Month: May 2009
Steven and Tony are applying silicone to the deck holes and cracks. A temp fix but we can look a little less gypsy without so many tarps.
Posted by – May 27, 2009
Starboard lifelines are up. Now, I can properly attach myself to the boat. Minimizing man overboard opportunities.
Posted by – May 27, 2009
First Collision! OMFG!!!! Wait, not really.
Posted by – May 27, 2009
I wrote a nice long post but my phone ate it so this’ll be short.
A fishing boat apparently broke loose in the little blow we had this evening and followed the wind and tidal current right into our area. Anchor chain to be specific. Nothing violent and no apparent damage. The weather is gone now so we’ll check things out further tomorrow.
Cruising in the car that we converted to a garage when we parked it
Posted by – May 26, 2009
Major score at boater’s world though. $40 for a gallon of bottom paint, which is about half of what we need and usually costs $150, to make our girl pretty. $40 for a good racor diesel filter which usually costs 3 times that to keep her insides clean.
On the bus. Making our way to the car. No cheap dinghies on craigslist right now.
Posted by – May 26, 2009
Goodbye little dinghy.
Posted by – May 26, 2009
We woke up from a nap yesterday afternoon to head to the island for a birthday celebration that was postponed the day before due to awesome fishing and found our dinghy missing. I heard someone cranking on an outboard that sounded just like ours but I was half asleep and not very concerned about someone taking our dinghy while we were aboard. In broad daylight. Next to a crowded island. So I didn’t check. We’re pretty sure it was stolen. Conveniently, the one pair of decent binoculars we have were in the dinghy so we couldn’t do much scoping out of things. Also aboard: new dive knife, 20 feet of hefty chain, two locks which aren’t currently locking things, fuel tank, life jackets and throwable, oars, and, the worst part of all, a 2hp Johnson my grandfather gave me when I was 16.
Not having the dinghy pretty much cuts us off from any available supplies in the area so it looks like we’ll be heading back to the car to start looking for a new one.
The Sanibel pd were no help. They stonewalled us with some “intent to prosecute” document that must be completed to report the dinghy as stolen. They don’t provide dockage at headquarters so our dinghy is “missing” until we can get there. They did tell us that they had a “ton of reports” of missing dinghies in the area yesterday. Plus one for stolen. The sargeant didn’t know the popular anchorage we’re in but he did want to know the type of knot we used to tie the dinghy up.
Morale is low.
