After last weekend’s debilitating introduction to hull scraping, bottom work has continued on Fortuitous.
Continue Reading "Bottom Work: The Saga Continues"Other title options included:
“Kind of Blue”
“Blue Suede Shoes”
“Ouch, I Don’t Floss There”
“How to Scrape Bottom Paint in One Easy Step (That Takes Multiple Days)”
Or perhaps I should just stick with Dr. Creepers. I look like I’m about to make meth in an RV somewhere.
Continue Reading "Dr. Creepers Tends to his Bottom"I forgot to mention that we checked on the boat, just to make sure that the cover was still on and that the witch’s hat was still up. All is well.
Continue Reading "Cover Check"This is not going to be a particularly interesting entry, but, eh…this is a working boat log, not just a storage area for hilarious quips and dramatic sunset photos. This weekend we had a chance to go down to the shore and finish up our winterization efforts.
Continue Reading "Winterization Complete"Finally, our mast is back up and we’re sailing.
Continue Reading "Mast On"Ah, the devious nature of seemingly simple tasks.
Continue Reading "I’m Making it Better"We were spared the worst of Hurricane Irene. I don’t think it was technically a hurricane by the time it got to New Jersey, and we were just subjected to 8″ or 10″ of rain and gusty (though not force 12) winds. There’s a lot of flooding in the region, but we and our boat made out without too much trouble.
Continue Reading "Hurricane Irene: Followup"Hurricane Irene was looming below the Carolinas and the panic level was pretty high. We had get the boat to somewhere safe. The forecast was something like:
If the Windjammers call the cruise to Beach Haven a shakedown cruise, today was our shakedown shakedown. While we didn’t get quite as south as we had hoped, we accomplished all of our goals for the day.
Continue Reading "Sail to Forked River"This weekend’s forecast is all rain and no sailing, so we took the opportunity to take care of some maintenance tasks that have been lingering. We’re gearing up for our biggest sail ever, a cruise to Beach Haven with the Windjammers, and we wanted to be sure that the boat is ready.
Continue Reading "Keel Cable, etc."