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Updated on January 23, 2016
No Time to Hibernate
by Michu
Last weekend I made a social visit to the Twin Cities. A good friend mentioned that the nice part about Midwestern single-digit temperatures is that it gives me time off from working on the boat. If only that were …
Posted on January 19, 2016
Telling everyone
by Deb
We like you very much but…we won’t be sending you a card next year! Our family plans to spend two years traveling on our Beneteau Frist 38 sailboat. Postage from the Bahamas costs too much! Follow our trip …
Updated on January 21, 2016
Bureaucracy
by Deb
Temps are about to drop back into single-digit highs around here, and we are deep in a week of paperwork. A grim situation all-around. A sample of what we’re working through: Banking. No fewer than three separate cues …
Updated on January 13, 2016
Pack it up, pack it in
by Deb
I’ve always backtracked through new-to-me blogs, to find the parts about prep. Maybe obviously, since that’s where we are in our lives…but I find it more fascinating that the actual travel sections of blogs, because that prepping part must …
Updated on January 11, 2016
Electricity Part 4 – Three ways to fill a battery (mostly alternator)
by Michu
Persistence. Whether repeating the same tired joke for the thousandth time, or not giving up on a difficult IV start, or relentlessly describing the DC systems on a cruising boat, persistence is a quality that has served me …