After getting the antenna all set up, now it was time to install everything and plug it all in. First, I attached the tuner under the cockpit and plugged the antenna in Next, I had to find room for the… Continue reading
I’ve been crazy excited about my SSB since I picked it up and WON’T SHUT UP about it as anyone I know can attest. But I had yet to install it. So, the first part of installing the SSB was… Continue reading
This weekend I went on a trip to Orcas for two reasons: Firstly to go to a ghost prom (this would incidentally be the first prom i’ve ever been to, alive or dead) and second of all to pick up… Continue reading
So yesterday I started crunching numbers to figure out if I was going to be able to meet my target leave date of next September. I tried to be conservative and do the ‘worst case’ scenarios for everything, and I’m… Continue reading
These are the top four (4) things that pretty much changed my life… *dramatic pause* 1) This plastic bag. That may sound dumb at first but WAIT! At dock, using the standard spring line config (a line that runs from… Continue reading
My birthday was this weekend as I turned the ripe old age of 34. I celebrated by trying to play a game of football, but spraining my ankle in the warm up, not even getting to play in the game.… Continue reading
Since returning from the Vancouver Island trip, I’ve been pretty low energy, concentrating on keeping my expenses down (I’ve ditched the car! RIP Lola, you will be remembered), eating healthily and resisting the temptation just to eat ice cream and… Continue reading
After a month of sailing around, it was back to my job *cue sad trombone noises* Also, as if to emphasise that summer and fun is over for the foreseeable future it began to rain. A bunch. This meant I… Continue reading