Saturday December’s 16th, twenty seventeen Packing to come back North for Christmas was an easy task this time. Five pairs of flimsies and toiletries. I often use the term flimsies, in this case it refers to tropical boxers. My first…
Month: December 2017
Friday December’s 15th, twenty seventeen The anxiety about air travel began on Wednesday. We had a checklist of things that had to go well in order to get home. Our travel is often like a sappy Disney movie with the…
Thursday December’s 14th, twenty seventeen We are off today. I can only think of all the things that can go wrong. We are flying Air Canada. We have to park the car for a couple of weeks. The weather. Flying…
Wednesday December’s 13th, twenty seventeen Yesterday we went Christmas shopping. There are a lot of stores and a mall over at U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie. Normally I would rather pull one of my own teeth with an…
You may recall that yesterday was the day I would tackle the quick job of removing the old autopilot pump. The pump was leaking and it was time to go. I would need some new brass tubing fittings to accomplish…
Monday December’s 11th, twenty seventeen This morning I am wearing long sleeves and am huddled around the electric heater. The effects of the cold front are significant. Last night the TV talking heads were warning central Floridians that “frost was…
Sunday December’s 10th, twenty seventeen The weather yesterday morning was certainly full of rain. The wind stayed under 20 kts for the most part. There were isolated squalls on the treasure coast but with no significant wind. Lightning was here…
Saturday December’s 9th, twenty seventeen When you live or sleep or try to do both on a boat you develop the ability to sleep through sounds and noise. Regular noises are slept through or ignored. Add a new sound however…
Friday December’s eighth, twenty seventeen I’ve been studying all the things I need to know to be a captain. I’ve found this simple and handy chart to study to review all the things, terms, and stuff I need to know…
Thursday December’s 7th, twenty seventeen For days the talking heads on TV have been predicting the 30 degree f temperature drop scheduled for Friday overnight. A large and slow moving cold front will slide into the area and bring Florida’s…
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