This Rat Sailed

 For a long time I've wanted to take the boat to the Bahamas.  To sail in crystal blue waters, explore tropical islands, scuba and snork...

From my aviation days I've learned not to trust the local weathermen and their presentation of the weather.  As a result, I tend to look...

That seems the best term to describe the the last few days.  We continue to sit at Dowry Creek marina and weigh options but I have to admit ...

Hopefully the last weather-related post for a while.  Tomorrow is the start of the dreaded "H" season (as superstitious sailors, I...

I have to admit, we haven't been all that impressed with Hilton Head.  The goal when we stopped here was that it was easier access to th...

While working on the battery bank replacement the weather was nice.  So nice, I almost forgot it was February. Now that the battery bank is ...

Laying in bed we knew it wasn't going to be a warm morning.  Forecast was for below freezing temperatures in Carolina Beach and Southpor...

"Could you beam me somewhere Mr. Scotty"...that and the title are from the Jimmy Buffet song Boat Drinks...and perfectly describes...

Isn't that how all the bad novels start?  We left the Alligator River Marina on Thursday morning, made our way through the Alligator Riv...

First, I want to wish everyone a a New Year with all your heart needs or desires! Sorry for going quiet right after my post on the "c...

Looking back, if I had one thing I would change about this project, it would be shelter from the elements.  The weather has dogged me the en...

I can't believe I'm still here in Virginia working on this hardtop project. I knew I was being optimistic with the original theory o...

My usual luck with weather returned yesterday.  I think the high may have been 62 degrees at sometime around 3pm and the gelcoat says don...

For a while now I've been joking that my work area in the boatyard is reminiscent of a refugee camp.  A canopy with tarps tied to it as ...

Well, we dodged a bullet with Joaquin as it heads toward Bermuda instead of the Chesapeake.  But the weather has been pretty unsettled here ...

The last few days we have been working on some of the details on the underside of the top.  I mentioned in the last post that we added the s...

Hurricane...or is it tropical storm now...Danny doesn't look like it will be headed our direction. (I do hope all my friends and fellow ...

...but no one ever does anything about it.  That quote from Charles Dudley Warner seems quite appropriate for a sailor.  I am certainly not...

Baby, it's c-c-c-c-cold outside. Last night Brunswick, GA. was under both a hard freeze and high wind warning. Depending on which weathe...

For a change, we don't get an overly early start.  The weather broadcasts indicate there may be some more unsettled weather and since we...