Busy day… for a home-alone retiree
Tuesday 5 February, St.Maarten day 8: Getting things done: finish the vang installation, start Boricol on decks, install switch for deck light, and valve on aft toilet. At 8:30 Rob, from Ineffable,…
Tuesday 5 February, St.Maarten day 8: Getting things done: finish the vang installation, start Boricol on decks, install switch for deck light, and valve on aft toilet. At 8:30 Rob, from Ineffable,…
Monday 4 February, St.Maarten day 8: Pottering on boat stuff: vang is back, canvas repairs ordered and change hydraulic oil filter. More jobs to do today. First stop FKG where they have…
Sunday 3 February, St.Maarten day7: Spent the day sailing on Steve’s tri and evening with crew. After a quick dinghy ride to France, to avail of their phone signal, I head back…
Saturday 2 February, St. Maarten day 6: Back on anchor, visit Marigot Bay and meet Bob’s friend on super-trimaran. I need to vacate FKG’s dock by 9:30am so up early to get…
Friday 1 February, St. Martin day 5: Fantastic yacht services, busy day getting things done. Alarm is set for 7am but for some reason, without Oana here, I don’t sleep well and…
Thursday 31 January, St.Maarten day 4: First day home-alone. Boys will be boys, marine jobs and marine toy shops. The 7:30am alarm didn’t work. Slept right through it. Finally made it to…
Wednesday 30 January, St.Maarten day 3: AirFrance or AirChance? That is the question! With the news of snowy weather across Europe we check FlightStats and are relieved to see the AirFrance plane…
Tuesday 29 January: Admin day – laundry, packing and setting up various yacht services. We wake to a dull rainy day. Really rainy, not like the normal showers. We head ashore mid…