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Here’s hoping it ends better for me that for Walt Whitman’s protagonist. So it’s official, I received my USCG Master’s License this week.  So now I’m not only morally responsible for what happens with our boat, I’m a bit more legally responsible as well. Specifically it is a “Master – Read On..

There is no doubt that all of my loyal readers have been sitting on the edge of their seats since February wondering “how the heck is he EVER going to finish that stuff in time to go sailing before September?”  The short answers is…he probably won’t.  At least I won’t Read On..

So I show up at the yard today with some more Furuno boxes, whistling a happy tune and thinking maybe I can screw something down on the boat instead of ripping something out for a change. Did I mention the window leaks?  The ones that drip right on my wife’s Read On..

Charge: Dereliction of Blog Update Duty But it’s not my fault. Honest… I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole Read On..

Yeah, I’m a month or more behind. We’ve got a bunch of weekend trips, day sails, an Air Show and a week long vacation to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket behind us. Fun with Spinnakers! Head Repairs! Smelly refrigerator pumps! All coming your way soon. It’s that time of the year, Read On..

She’s finally on the mooring. This afternoon Evenstar came home from the Great Cutlass Bearing Debacle of 2008 and all is well. More importantly the raw water pump I replaced seems to actually work! No more sea water spraying around the engine room. My 24V alternator seems happy with it’s Read On..

Maybe I need to revise my definitions, otherwise with the early morning haul out of Evenstar today we just concluded the shortest summer in recent memory. This is actually a rather short stay on land while the marina paints the bottom and replaces the cutlass bearing. I bet you don’t Read On..

Back to school for me. As a part of learning to manage this rather large and complex boat I’ve enrolled in the “Marine Technology” program at a local technical college. The thinking is simple. Some day I am going to take this boat someplace where I don’t speak the language Read On..

OK, so the summer didn’t end in early August. I just dropped off the face of the earth for a few months. Lots of cool stuff happened but I just didn’t take the time to blather on about it. We did take our second vacation – to Gloucester and Provincetown Read On..

Part of the little joy of buying a new an complex boat is learning how it all works out. Eleven years ago, describing my knowledge of boats as “clueless” would be an insult to all the “clueless” boat owners that still managed to get on the water, have a good Read On..