Admin and pottering
Monday 5 Oct, boat winterizing day 5: After a busy weekend doing as much as possible to prep the rig before unstepping the mast this week, today was much more relaxed. All…
Monday 5 Oct, boat winterizing day 5: After a busy weekend doing as much as possible to prep the rig before unstepping the mast this week, today was much more relaxed. All…
Sunday 4 Oct, HHN, boat winterizing day 4: Another beautiful day with a chilly start. Just love this early autumn weather here in Maryland: fleece needed in the morning but just shorts…
Saturday 3 Oct, boat winterizing day 3: Brrrrr! Damned chilly last night. Had to put the heating on at 4am and in the early morning there were frost crystals on the spray…
Friday 2 Oct, boat winterizing day 2: Spinnaker pole down, disconnected all the hydraulic hoses and soaked all standing rigging threads in WD40. It rained all night, giving me a good opportunity…
Thursday 1 Oct, boat winterizing day 1: I arrived to Cloudy Bay late last evening after a bit of hassle with US immigration. I was sent to a room for 2 hours…
Wednesday 30 Sep: As today’s blog title suggests, we have made the decision to defer our travels on Cloudy Bay till 2021 so I’m heading back to prepare Cloudy for her first…
Sunday 31 May to Friday 5 June: 6 days to packup’n’go. I write this on 6-June as we sit in Amsterdam airport, about to board our final flight: a repatriation flight to…
Friday 15 May, CY day 62/passage to USA day 1: The day for departing Cayman has finally come, exactly 2 months after we arrived. This is certainly the longest we have ever…