These ducks better watch out – swim to near our boat and they may find themselves dinner. You can get anything you want at Sidney. Close to the Port of Sidney Marina – within walking distance – are three grocery stores, three bakeries, and two liquor stores. We have found the food to be cheap…
Thanksgiving meats – a turkey, duck, game hens and sausages – all roasted together – the sausages keep the turkey moist – also – a mixture of fresh herbs, butter and shallots was placed under the turkey’s breast skin. Now – on to Sidney Ahh Sidney – land of the 65 plus Canadian Retiree…. As…
What a mess – the house bank – 2003 Our sailboat came with a Mastervolt system on board – common to European boats-I understand they have not made much headway with the American public. They seem a good product – German – though somewhat costly when compared to the many alternatives. We run 550 amp…
31.January 2007 – Garrison Bay, San Juan Island. Not knowing what more to expect from the Underwater Mud Entity, we chose to move the heck on. After a very challenging engine startup* we chose to motor instead of sail so as to recharge all the Fox’s gel batteries. Destination: Canada. Chosen port of entry: Bedwell…
30.January 2007 – As usual the cold, clear night passed uneventfully in Aleck Bay, Lopez Island. The water was lit by a full moon that gave way to a rosy winter sunrise. Which within the hour turned to fog – but fotunately that was only temporary. As the fog burned off, the engine was again…
This time, our delay in posting has been due to vagaries of signal availability, successive bouts of stomach flu (GB, ever the gentleman, went first), and overall laziness and disorganization. 28.January 2007 – An auspicious beginning: weather was sunny, clear and cold (30s-40sF) with wind too light for sailing. MS celebrated her birthday by handing…
Well – its about time I wrote something in this bog. When I retired about 12 weeks ago, I decided not to write anything until I finally got the boat underway. A fellow who I inadvertently insulted in one of my post suggested that I did not really have any competency to speak about sailboats…
Meet Odin. He’s the construction barge-with-crane that the Port of Seattle has retained to rebuild the docks hereabouts at Shilshole Marina . Odin’s shown here, working on the dock next to ours. He’s been roughly 100 feet from the Fox since about the week before Thanksgiving 2006. He’s very good at what he does, every…
Following GB’s lead, I left The Job on December 19, 2006. Boy, I’m sure going to miss that paycheck showing up every two weeks in the checking account via electronic magic. Bye-bye, Nice Money. Bye-bye. On the other hand, there are a few things I don’t expect to miss: 1. Getting my sorry carcass out…
GB took his early retirement effective September 30, 2006. He’s been meaning to post, but his adjustment to The Retirement Lifestyle has kept him ever so busy. So, it’s up to me to describe the recent goings-on on this here boat. GB said the first three days of retirement were full of anxiety and sleepless…