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 …
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Gudgeon Curmudgeon
At last check-in we had been continuing down the ICW, anchoring along the way. We visited the town of Bath, NC, one of the homes of Blackbeard the pirate... At location of little sailboat icon, we were anchored in the little harbor of Bath, NC. We were purposely going down the ICW to stop and …
Some ICW Etiquette
"Pollywog, Pollywog, Big Blue". "This is the Pollywog." "Good afternoon! We're the big trawler coming up on your stern. I'd like to make a gentleman's pass on your port side." "Come on up Sir! We'll pull it back as you approach. Thanks for the call!" As Big Blue approaches behind the port side of Pollywog, …
Boated?
Borrowed from: classicsailor.com You may have heard this saying: ‘There are two types of sailors: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.’ If running aground means literally running onto ground, then what is running onto a… sunken boat? Should that be called ‘running aboat’? Or boated? Well, that’s what happened to …
Mathews to Phoebus
Having topped up our water, and waited awhile for the tide to rise, it was time to depart Queens Creek. Our OCC friends Bill and Chris helped with our lines as we backed out of their dock. We waved a bittersweet farewell to our friends, whilst accepting that pushing through shallows of muck is only …
SV Fayaway 