Just for fun, yesterday afternoon I posted what I thought was a bit of a riddle on Facebook and Instagram. As it turned out, the answer eluded just about everyone, which, to tell the truth, surprised me. While I wouldn't have guessed the answer, I was pretty sure that at least a few other people would. Anyway, here is my riddle: What dries faster the more you spray it with water? The answer is below the image. Can you solve…
During one of our recent sailing trips, a fuel can that I had relocated on deck began to come loose and slide around a bit. In retrospect, I should have done a better job securing it but the conditions weren't all that bad so I didn't put a lot of effort into it. Oh well. After seeing the can begin to slide around, one of the guests that we had onboard suggested that we could use a bungee cord (shock…
As someone who has spent most of his adult life arguing that the glass is half full as opposed to half empty, I feel somewhat obligated to write a follow-up post to the one that I recently put up about why life in a boatyard sucks. So, here we go, 5 things that make life in a boatyard suck a bit less. Note: These positive things specifically relate to our time here at Peake. I wish they were paying me…
Over the years, I have noticed that the people who work in boatyards and marinas always refer to me as Cap (Captain) or Skip (Skipper). They do that when I am alone, and also when I am with Rebecca. It's obviously difficult for the average worker to learn every customer's name, so to overcome that, they have learned to use these terms. Interestingly though, they only address the guys in this way. The problem is, they are working on the…
It has now been a day shy of a week that Rebecca and I have been living onboard Frost in the boat yard. Without this kind of experience, many may not fully grasp why boatyard life is so thoroughly hated by most people. The following are a few of the ways that it differs from normal life on a boat, if it could ever be called normal. 1. It's a long way down Frost has a draft of six and…
Some of you may recall that when we were last in Trinidad, we had Dynamite Marine repair our rudder's stuffing box, and while they were at it, replace the packing material in it and the prop shaft's stuffing box. There was some question about the graphite packing material that was used for the job (see comments on the above linked post), and Graham from Dynamite assured us that he'd fix it when we were next in town. I am pleased…