Laziness
The top three things I need to do are – waterproof engine hatch – get cupboards made – rig up wireless booster and antenna …. and I haven’t done anything on them. I’ve been feeling exceptionally unmotivated this week in… Continue reading
This is why we need to keep our hatches shut
Snapped this guy eating an unfortunate crab on my neighbours boat!
Change yer filters
Public service announcement I switched out my three filters – the front left is the old primary 5 micron one, the middle is the new one. Grooooossssssss!! The other two (which are 1 micron and 0.2 micron and filter my… Continue reading
Movies and Outboards
Short entry today – a couple of days ago I had my first actual acting role in a movie. I felt like a huge fraud, and was with all these career professional actors from LA and was worried that any… Continue reading
Porta-Boat 2
…. electric boogaloo So yesterday it had stopped (finally) raining, so after work I decided to try to put the porta-boat together. I did it on the deck boat to simulate ~real life conditions~ and managed to do it ok.… Continue reading
I got an outboard
Sometimes the universe just comes together. The day after talking to Boat neighbours Joss and Matt about dinghies, a porta-bote finally shows up on craigslist. The day after that, Joss brings me an outboard! It’s apparently barely functional but the… Continue reading
Porta-Bote adventures
I’ve needed a dinghy for as long as I’ve had the boat, and after much reading decided that a porta-bote would be the best thing for me. I had 3 main points that I was choosing a dinghy on: –… Continue reading
Bachelor Moments
I had one of ‘those’ moments the other night. On attempting to scavenge something to eat and finding I hadn’t been shopping for a number of days, I decided on a cheese sandwich. Except the bread was ‘kinda’ stale –… Continue reading