We use our dinghy a lot. It is more than just the “family car” that carries us to and from shore. It is our “off-road”exploration vehicle, our means for mobile entertainment, our backup plan and more recently our escape pod. When we bought Kate she came with a Zodiac Zoom. How long it had been…
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For the Love of Sailing
Read another of my articles in February’s issue of Blue Water Sailing. Better yet give a copy to the one who makes your heart sail this Valentine’s Day.
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Grand Opening of the Boatyard Brew Company
Back at the beginning of December Steve and I did something that we’ve been talking about for a long time. Something that we should have done years ago. After months of procrastination, and with the holidays just around the bend, we decided there would be no better time for it. We put up our first…
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Kate on Cover of Cruising Helmsman
We have some very exciting news to kick off the New Year! Kate is featured on the January 2015 cover of Cruising Helmsman, “Australia’s No.1 Sailing Magazine”. A real team effort with me at the helm and Steve snapping photos from the dinghy. And if you happen upon a December issue there should be a…
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It really is. Last year Steve was working overseas during the holidays and I spent Christmas Day alone. I didn’t think anything was missing from my celebrations, I went through the motions. I listened to endless hours of Christmas music while slaving over a hot oven. I had watched all the classic Christmas movies while…
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The View from the Other Side
As the final countdown to Christmas begins the days are noticeably longer in the Southern hemisphere. This is not exactly putting my cold Canadian heart in the festive mood. I really am dreaming of a white Christmas. Thankfully we’ve recently gotten some much needed rain. I am talking middle of the night downpours with thunder…
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Checking off the "To Do" list
So while I have been playing around in the galley Steve has been doing all the real work. The shiny new diesel tank came back and after a minor modification (the addition of a couple tabs welded to to the top so it could actually be secured beneath the floor, who’d have thunk!) and it…
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December Reading
Check out the December Issue of Blue Water Sailing to read about another of our “Classic Passages”, A Trip into the Dangerous Middle, the eventful passage between French Polynesia and Niue. And don’t forget you can check out the ‘Articles‘ page on the website if your local news agent doesn’t carry BWS Magazine. Love, H&S
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Don’t forget to stop and smell the hibiscus
A man died at the marina on Friday. I don’t know all the details, I didn’t ask, but I heard his heart stopped. They say he was sitting on shore near his boat at the time. A woman rushed over when he collapsed. She is a retired nurse and worked on him until the portable…
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Galley Notes: We be Jammin’
Well, pickling really. Everyone once in a while I need some serious galley time; Steve calls it my therapy. Something about the methodical actions of slicing and dicing, of stirring and waiting somehow calms me, brings me back to centre. I have to admit, a small boat in the tropics is really not the smartest…
