Back when I was arm-chair dreaming of cruising, I followed a couple on their PDQ catamaran in the Abacos. There would be weeks when Tom didn’t post anything. “Why wouldn’t he post at least once a week”, I thought. Now I know why his delay in posts. When your cruising results in being in one place for an extended time- …
Zoey the Girl Dog off the catamaran
Zoey the Girl Dog took advantage of Southport’s recent warm weather. She and I got off the Gemini sailing catamaran and checked out the Cape Fear River Beach…..again. “Who has more fun than we do?” The story / blog of Yacht A Fun, a Gemini catamaran sailboat, traveling the ICW and east coast with insights to the extended …
Off the catamaran- Images of Gulls
At the risk of being corny- I put gulls on a pedestal. The sound of their cries, as they take flight and beg for food, has always been a confirmation of why I love the coast. This fellow settled down on …
Zoey’s Big Boat Trip- a Pomeranian’s catamaran story
Zoey the girl dog has just published her first book ! While traveling on board the family’s Gemini sailing catamaran, Pomeranian girl dog, Zoey, collected her thoughts into a children’s book about living and traveling on a boat. Quite the girl dog, she is even pottie trained for using carpet when the boat is at anchor! Her story begins……….. “Hi …
Winter on a Gemini Catamaran
How to live on a catamaran sailboat when it’s 24 degrees outside? First off- find a marina slip and plug in to its dock power. Then be sure to have winterized all your systems well before the winter arrives. Have at least one large water jug on board- ‘cause the dock water supply will be shut down. Have a spare …
Eating Oysters on our Catamaran on Super Bowl Sunday 2016
Getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday included a trip back to Haag Seafood on Oak Island, NC. Jon Haag, the owner, suggested I try oysters raised by Jarrett Bay, which is out of Carteret County NC. From the Jarrett Bay web site… “December, 2015 The farm now has a pontoon working platform, a cooler for transporting the oysters, …
Quiet Cold Cape Fear Morning Feb 6th 2016
Early to bed resulted in an early rise. Total solitude……………. This kind of morning reinforces the reasons that the extended cruising lifestyle is worth the inconveniences which are simply part of having a floating home. The sunrise was my reward for getting up; stepping off our catamaran; walking a damp boardwalk; and bagging the results of Zoey’s morning grass …
Catamaran Tri-Color February 4th 2016
Yesterday started as a basic boat day. I woke up on our Gemini sailing catamaran and took our Pomeranian for a “grass run”. Two cups of coffee later and I reviewed a batch of mail that had been forwarded. Tap Tap Tap….. sounded the knock on the boat. The captain of our fellow dockside catamaran was in need of a …
Catamaran Family Break- Baking
Christmas 2015 YachtAFun was moored at Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, FL. Diann and I returned to North Carolina that following January to attend our gift exchange (and to pick up our Jeep for ground transport). With family spread out across a nine hour driving span, we typically gather after Christmas to do gift exchanges. That system allows our children’s …
Surface Pro as Gemini catamaran chart plotter?
The laptop being used on YachtAFun is a 2007 model Toshiba Satellite P205- which is to say it is BIG. It’s heavy, and compared to 2016 standards- it’s slow. And…… the CD drive is not replaceable, which means I have to use an external disk drive. To get the headphone jack to work well, I have to insert the pin …