Taking a break from our pre-passage chores yesterday afternoon, Rebecca and I enjoyed (???) a little pushup/chinup workout session. When I posted the following pic on Instagram (@zerotocruising), someone commented about the location where we had the fenders secured. On anything smaller than a large yacht, it can be tough to find an out-of-the-way place to keep a half dozen or more fenders. So, in that respect, it actually is a pretty clever storage spot. We can't take any credit…
With the exception of 3 days at the beginning of this month, Rebecca and I have had guests on board with us since December 20th, a little over 3 weeks ago. We had an amazing time with our guests, and at least in our eyes, have made some new lifelong friends. We're back on our own though, just in time to get ourselves ready for an overnight passage to Trinidad. Sunday beach lime at Roger's, always a blast! Because of…
It's interesting that of all the equipment on Frost, the one thing that we have no documentation for is the diesel generator. I mean none. We don't even know what make it is! This lack of information makes it extremely difficult to source replacement parts, which is exactly the exercise that we had to go through this morning. Yesterday afternoon, after returning from a wonderful hike to some waterfalls, everyone was relaxing on the boat, reading, napping or playing on…
Long time readers may recall that when we first started out sailing, I suffered from frequent bouts of sea sickness. While I was never brought to the point of vomiting, I was often nauseous when the sea state became lively. I am extremely happy to report that for the most part, I seem to have gotten over it. I can now even read while underway, an activity that, in the past, would surely have set me off. Because of my…
While Rebecca and I continue to have fun, bopping around Grenada with our new friends, Jason and Gail on Two Fish are off to the races. The race, or rally, west that is, from St. Lucia to Santa Marta, Columbia. In three weeks time we'll be meeting Two Fish in Panama to begin our canal transit with them, and the trip to the Galapagos. We can't wait! Check out the Two Fish website to read their live reports, and see…
Why no blog post yesterday? Because we were sailing. That's a good enough reason, isn't it? On Wednesday at 11:00 AM we welcomed aboard a couple of new friends who were eager to sail with us, and find out what the cruising lifestyle is all about. Almost immediately Steve and Darla got a real taste for it. Having arrived a bit early, they were able to witness me struggling to install our new windlass solenoid. Once that job was completed,…