Fortuitous is officially on the hard for the season. She’s been pulled from the water and has been propped on stands in the marina. Jenn and I went down to start the winterization process.
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I celebrated the autumnal equinox with some maintenance.
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Even with the late start to the sailing season, I got my spring maintenance tasks in while it was still technically spring. Very late spring.
My avid reader(s) may recall that I also have a boat.
Fortuitous definitely still exists. I took a year off of writing boat logs in 2018 and then a year off of sailing in 2019, but like a turd of uncanny buoyancy, surprise: I’m back.
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Part of me wants to only recognize two seasons: winter and sailing. Leave the rest to the landlubbers and poets.
Continue Reading "2017: The Season in Review"
The sails were prepped. The mooring lines had been cast off. People on land, still toiling at their bottom painting and de-winterizing tasks, were waving bon voyage to us as we motored out of the marina.
Continue Reading "And Yet So Far"
Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien
Dit que le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.
– Voltaire, “La Bégueule”
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I don’t recall a year as widely reviled as 2016.
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I guess it’s that time of year when I’m supposed to be reflecting on things, but I haven’t really yet come to terms with the season being over.
Continue Reading "Dipsticks, Grumps, etc."
Hurricane Hermine.
Continue Reading "Labor Day 2016"