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Back Porch Tales: Busy Days!
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Coffee on the Beach (Spriritual). Tales from Sun Room (Private). Tuesday, August 11, 2015. No time for proper blog post! I told her I would call if I fly out there but usually when I'm there I'm in and out on whirlwind trips! Here is our friend Naomi feeding the ducks after our dinner! Friend Diane moved into the cute little farm house about 22 min from me according to google maps ha! George's root canal went well and the only thing hurting is the pocket book as our dental limits are being reached! In Mi...
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Back Porch Tales: Pics from Portland Lobster Company and Dock Areas of Portland, ME
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Coffee on the Beach (Spriritual). Tales from Sun Room (Private). Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Pics from Portland Lobster Company and Dock Areas of Portland, ME. The view from Lobster and Company, Portland, ME. I found a seat in the shade though. It was about 85 or so - in the sun that gets a little warm. So we found a table with an umbrella after some folks left! Still a good view but the shade felt better. Cold beer was good. A little bitty outside bar. lol. The guy at the table behind us? Wow this is two ...
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Log of s/v Del Viento: The Fuji 40
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Is a Sparkman and Stephens-designed Fuji 40. She is hull #4 of roughly 13 that were ever built, over the two-year period of 1978 and 1979. All Fuji 40s were constructed by Fuji Yacht Builders in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, on the Miura Peninsula at the mouth of Tokyo Bay. Her fiberglass hull is substantial and her makore cabinetry reflects exquisite craftsmanship. Today, S&S lives on, primarily as a boutique designer of one-off mega yachts and such. They have a prestigious headquarters address on 5. Magaz...
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Log of s/v Del Viento: The Space Cowboy By MichaelTahiti, French Polynesia
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Monday, July 27, 2015. Tahiti, French Polynesia. The girls found a tide pool where the. Shrimp would eat the dead skin off. Their feet. They loved it. Sorry if. Some people call me the space cowboy…. Some call me the gangster of love…. I could tell some of the words were unfamiliar to the singers, but they did a fine job of hitting the rhymes. This was about the 10. Song they’d sung and played and we’d enjoyed. Some people call me Maurice…. Windy doing laundry at a. But it also reminds me how sadly mono-...
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Sea Changes Sailing with Dan and Allyson: Last minute thoughts and preparations.
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Friday, August 1, 2014. Last minute thoughts and preparations. I am really going to miss exploring Boston by dinghy. It forces you to really look around. And appreciate what's around you. Last West Marine visit ($160 for what Dan holds.grrr). Last minute packing. It goes on and on. We have been asked what we will miss the most. Dan reports (in this order). Style Cafe breakfast sandwiches. An unlimited water supply. (No, we do not have a salt water faucet or water purifier). New England in the fall. Norva...
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Sea Changes Sailing with Dan and Allyson: Norvane self steering - The 'final' project
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Norvane self steering - The final project. The self steering windvane was probably the most thought out purchase made for the trip. Once I got the quote I spent days on a pros and cons list deciding whether or not to spend the money. The list is gone now, but i think the main con was cost and the pros somehow. Outweighed that. I also looked at it as an investment for the future since the same windvane can be used on boats up to 60'. Backing plates for the transom mount. August 6,...
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Sea Changes Sailing with Dan and Allyson: Harebrained Ideas
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Last sunset in U.S. waters for a while. As we prepare to cross the Gulf Stream TOMORROW and leave the U.S. for the Bahamas we want to take a moment to recap on what brought us here, and try to motivate you to join us. Just a little more than 4 years ago, Dan was standing on a Cape Cod beach watching sail boats ease by. In a grand moment of clarity he decided he wanted to learn how to sail. Things quickly evolved into “I want to live on a sailboat.”. One night, deep into wint...
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Zach Aboard: February 2015
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Monday, February 23, 2015. Day tripping from Granada. Thousands of years ago Mombacho volcano spit up tossing rocks into Lake Nicaragua. There are 365 islands, or isletas, ranging in size. This maze of protected water is home to about 1200 people full time. A mix of Nicaraguans and ex-patriots form this community that is totally within the islands. Everything from an island for school, to an island for church, to an island just for the cemetery. The reserve itself is simple but beautiful, a peaceful litt...
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Our Life with Ceol Mor: March 2014
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Our Life with Ceol Mor. A little crew, a small boat and a great big world to see. Saturday, March 15, 2014. To the left, to the left. Yes I have been singing a little Miss Beyonce as of late. "Everything you own in a box to the left.don't you ever get to thinking, you're irreplaceable.". Isn't accumulation of stuff the American way? Perhaps I should take a look at my passport again, just to be sure. The writing assignment Maura did at age 8 that I absolutely treasure. It still makes me giggle every t...
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