We are making our way north and west through the protected waters of the Golfo de Guacanayabo towards the city of Cienfuegos. The huge bay here is littered with shallow sand bars and mangrove covered Cays. There are a multitude of deep, wide and well marked shipping channels between these […]
Boat maintenance and repair
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Some times my humans are completely useless. How many years of sailing now and they still make stupid decisions. So what did they do? They broke their rule of never arriving at a new port in the dark. We were anchored up at the Marina at Santiago de Cuba and […]
Yes, our bottom is finally back in the water. It has been a lot of hard work, well at least for my work force. The humans failed me in the search for a used dingy. In the end they spent a good portion’ of the annual budget on a […]
I am sorry I have been neglected to update the blog. I have been very busy supervising the humans working on the boat. Then there was so much to tell you, well to tell you the truth, it becomes a ‘pig’ to write. But I am going for it! As you […]
Hurricane season continues. No lazing around on my ship. With all hands back aboard, it is full steam ahead on the list of jobs to complete before the next sailing season begins. My other ‘human/worker’ has returned from England. He had a wonderful time visiting family and friends. I missed […]
I get lots of people asking me what you get up to during hurricane season. Well it is summer, hot and stormy, so you can not stray too far and you have to keep an eye on the weather. One minute, there is not a breath of air, the next […]