We’ve lived aboard The Fox – continuously – for almost four years now. We’re beginning our third winter aboard here in the Pacific Northwest. We both expected that this last winter would be the most difficult, for no reason other than that we will have both stopped the jobs and are impatient to finally (finally!)…
Once again, we make an attempt to post a skymat e-mail message to the blog…
Shilshole Marina is a wonderful place to live – ask any boater at the marina in the livaboard community and they can tell you all about the wonderful environment, amenities, and friendly staff available to help you there. Why, its practically like a resort in Mexico like El Cid or Marina Mazatlan. …
"Somebody should stop me……" Its been a bit of time since my last post. This follows the two other posts about outfitting and choosing a boat, and tries to summarize some of the things we have done. Much more information about all of this crap is on other parts of the site. Beware – this…
RETIREMENT!! I put the papers in today – last day on the job is September 30, 2006. 22 years of Federal Service – seems like forever…… We are out of here – meaning Seattle, in just about six months…. Here is a list of all the things I won’t miss (this is kind of a…
When buying a boat, the numbers really do tell the story. Here are the optimum numbers, courtesy of Nigel Calder, and the numbers of the Malo 39: Ballast Ratio greater than 33% – Malo 39 – 32.2% Displacement length ratio around 200-250, maximum 300 – Malo 296 Sail area-displacement ratio 15 to 18 – Malo…
This is the story about how we bought our boat. We came upon the Malo 39 http://www.maloyachts.com sailboat purely by chance. Our sailing career up to that point had been on a Hunter 34 – the 1984 Cherubi version. This was one of Hunter’s better crafts from the 1980’s. She was fast, easy to sail,…
Ahh….Christmas time on the boat….The propane chef always tries to do his best at the holidays. MS says he cooks fancy all of the time, but he tries to add a little more for the extra big times. For Christmas Eve diner, the chef made Beef Wellington. Now, some say that beef wellington is old…
Subject: Rainy Bay Rock September 2, 2004, through September 18, 2004. Round trip sail from Shilshole Bay Marina, Seattle, Washington, to Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Passed in relatively fair weather through Port Ludlow, Washington; Oak Bay, BC Canada, Campbell Cove, BC Canada, and Bamfield, BC Canada, our next evening’s anchoring destination on September…
Anybody reading this blog might not know it, but we actually do sail the boat sometimes. The "Livaboard Life" has its drawbacks, because it does seem to prevent you from sailing in the stormy months. When we had a house, we thought nothing of jumping in the boat and heading off for a winter adventure…