Out There Somewhere
| Vessel Name: | CARSON G II |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 49 ft. Morgan OI Ketch |
| Hailing Port: | Tampa, Florida |
| Crew: | Carson & Hope Green |
| About: | Carson was born and raised on Grand Manan Island, N.B. Canada. Hope, a New Yorker, moved to Grand Manan as a new bride....long ago. Miss Gizmo, our Himalayan cat, joined us in Florida. We're both finally retired and we'll be sailing out there.... somewhere. |
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15 September 2013 | Boot key Harbor, Marathon, Fl.
Final Blog
I am sorry inform you all that this will be the last blog of the Carson G II. We're unable to continue cruising due to Hope's continued health issues. So our advice to all of you is to go cruising as soon as you can and for as long as you can!!! We did get out in 2010 so we do have those memories [...]
17 June 2013
June 17, 2013 (Monday)
We’ve been swinging on a buoy (W #3) here, at Boot Key Harbor, for 5 days. A few friends and family members have been asking us, “What have you been doing?” (Yes, we still have cell phone, e-mail, FB, and Skype up and running…)
Cruising is, at times, a lot like living a “regular life” and then again, it’s not. We have the usual daily things to do like: cooking meals, doing dishes, cleaning up, but there’s a good chance that they are done in a different manner. Take the laundry; after the usual sorting, it’s now placed in waterproof bags (to protect it from any salt water spray), and then lowered into dinghy for the ride into the marina’s dock. You then carry the bags to the “Laundromat” and do what must be done. Of course, that doesn’t describe the fun of climbing down the ladder, off the boat’s stern, into a pitching wee boat and not falling into the drink while all “the neighbors” are looking at you. ;) When “the wash” is done you reverse the procedure. Up and down you go every time you leave the”mother ship” to do anything… You really do need to have or develope “balance” if you’re going to live aboard a boat because it is never still, especially so while at anchor or on a mooring.
We’re happy tell you that “Burton”, our mechanical autopilot, is back on board and installed. He was returned to us this past Sunday… What a Fathers’ Day gift!!! (Much better than having to buy a new one… Yikes!!!) We still need to calibrate him but need flat seas so today’s not the day to do it. Tomorrow maybe….
It is taking us longer to adjust to the heat and humidity then we thought it would. (We don’t have AC on the Carson G II.) We leave all the hatches and portholes open and still the temperature “downstairs in the living area” is usually 88 degrees by 1000 and doesn’t go below 85 degrees at night. Carson, in the middle of the night, usually ends up spending a couple of hours up in the cockpit trying to sleep. I usually move from the aft stateroom to the settee in the salon and back again several times during the night. Carson’s ordered a wind scoop for the forward hatch and if that helps, at all, we’ll get another either for the salon or the aft stateroom. The “tenting” will be put up tomorrow if the wind allows. I hope we’ll catch a little break….
Our future plans???? Right now we’re here in Marathon, Fl.…. Time will tell but we will be sailing again in the not so distant future….
Have a good evening.
We’ve been swinging on a buoy (W #3) here, at Boot Key Harbor, for 5 days. A few friends and family members have been asking us, “What have you been doing?” (Yes, we still have cell phone, e-mail, FB, and Skype up and running…)
Cruising is, at times, a lot like living a “regular life” and then again, it’s not. We have the usual daily things to do like: cooking meals, doing dishes, cleaning up, but there’s a good chance that they are done in a different manner. Take the laundry; after the usual sorting, it’s now placed in waterproof bags (to protect it from any salt water spray), and then lowered into dinghy for the ride into the marina’s dock. You then carry the bags to the “Laundromat” and do what must be done. Of course, that doesn’t describe the fun of climbing down the ladder, off the boat’s stern, into a pitching wee boat and not falling into the drink while all “the neighbors” are looking at you. ;) When “the wash” is done you reverse the procedure. Up and down you go every time you leave the”mother ship” to do anything… You really do need to have or develope “balance” if you’re going to live aboard a boat because it is never still, especially so while at anchor or on a mooring.
We’re happy tell you that “Burton”, our mechanical autopilot, is back on board and installed. He was returned to us this past Sunday… What a Fathers’ Day gift!!! (Much better than having to buy a new one… Yikes!!!) We still need to calibrate him but need flat seas so today’s not the day to do it. Tomorrow maybe….
It is taking us longer to adjust to the heat and humidity then we thought it would. (We don’t have AC on the Carson G II.) We leave all the hatches and portholes open and still the temperature “downstairs in the living area” is usually 88 degrees by 1000 and doesn’t go below 85 degrees at night. Carson, in the middle of the night, usually ends up spending a couple of hours up in the cockpit trying to sleep. I usually move from the aft stateroom to the settee in the salon and back again several times during the night. Carson’s ordered a wind scoop for the forward hatch and if that helps, at all, we’ll get another either for the salon or the aft stateroom. The “tenting” will be put up tomorrow if the wind allows. I hope we’ll catch a little break….
Our future plans???? Right now we’re here in Marathon, Fl.…. Time will tell but we will be sailing again in the not so distant future….
Have a good evening.
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