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Category Archives: Home Page
August Plans from Cambridge, Maryland
We are currently tied up to a free dock in Cambridge, Maryland after coming over from Oxford yesterday afternoon. There is a bar and restaurant steps away called Snapper’s that we had a drink at as soon as we got … Continue reading
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The Pleasures of Annapolis in 2015
We are enjoying Annapolis again this summer. After picking up a mooring at 11:55 pm last Tuesday, we spent Wednesday and Thursday morning performing some minor maintenance and cleaning Bear from top to bottom. Thursday afternoon our friends began to … Continue reading
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How The Winter Projects Have Fared
As anyone who has followed our blog and videos know, we did a lot of work on the boat over the winter. We are very happy with the outcome of many of these jobs. Others, we realized or have come … Continue reading
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Our First Week on the Water and Our Dreaded Schedule
Margaret and I were so relieved to finally splash Bear last Saturday. But as soon as we started heading north, we realized just how tight a schedule we are on. As folks frequently say, and we have learned before, sailing … Continue reading
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The Work That Remains Before We Splash
As I have been repeatedly saying in our videos, we still have a lot of work to do. At the same time, we have been checking things off the list everyday and in seemingly quicker fashion than expected. So, what … Continue reading
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Cruising Books for Sale!
We are selling off a bunch of the cruising books that helped inspire us over the past couple years as we downsize. If anyone is interested in picking up some great sea stories, you should check out our classified ad … Continue reading
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Getting to Know Our Autohelm – Raymarine Type 2 Linear Drive Autopilot
I recently took apart our Autohelm – now Raymarine – Type 2 Linear Drive Autopilot to diagnose and correct a reoccurring issue we were having over the summer. Before starting to take it apart, I was a bit terrified of … Continue reading
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Leaving Bear and Thinking about the Work that Remains
It has been a hot and sunny day here in St. Mary’s. This morning I put a second coat of Bilgekote on the cabinet below the galley sink. I also completed the work on our freshwater system, installing the last … Continue reading
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Replacing the Chainplates: Now or Later
It is nearly 9pm on Monday evening, and I just made it back to the boat after flying in from Peoria. My flights were not too bad, especially because I got a first class seat for the last leg into … Continue reading
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Cruising with the Grateful Dead
You might ask how you fit the Grateful Dead, cruising, and computer programming together. Well, I am going to do it in this post. First off, the Grateful Dead: I have been working on a new website that I would … Continue reading
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