Cockpit combing cap boards. At least that’s what I’ve been calling them. Replacing ours was a project way far down on a long list of upgrades. Folks, this is intimately invasive work, and so hopefully you understand our consternation upon finally accepting that the time has come to replace them! For one’s floating home, replacing …
Author: CapnChris
Searching For Home: Guts And Science
It’s the day after Christmas, and we hope your holidays are pleasant, safe and warm. While comfy in our little rented abode on land, we’re in search mode. Kelly and I are fortunate to have jobs keeping us distracted, but we remain otherwise focused on finding a new sailboat to call home, so we can …
Happy Holidays Outboard Story – Part Two
A continuation of Part One... We had enough of being repeatedly stranded beachside, so we googled and researched, and spoke with many fellow cruisers, about what would be our ideal dinghy motor. We felt that our dinghy “Korykory” is adequate as-is, so the inflatable would not be replaced, at least not anytime soon. We were …
Keeled Over
Beautiful bottoms - boat bottoms that is. While shopping again for a new Fayaway I’ve been snapping a few pics to help explain what we’re looking for in a boat, with specific emphasis on where the sun doesn’t shine. And so here’s my simplistic take for describing how common sailboats look and perform under the …
Outboard Yarn
We’re pining our existence again, somewhat envious of those who are now sailing south toward the sun, despite the pandemic. Sitting ashore, looking out at another new day, watching mist slowly burning off as the sun rises, we’re just not up to taking that risk. As the remaining leaves blow off from trees after spawning …
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