A recurring theme on our passages here in the Chesapeake is what’s the next creek we’ll visit. I’ve started drafting a couple blog posts about creeks that we’ve visited so far, and we often discuss our next possible anchorage, and so this recurring term caused pause. My kindly sarcastic mind often bends and stretches a …
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Life on Half-tide Rocks
Our mooring at the American Yacht Club is near a feature of the Merrimack River called Half-tide Rocks. As you probably guessed, there are rocks that appear at about half tide and more rocks appear as the tide ebbs. Normally the rocks are home to lazy seagulls and the poorly evolved cormorants (really, a water …
Same-Year Boat Work?!
It was the last week of April, during a discussion with the yard manager, I asked if we could have help modifying the anchor rollor / stem head of Fayaway. We got a great deal last year on a new Rocna anchor, but realized it did not fit well into our existing bow roller. (The …
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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 …
Fitting Out
Working in the cockpit early in May 2019 Our full-time "job" since April has been outfitting. Fayaway is a 1984 Wauquiez Pretorien that we purchased early in 2017, The prior owners did a great job cosmetically updating her but she remained almost factory-new, in terms of her limited spartan accoutrements. In essence, she had very …
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