Is it just me, or is it smelly in here?
Ok, so it’s probably just me, but I know you know that smell that some boats have. Kinda musty, sorta stale, a little stuffy, overall malodorous.
Hal-yard-lujah!!
I thought I’d take a step back from my typical captious tendencies, and give Rich the praise he rightly deserves. Last summer someone (and I’m not naming names) lost our main halyard to the top of the mast. Over the past seven months or so we’ve periodically given thought to retrieving it.
Oh, the Humidity!
It’s fall in northern California. What’s that mean? It means chilly nights (mid to low 40s), foggy mornings, and sunny afternoons (low 60s). Not too shabby you might say. We’ve had two days of rain outside. News reports say we’re technically in a drought, but I beg to differ!
Wind…..
So today turned out to be a crap day for doing anything what so ever on boat related projects with a stiff blow coming from North/Northwest in excess of a steady 20 knots, and gusts above 35. Forecast says it’s gonna’ be like this ’til Tuesday.
Harvest time in the Delta…..
Fall is here. The mornings are turning chilly, and the days are getting shorter. I feel very fortunate that we live in the agricultural heart of California. We have some of the freshest crops available right here in our own back yard, and I mean fresh. The cornfields all around our marina are starting to […]
Boat Life: Pizza?
Rich and I eat pizza a lot. A couple of years ago we started making our own dough and have a pretty reliable recipe. Our favorite toppings are salami, black olive and mushroom. Yum!
Boat Life: Laundry
One thing is becoming obvious living on a boat. There is no escaping dirty laundry. We finally found a hamper that isn’t too big and will fit under the V-berth. Without it dirty laundry was spinning out of control. It was everywhere!
Water Snobs
I’ve come to find that we are water snobs. I’m talking drinking water. The water in Folsom is amazing. It tastes great, it’s not hard, and has really low total dissolved solids. It’s so good that Kikkoman (you know, the soy sauce people) has a manufacturing plant there precisely because the water is so good.
We’re here
We’ve scrambled around the for the past four days moving a house-load of junk into a boat that’s smaller than our master bedroom. We’re exhausted to say the least.
Boat Cat
There was a big BBQ for the tenants at our marina this weekend so I decided to take Suki to the boat for the first time. The car ride was the difficult part.