Living here in Oriental this Fall and Winter has given us a new perspective of the Cruiser’s Winter Migration South. Last year, we participated in it the first time aboard s/v Alchemy, while this year we have watched the mass-maritime-exodus for points South from ashore. While there have been the moments here and there I […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Boats are still coming and going as the migration South continues…new friends to be made both of the human variety and the canine variety. In one corner of the yard the boat that has been in the process of being built that I posted in one of my first blog entries has now been covered […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Thanksgiving 2012 was spent with new friends. After four trips in a six week time period between September and October we decided to stay put for Thanksgiving. We were road weary and I had been sick for three weeks in between trips. It was time to take it easy plus we had some […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Sailing is an art full of tradition and it colors every aspect of it, including sailboat hulls themselves. A boat’s stripe can relay information such as the year it was built, who the builder and designer were, and even what model she is. That is why when someone decides to change the color of […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...O.K., so I know it is cliche and hokey, but the title of this blog entry is oh, so true… Proceeding my most depressing blog entry to date that I posted last week, I was messaged by Brittany of s/v Asante. She is the creator of the blog I referenced in last week’s blog […]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...I was basking in the sunlight of my friend’s vehicle as we made our way to the largest shopping area in the tri-county area outside of Beaufort, N.C. last week. The sun was out after multiple grey, cold North Carolina Fall days and her offer of a day of girl’s lunch out and window shopping […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...It is November…the day after election day. I have never been so lack luster about an election in my life…It just feels like this country is so divided, and in a time when we need to be the most united, and it is hard to believe anyone, even Superman, could turn all of it […]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...I have spent many hours on the rail of a sailboat. Hours of sitting, and thinking, and observing. Hours in the sunshine, rain, heat, cold; some in the dark with stars twinkling over my head… Sure there were the minutes of intense concentration while rounding a mark, bringing the halyards up, bringing the halyards […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Well it has been one BUSY October! We are still working on s/v Alchemy. The new toe rail has not arrived yet so work on the stanchions on the starboard side has not moved forward, and so while the fiberglass work is complete and the stainless steel that was bent is being repaired, the […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Today we were returning home from town and the light was falling just right on the decrepit boat that I have wanted to stop and photograph for months. Finally, inconveniently, I turned the car around, stopped on the side of the road, and took some pictures. What today taught me was the very subject […]
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