So much for a sendoff… I quit both of my jobs last week just as the COVID-19 situation turned dire here in Washington State.
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Winter weather permeates the Pacific Northwest. February has been a chilly month, with overnight temperatures routinely dipping into the 20F-30F range. Though I’ve remained toasty warm below deck thanks to our old-model Dickinson Antarctic diesel heater, I’ve awoke numerous mornings to find a thin layer of ice on the water’s surface. Not sea-ice by any means, rather a layer of frozen freshwater condensate.
Continue reading “Visits Aboard and Abroad”Floating Zoo
Aside from Janine and myself, our crew consists entirely of four-legged (female) critters; two felines and a canine all of whom lived together with us on land before we set sail. Since they will no-doubt be featured in many a blog post to come, we felt we should share a bit about each of them with you here.
Continue reading “Floating Zoo”Cathodic Protection
Knock on wood, I’ve not yet had to deal with the nastiness that comes from galvanic corrosion aboard a boat… But then I really haven’t paid much attention to the issue aboard my previous vessels. Sure I changed the prop-shaft zinc when I hauled Uno Mas out for bottom painting every year, but since I never really left her plugged in to shore power for longer than a week or so, I never really gave my anodes much thought. Now that my home is my boat (and for the time being I’m plugged in to shore power), I am making a habit out of carefully monitoring my cathodic protection. I hope to make a monthly checkup of all my anodes and report my findings here.
Continue reading “Cathodic Protection”Merry Christmas
We spent our Christmas on the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca again this year, though we didn’t get out of the slip to sail; our typical Christmas m.o. Instead we enjoyed the brief albeit cold break in the rain, hiked a favorite beach, filled up water jugs, and ate plenty. Janine cooked up some amazing stuffing (a la instant pot) followed by berry cobbler, courtesy of the many strawberries we gathered from our house in Port Angeles earlier this year. We still have more in the freezer.
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