Here’s an off-the-same-‘ol-road topic we don’t see in the cruising magazines. On the road less travelled, other side of the fence, horse of a different color, flip-side of the coin. Not yet another beautiful sunset. Fun nonetheless. I first read of the fitting term Island Cars in a book called Bucking The Tide, by David …
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Plans Are Written In Sand
At low tide, so they say. Especially for us cruisers. And tides occur twice per day! Certainly you’ve seen our waterlogged plans juggling a few times evidenced in this blog, but fortunately not as often as the tides change. Unfortunately, the news we read about lately is a bit more volatile, changing at least as …

Martha’s Vineyard Doesn’t Stink
Herman Melville entered Edgartown Harbor in 1841, after a long voyage aboard the whaling ship Acushnet. Moby Dick was later published in 1851. I'll bet you think this post is about the island southeast of Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. Or maybe from the first sentence perhaps a brief discourse of Herman Melville? Of course, I'd be …
Project Management 101
My past "work" life was immersed in managing resources and projects. While my role was not dedicated to PM (Project Management or Project Manager), I had some responsibility to see things getting done in a timely and cost-effective manner. Fortunately, I had a lot of help from a talented and experienced team, including a professional …

Zen 30
Admiring the recently-arrived water maker pile of parts A friend was heading to the Miami boat show earlier this year, and asked if we'd like him to look for anything on our behalf. I said, "sure! Please see what you can find for a good deal on an efficient water maker". So, he shopped around …