One of the first things to go through my mind when I found out I was going to be stuck in a marina for 2-3 weeks (now more like 3-4) waiting for my Max-Prop to be reconditioned was, damm, what am going to blog about from a comfortable slip?
Yes, thats right, I wasn't all that worried about the cost, or the fact that I wouldn't be able to go sailing for awhile....I was worried about my faithful blog followers and how disappointed they both would be when I could no longer post blogs about the exciting life on the ball and my local cruising. Let's face it telling you that "I woke up this morning in my warm, non-rollie yacht, turned off the heater, jumped off Si Bon onto a beautiful dock and strolled off to the Marina coffee room, then to the VERY high class (not kidding) marina restrooms (not heads) to take care of business", just doesn't make for that exciting reading. I suppose I could make up some exciting stuff, but that's not my style, so I'm going to try for the next week or so to provide some updates on my "last few things" list and try my hardest not to let my faithful down.
When long distance cruising, storage is a BIG issue, this picture shows what was once a cute little settee in my cabin, I removed the cushions, did a few modifications, and it now is storage for the following items; all my SCUBA gear (except tank), several spare water pumps, bosuns chair and pulleys, heavy duty water proof box with electric saw and drill, Yankee sail (blue and red bag), rigging spares, all required rigging for whisker pole, bag with misc. spare lines,(tie downs bungees also), waterproof bags and last but not least my dirty clothes bag. The settee was definitely nicer to look at, but if you think how much storage I've gained by my simple little conversion, it's pretty amazing.
And who knows...maybe something exciting will happen here at the slip to blog about.