Underway to the SSCA gam
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
15 years later I redeem myself!
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!
Join us for raft up and seminars Sept. 23-24!
It’s not too late to join Don and me this weekend at the SSCA Gathering of Mariners (GAM). You don’t need to be salty to listen to Donna Lange talk about solo circumnavigating twice or kick up your heels to … Continue reading Join us for raft up and seminars Sept. 23-24!
Custom Band-aids on our 68′ stick
43:00:00 days left and we are a sailboat again! Thanks to Annapolis Rigging, S/V Enjoy has some hard core custom fabricated, anodized plates and spreader tips, tangs and new standing rigging that should keep our mast up and held steady under … Continue reading Custom Band-aids on our 68′ stick
Join me Sept. 23-24 for a weekend of sailing seminars by the experts!
67:00:00 left. I’ve worked very very hard lining up an amazing list of world class speakers for a two day seminar that’s only $50 for non-members! Join me and Seven Seas Cruising Association members this September 23-24 at Camp Letts, Edgewater, MD. … Continue reading Join me Sept. 23-24 for a weekend of sailing seminars by the experts!
Bye bye all our material possessions
71:00:00 left. I feel so free! Like I dropped 100 lbs…oh we did better than that. We dropped 6300 lbs! Thanks to family and friends who gave loving homes to the really important stuff (like big blue). Thanks to Ruth … Continue reading Bye bye all our material possessions
Dumping 6300 lbs of memories
75:00:00 left: come get your personal goody bag! We’ve got 6300 lbs of STUFF to share. We’re in Rockville now until Sunday sorting, gifting, selling, and donating our entire worldly goods. Come visit! It’ll be like an Open House where … Continue reading Dumping 6300 lbs of memories
76 days and we have to have crotch straps?
Although we had 16 life vests, the safety concious folks running the ARC Bahamas require auto inflatable life vests with built in crotch straps! Don found a sale that just expired at Spinlock, and they honored it two days late … Continue reading 76 days and we have to have crotch straps?
77 days and we’ll have a screened in porch
Thanks to some help from Ryan, Amanda and Tom, new management at Yacht Canvas Inc. we’ve ordered stuff to make a no seem netting wrap around the entire cockpit seating area. Now to cut and sew it all… Also got some Textaline for a sun shade on a separate track (flexirail) so we don’t have to swap the no seem net out for the sun shade (thanks @talipreuss) Will it get done in time? Continue reading 77 days and we’ll have a screened in porch
78 days left and Baby’s got a clean bottom!
So the countdown before leaving for the Bahamas has started. Seriously! Our boat has a nice clean new bottom, with two coats of some new paint that should work better in the Caribbean than here in Annapolis (Seahawk biocop TF). … Continue reading 78 days left and Baby’s got a clean bottom!