Eating at restaurants may be the mainstay for some boaters. However, most folks we’ve met (regardless of boat size) seem to dine on board at their own table. Diann and I had grilled a pork loin a couple of nights back. My idea for use of the remainder was to add butter and curry to a covered sauce pan. By …
New Bern NC Boat Life
Early Tuesday evening is an excuse for New Bern Grand Marina residents, and friends of residents who now live on land, to gather for Taco-Tuesday. The current venue is “Prohibitions” where three tacos are just $5 on Tuesday nights. Draft domestics are $3. The prices are a value. Thirty four folks showed up this week. The …
RV Trip
There’s a need to be with family, that sometimes transcends developing one’s boat life. The season for working as a contract boat captain was awaiting spring. So, I volunteered to help my Mom and Jack take his 5th wheel RV to Savannah, St. Augustine, and Birmingham. The trip was a hoot for the three of us. One of the ways …
Mardi Gras- New Bern, NC 2017
Friday night, some ninety or so folks were already at The City Laundry in New Bern, NC when our party arrived from New Bern Grand Marina. Eight of us had started a pre-party on board Happy-Girl. Six of us continued at The City Laundry facility. The event was a good value. Each attendee contributed $10 to the overhead. …
Mouse Screen for Catamaran air vent
Our Gemini catamaran, Yacht A Fun, came with three “Mouse Doors” as a standard option. Due to a Dometic refrigerator’s need for air circulation, there has to be openings for air flow. The lower openings are round, and at deck floor height. The upper openings are oval, and too far up the bulkhead for the mice to reach. …
Shrimp Trawlers protest in New Bern
One of the big benefits of cruising in place is being able to experience a location in depth. Yesterday was a good example of such a depth of experience. Diann and I left our Gemini catamaran to walk our Pomeranian, Zoey along the Trent River. “Have you seen the trawlers”, one of our fellow B dock liveaboards asked. She went …
Eye Splice “Tri-Splice” in rope and lines
At the end of summer in 2016 our Gemini catamaran’s ground tackle (anchor, chain, and rode) were upgraded by removing a rusting 3/8 non-marine grade galvanized chain and replacing it with ISO Grade 43 Hot Dipped Galvanized Chain with Oversized End Links. It’s G grade 5/16th chain by Perless. The 100 feet of marine chain was just under $500- …
Mouse on our Gemini Catamaran
While roaches on a boat are definitely a nuisance, mice are damage instigators! Diann was sitting on the port side of our settee. From the corner of her eye she thought she saw a grey brown blur run under the port berth’s door. “Naw, that couldn’t be”, she thought. “We’ve never had a mouse on our catamaran.” But- …
Winterizing our diesel engine Dec 8th 2016
A couple of days back, Diann and I winterized our Westerbeke diesel engine and the Ocean Breeze a/c cooling pump system. Thankfully access, for those components, is fairly simple on Gemini 105 series catamarans. The image shows three main components for the servicing. #1 is the square rubber gasket with hole cut to fit the #2 funnel so that the …