Sorry I have not written much on the blog. Yes we are still in a marina and still doing boat jobs. Boat repairs and maintenance at not everyone’s idea of a sailing adventure. Unfortunately it is a fact of life for all cruisers, and if your on a budget, you do […]
Boat maintenance and repair
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We had to clear our decks for some serious maintenance and repair and I thought you would like to see the clever idea of granny bars (safety bars around the mast) with built in dive tank holders. We can not take credit for the idea. We found it on the […]
KISS – Keep it Simple and Stupid There seems to be a direct correlation between the cost and availability of replacement parts and the place they decide to breakdown. Cuba. We lost the alternator and the depth gauge. Neither would have been available, but luckily we had a spare. Rio Dulce. The humans thought they had brought […]
Welcome to Part 2 of our travels along the south coast of Cuba. We posted details of our trip previously, but could only send you text using the SSB radio. Hear are the photos with some ‘hopefully’ helpful tips at the end for any other cruisers. We left off in the […]
The humans managed to get us out from behind the reef on the south side of Cayo Rosario with out incident. As they had been snorkelling and fishing in and around the coral heads at the entrance, I sure they knew where they were going this time, unlike when they […]
I got the humans up and going with the sun rise. I was a little sick of all these mangrove cays, OK, it was only two of them, but I dreamed of a run on a good sandy beach. Some squally weather followed by some stronger winds from the North […]