Month: September 2014

Plastic Garbage and the Ocean

We have been thinking very seriously about how we will be able to manage the waste we produce on our South Sea adventure.  What the heck do we so with our garbage?  Its not like the islands and atolls we visit have the capacity to deal with this imported waste.  Even here on the west […]

Shakedown Cruise

As August comes to a close, we are now frantically reassembling all essential stuff so that we can at least get away and be independent of shore for 10 days.  The lovely, shiny rebuilt engine is back “in the hole” rewired and replumbed.  The diesel purrs like a satisfied kitten!   Meticulous shaft alignment has […]

Playing with the GoPro!

We purchased a GoPro Hero3 a while back so that we could document our adventures.  We had a chance to play with it during our sailing trip this past week (more to come about that soon) and made some short clips.  Now to figure out how to post them here on our blog – they […]