LEGACY: Noun. A thing handed down by a predecessor. In October when the boat comes out of the water, I make up a list of work items I would like to get done over the winter or in early Spring when I start to get…
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I have done most of the work associated with home ownership by myself. I am talking about painting, new flooring etc. During the twenty-three years or so of owning a boat I have done the majority of maintenance myself. Having mostly diesel-powered boats I have…
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow! Actually, that is pretty bad advice and usually I don’t do that. I like to take care of minor problems before they are a major problem. In the beginning of September, I had one of…
Makes you very grumpy! Last month, after replacing the cockpit stereo speakers I went below to find the air conditioner had failed as indicated by the message “HPF” on the air conditioner panel. HPF, means high pressure fault. Usually caused when the air conditioner compressor…
Have you ever heard the expression, “If you didn’t have bad luck, you’d have no luck at all”? That’s how I have been feeling the past few weeks as some equipment on the boat failed or needed replacement. Last month one of the things I…
In my June article (Looking Back), I wrote about a boat show I attended with my father back in the late sixties or early seventies. There was one particular boat that I saw, which left a lasting impression. It was a Tollycraft sport fishing boat.…
After what seemed like an uphill battle, we launched Take Five and are ready for another season afloat. To me, it feels like everything I need and want to accomplish happens at the same time in the spring and fall. Spring: Prepare the boat, including…
A couple of weeks ago I got a call from Frank, my wife’s cousins husband. Usually it’s our wives that talk with each other and Frank and I are kept up to date by them. In fact the last time we talked on our phones…
It is the middle of February as I write this, with snow turning to rain tonight and over fifteen inches of snow expected later in the week. Like many of you, I am looking forward to the coming warmer weather and getting out on our…
If you’re like me you probably planned a few projects over the winter, for the boat and maybe the house. I had planned a few and after the fall season of raking leaves for days on end I was able to start on them.First up…