I don’t know what happened to our day, but it’s over. We played with Ouest’s friend for a while, took the bus to town and shopped a bit, came home and made tacos, went to the beach and the playground, showered, and went to bed. Not a lick of boat … Read More
Empty Drawers
The boat list begins. Today I started on the battery issues, cleaned the bilge, and met with the welder to design new davits. The bilge has been something bothering me forever. There is just a ton of gunk in there because the cockpit lockers actually drain from outside into the … Read More
Switcharoo
We did some rearranging today. Ouest got the boot from the big bedroom, and now Lowe is in. Where does that leave Ali and I? Scattered around the living room like throw pillows is where. Eventually one of the rooms will be reconfingured a bit to include a second bed, … Read More
I Need A Cape
Well we’re back. Beaten up, but not beaten. We motored north around the Cape today without any problems at all. Light headwinds all day. We pulled back in to Paradise Village in the afternoon with a boat project list a mile long. Some things more important than others, but man … Read More
Lowe Five Months, Ouest Twenty-Five Months
Ouest and Lowe, I can no longer keep up. You two have buried me and we’re only just getting started. Lowe, you are growing uncontollably. You’re a big boy, strong as an ox and bored as can be. I promise to buy you some standing and walking toys as soon … Read More
Laundry and Garbage
I dove in today with scrapers in hand and found that it was amazing this boat moved at all when we left Barra. The bottom was a giant mass of growth. Hundreds of pounds of fist sized plants, quite beautiful actually, had attached themselves to our fifteen or so year-old … Read More
Tenacatita
Busy mornings filled with kids’ breakfast, play, and Lowe’s sporadic naps. Afternoons spent on the beach and in the restaurant. Nights playing on deck as the sun slips underneath the hills, one last kids’ meal, and bedtime stories. Today we hung out with friends we last saw in San Francisco. … Read More
Spindrift Cost
What will our second sailing adventure cost? Hopefully a lot less than our first. We’re starting out this time in a much different frame of mind and with a much different type of boat. We bought our Spindrift for a little less than half of what other Spindrifts were on the … Read More