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Cruising – Is it just a Selfish Pursuit?
Posted on November 13, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized.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 […]
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Broken Heads and Cockroach Cookies…
Posted on November 9, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising, Sailing, Uncategorized, Writing.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 […]
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Rail Meat…
Posted on October 22, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.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 […]
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Living in the Gap…
Posted on October 22, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.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 […]
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Disintegrate…
Posted on October 11, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.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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Dreaming in Blue…
Posted on September 29, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailing.This week has been filled with running around with boat parts brimming from our car and truck…taking our teak table to our friend Tipper who will be repairing the fracture from the air conditioner that landed on it during the ‘no name storm’, our friend’s boat’s port lights that need to be replaced, and […]
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Do Over, or more aptly ‘Blinded by the White…’
Posted on September 18, 2012 by Gretchen in Around Town in Oriental, Cruising.Well yesterday was THE Day we had been counting down to for two and a half or three weeks, the big unveiling of the work so far, and rolling s/v Alchemy back into the light…I can’t even remember at this point how long we have been in the paint shed. s/v Alchemy originally […]
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This Weekend’s Work and Fun…
Posted on September 16, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising, Sailboat Racing.Well, the last coat of hull paint went on this past Friday – Thank God! The yard was nice enough to let us borrow their compressor which allowed us using a new spray gun we bought to atomize the paint to a finer spray and that was just the trick. Chris was especially relieved […]
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Sailing Capital
Posted on September 13, 2012 by Gretchen in Cruising.August 20, 2012 “I can see clearly now…the stuff is gone…There are no obstacles in my way…” I have taken the liberty to change the lyrics to the above affectionately revered song. It has been one long process to get to ‘here and now 2012’ but here we are nonetheless…my husband, Chris, and I living […]
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Magic of the Boat Yard
Posted on September 12, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.Epic. That is the best word I can think of to describe in just one word what boat yards are to me. I have always loved working in them. The very process of giving back to the boat and maintaining her after she has served me so well has always been a joy for me, […]
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