Author Archives: Brad
Maybe We Should Have Left on Friday?
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s sailors’ superstition that it’s bad luck to depart on Friday. We left on Thursday at 9:00 p.m., not entirely to avoid leaving on Friday, but I thought it couldn’t hurt. Oh was I wrong…. The bad luck started on Thursday afternoon, the marina was closed for the holidays, so I … Continue reading
Watching and Waiting
Joint Venture is ready to go. Her crew is showered, the laundry is done, the car is dropped off. The freezer is packed, the fridge is overflowing, the Christmas cookies are secured. The strong winds have abated, and it’s a beautiful clear night. Only one thing remains… the tide. Currently we don’t have enough water … Continue reading
Countdown to Departure
If you look to the right > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>>>> You’ll notice I’ve put up a countdown clock till our departure. VERY astute followers will also notice that a few minutes ago it gained 23 hours? … Continue reading
Making Improvements
Before we departed last winter we installed some solar panels from SBM Solar. Unfortunately, due to a manufacturer defect, they started to break down after our first winter in the Bahamas. I contacted SBM when we returned to the USA, and they replaced them free of charge. Two replacement panels arrived in August, but were … Continue reading
Small Victories
Sabrina is currently in Indiana with her family, which leaves me here with Nermal in Maryland. I stayed behind to check the final few things off the “To-Do” list. Most importantly, I’m supposed to fix the heater, rebuild the heads, and swap out the new solar panels. Because I’m here, I’m also in charge of … Continue reading
We’ll be home for Christmas
It’s always a bad idea to pick a departure date. After telling everyone I talked to that we were just waiting for a minor part to arrive and then we’d be leaving tomorrow, that will not happen. See the minor part arrived for the heater, I installed it, and the heater still didn’t work. I … Continue reading
On the Road Again
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Once we returned to Bohemia Bay late on November 11th we had to immediately get to work on Monday the 12th. It was very warm out so we wanted to take advantage of the weather and start to get the boat cleaned up. The next day Sabrina flew … Continue reading
Back at Bo Bay
We arrived back at our home marina just before midnight on Sunday. Our passage took us from Onset, Massachusetts to the top of the Chesapeake Bay. It was 62 hours and we were glad when it ended. We must have taken on some bad fuel because I struggled against fuel filters for most of the … Continue reading
Portland
Well, I thought that we’d have good wifi here in Portland, but that’s not the case. There’s plenty of wifi networks, but none of them stay up long enough to put a post with pictures up on the blog. So sorry, still no photos. Yesterday we had a “spirited” sail. The leftover swells from Sandy … Continue reading
November Rain
Over our coffee this morning, Sabrina and I had the following conversation: Brad, “When does XM start playing Christmas music?” Sabrina, “I don’t know, maybe today? It’s November.” ……awkward silence….. Both of us, “Time to go south.” The warm air that Sandy pushed north is now dissipating. The highs up here over the weekend are … Continue reading