Yesterday was a picture perfect day. It was in the mid-sixties, the wind was less than ten knots out of the west, and it was sunny. We couldn’t have a better day for our trip from our beloved Golden Isles to Cumberland Island. While i…
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I Cut The Hose
It was another rainy day here in Brunswick, Georgia yesterday. Combine that with lack of a car, and the absence of our 42″ LCD television, and I had no excuse not to do boat projects. It was time to finish the deck washdown.I had already in…
Just Cut The Hose
Yesterday, Pam and I delivered our car to the Florida marina where we’ll be storing Drift Away. Thankfully, our friends Dick and Deb from Journey To… were here and offered to follow us down in their car and fetch us back, an offer we gratefully…
Installing the Deck Washdown
Yesterday was a rainy day, and with little else to do, I decided to start a boat project I’ve been putting off for two years. Installing a deck washdown pump.For my landlubber friends, anchors and chain rest in mud and slime. When you raise…
The Boston Whaler of Death
We’ve decided that we’re leaving Brunswick Landing Marina on Saturday, weather permitting. The part for the A/C hasn’t come in yet, but we need to leave. We need to get our car to Florida, which we’ll do on Friday.Today’s project was to get…
Revenge of the Whaler
Yesterday was a mixed bag. A little bit of everything.As I sat at the dinette table with my first cup of coffee, I noticed a beautiful Great Blue Heron by the marsh. I grabbed my camera, but it was foggy, something unusual here.  …
The Whaler Strikes Back
Yesterday morning, I was convinced that it was time to replace the 40 HP Evinrude on the Whaler. It’s been nothing but trouble since we launched it a year ago. It’s given mechanics fits, and us. But those of you who know me, and you r…
Peacemaker and the Twelve Tribes
Yesterday, I worked on getting the Whaler running. It took about 3/4s of a can of carburetor cleaner, but it finally seemed to be running perfectly. So I called for Pam and the dogs and we took a spin.The dogs love the Whaler. At 13 …
Diamondback Terrapin
We’re still boxing up and moving our stuff from Drift Away to our storage unit.It’s hard to believe that we accumulated so much stuff over three years of living aboard. We’re not even packing up everything. We’re leaving all our boat stuff …
Drift Away is Haunted
I don’t have any other explanation.Awhile back, I found this mangled quarter on the floor.I don’t know where it came from, or why it’s beat up so badly. But this isn’t the strange part.We’ve been packing up our things and hauling them to our stor…
