S/V Morning Light

Yesterday I finally made up my mind on what to buy from the West-Marine gift card given to my by my co-workers. Initially I wanted a nice radar reflector, but that was not in stock, neither were the more affordable EPIRB’s. GPS systems are cheaper elsewhere (I plan in shopping for that in […]

Yes, today I detached the last strings a land lubber has: I sold the car. I had an offer yesterday and the guy said he would be there this morning at 10:30. I still had to go to the post office, which was around the car dealer. After that I went by […]

Started this morning fixing the roller furling, while I was doing that one of the neighbours came by. He was waiting for a part from the Perkins distributor in Orange Park (about 12 km. from here). I offered to give him a ride, this was probably one of the last times I can […]

Had a busy day yesterday. Cleaned the starboard v-birth and worked on the mounts. It was very hard to determine what location the bike would fit best. I chose to keep it close to the center, away from the wall and ceiling, and planned to put in the old cushions bike on […]

Had a good time yesterday at our local Christmas pot luck lunch. There was actually food to choose from for me, the only non vegetarian option was the turkey. My simple taboulli sailed turned out ok, even though I had to improvise (well, it would be a first if I were to follow […]