Tempering the tantrums
June 15, 2012
I leave for the states on Monday, but we’ve been hard at work in Madrid…trying to micromanage some contractor work on the boat. Neither one of us likes being micromanaged, but we’re trying to wrap our heads around how a project that was anticipated to take 2 hours has now ballooned into a project that
Why is it?
May 16, 2012
Why is it that with every boat project getting to 90% complete is fairly easy and straightforward and the last 10% ALWAYS involves something stuck, something new broken, or you are missing a critical part and have to run to the marine store or hardware store? That was certainly our theme for the nearly 3
Do as I say, not as I do…
May 14, 2012
I suppose that depends on what you mean by “hard”. For us, it was challenging to think through all the pieces and how to best install the system on our boat. It was also challenging to squeeze into small spaces with awkward-sized, somewhat-heavy items. Perhaps the most challenging aspect was figuring out how many fasteners
Big, Big Day!
April 25, 2012
Poco a Poco
April 19, 2012
Coming to America
April 15, 2012
Retrofit: Project #1 complete!
February 24, 2012
Decisions…bottom paint #2
February 19, 2012
For us, choosing an “environmentally-friendly” versus “traditional” paint really isn’t that hard of a choice. We will do what we can to minimize our impact, and if that means we have to clean the bottom of our boat more often and/or haul out to repaint the bottom more frequently, then so be it. So, what
Decisions…bottom paint #1
February 16, 2012
A boat that sits in saltwater for more than a few days at a time must have anti-fouling bottom paint, otherwise the hull becomes covered in a delightful variety of slime, weed, barnacles, sponges, etc. For a marine biologist, having a marine ecosystem travel along with you could be fantastic, but for a boat where