Gail is packed and ready to fly to BA tomorrow with 4 crates of tools and boat stuff. This an initial drop in the ocean as other boat owners brought a total of 24 crates to BA. The Argentine state has created onerous importation rules to encourage the purchase of local goods. For example, if you brought in a new stereo the import tax would be 100%. Ouch. We are only bringing in “used household goods and personal effects owned for over a year”. We are not bringing weapons, new […]
Island Visit or Islanders Visit NY
All cruisers love their time in the West Indies but we are still tied to NY so can not visit the Caribbean on a whim. Instead, the Caribbean came to us via the Brooklyn West Indian Day Parade. The video tells the story BUT warning it is rated R as the dancers are a bit racy.
Place for Books
Books have always been a key part of my life. I must decide what to do with our existing books and which books will come aboard in hard-copy or digital Kindle format. Gone are the days where at anchorage you could see boats struggling to float above the waterline because of their extensive libraries. Some apartment books are headed for storage and the rest will given away to new loving homes. I bet the new owner of Numerical Recipes in C++ will be excited to own this dog-eared book. The […]
Gail Takes Basic Coastal Cruising Class
We have recently spent a lot of time buying tools, learning about engines and other non-sailing boat activities so I thought it might be good for me to learn how to sail. Not that I haven’t sailed before. Jason and I raced Vanguard-15s for a few years and we did take a course in BVI (click here to see the post), but I still need to develop a better feel for the water and work on my ability to execute actions quickly. I decided to enroll in Manhattan Yacht Club’s […]
Tools for boat repair
Two clueless NYers make a list and go shopping for tools. How will they decide what to get?
Boat building progress
Are you part of the 1%? The rare minority that can visualize a house when it is only 2×4 timber. Among the tools, materials, and trash, can you visualize the roaring fireplace in the winter time? I am in the 99% that just look at the mess and make wildly wrong assumptions. The living room is too small or the ceilings look too high. My lack of visualization skills for half-built suburban homes extends to an inability to visualize half-built boats. Here is my version of […]
Learning Knots
There seems to be a pattern. Jason, who is focused on making sure we are ready for our adventure, suggests to me, Gail, that we should really get better at xyz and we need to either a) buy a book, b) take a course, or, c) practice. The first two or three times he mentions it, I try to ignore him by saying yup, mumbling, or deleting the email. It’s not that I don’t want to do these things but somehow, even though I don’t have a day job, I […]
Sample Float Plan
We plan on submitting a float plan every time we head offshore. It is fun for the readers to know our plans but also a safe practice. If we do not show up at our destination, the search can start earlier. Before you call the Coast Guard, ring us on the satellite phone to see if we are just going slowly. Sample FLOAT PLAN =================== Departure date: July 20, 2012 Departure Location: NYC (N38 W72) Expected arrival […]
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