
31:00:00 left. Before our last cruise in 2002 at an SSCA nautical flea market, I found a Pactor modem to transmit data over long distances (so you get email in the middle of the ocean) . Removing my hand for … Continue reading 15 years later I redeem myself!
