Two Fish is out of the water so we can fix our propellers. A few days ago, we were in the middle of the mooring field when I realized that our engines could only run in reverse. This was not my most relaxing moment, but we had a bit of luck and wiggled out of the mooring field using only reverse-sorry, no video. We could see that the throttles were shifting the transmission, the shaft was rotating one direction in forward and the other in reverse, but the […]
Avoid I-95 Traffic-Cruise the Long Island Sound
Except for requisite visits to Mystic Seaport, Eastern Connecticut has always been a long stretch of I95. I hardly ever thought beyond the highway railings. So, when we took a bike ride around Saybrook Point, it opened my eyes to the wonderful towns that can be found along the way. The houses, waterfront and town were picturesque and our lunch at the Monkey Farm Cafe made us feel like locals. However, after suffering a crushing defeat in mini-golf, Jason decided it was time to leave town. Earlier, when Jason […]
Spinnaker Tips – Hoist and Douse with Ease
This video describes how to make the chute raising and dousing drama-free and how a Tylaska snap shackle can tame your spinnaker on windy days.
Setting and dousing the spinnaker on Two Fish from Two Fish on Vimeo.
Trailer Park Specailist
A friend refers to boaters who spend significant time in marinas as “trailer park specialists”. After staying at a few marinas, we consider this to be a harsh and unfounded review. After a few weeks in Port Washington solving our engine cooling engine issue, we have learned the pros and cons of marina life. We stayed at the very pleasant Manhasset Bay Marina; the associated restaurant, Lamottas, filled our bellies more than once when the Two Fish galley was declared closed. The first thing we realized about […]
Keeping Cool
For mammals, summertime is about finding shade and keeping cool. For marine engines, keeping cool is a year-round obsession. Two Fish’s engines started running hotter than usual and, during the process of investigating this, we have learned a bunch about engine cooling. (I used a silver Sharpee to draw arrows on my coolant hoses to remind me of direction and contents.) Fortunately, the engine never heated above the safe operating range so there was no damage. Two Fish has easy to see gauges which protected our valuable […]
Manhattan Yacht Club Speech: Part 3 of 3
Part 3 of 3 ( I am impressed if you have managed to watch them all.)
MYC Speech Part 3 of 3 from Two Fish on Vimeo.
Two Fish Theme Song-Take our Poll
As the Two Fish empire expands, we think it is about time to have a theme song. Universities, super heroes, and game shows all have catchy theme songs. Our choice was foisted on us while in Angra dos Reis. While approaching our mooring, we were blanketed by a Brazilian cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” being played during a shore-side sound check of the New Year’s sound system. The volume was so loud that Two Fish’s hatches vibrated and we could not hear our engines.
Manhattan Yacht Club Speech: Part 2 of 3
How to use technology to avoid big waves, find favorable wind and stay in kind currents. Jason describes his experience of creating a passage plan while sailing up the coast of Brazil. He also describes their landfalls from Argentina to Rio.
MYC Speech Part 2 of 3 from Two Fish on Vimeo.
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