Tale of a used diesel motor sale. For each our last three sailboats, we’d purchased new auxiliary engines. Yup, gluttonous upgrades. Moored on the tumultuous Merrimack River, we've accepted the fact that to get to and from the ocean, unless you're a hard-core purist and or an exceptionally patient sailor, you're smart to employ a …
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Escape Washington
Last time, on Gudgeon Curmudgeon, we left you with our tale of replacing the heavy bronze gudgeon, partaking in several other fixes, and finally deciding to replace our drive shaft. Life is grand with a shiny new gudgeon! Did you non-sailboat language speaking folks look up the word gudgeon? If not… What is a gudgeon …
Two Dawns Cracking
A passage to Nova Scotia It was another glorious pre-dawn departure. Awoken before my alarm-watch buzzed on my wrist, by a bit of splash of who-knows-what swimming creature on the other side of my fiberglass wall. I rolled over to snuggle, and noticing it was already getting light, for it wouldn't be long now. Excitement …
Daring Dive Day
Kelly and I caught a bug - a really strong one too. No, not the viral kind. We seem to be possessed by a dark closed-cell foam rubber force, fed by a 3,000 psi tank of air. Since achieving our “Open-Water" scuba certification we just can't get enough here in the warm and clean Caribbean …
Sundowners And Such
Sunset as enjoyed hundreds of miles away from shore. Watching the sun setting over the horizon is popular among more thoughtful men and women of any age and place. Ubiquitous among cruisers, having sundowners is the generic term for the pastime of enjoying a favorite beverage, whilst watching the big orange orb drop, along with …
SV Fayaway 