s/v Charabia

05 September 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
04 September 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
03 September 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
02 September 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
01 September 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
31 August 2019 | Fredericksburg, Virginia
31 August 2019 | Madison, Connecticut
29 August 2019 | Park Ridge, New Jersey
28 August 2019 | Annapolis, Maryland
28 August 2019 | Huddleton, Virginia
26 August 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina
25 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
24 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
23 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
22 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
21 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
20 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
19 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
18 August 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida
17 August 2019 | Fairmont, West Virginia

Boat Pictures and Park BBQ

27 February 2019 | Pittwater Bay
Helen
Finished watching Bohemian Rhapsody last night. I remembered growing up with all their hit songs but not sure I really knew their story line. We actually headed to bed around 9:30. The rain and wind had settled and for the most part, it was a quiet night on the water. Then we slept in this morning. It was after 8 before we got out of bed. I had been coughing at night despite using our echinacea throat spray and my essential oils. I woke up a lot. Was not feeling well at all. Had a quick breakfast of cereal and banana. Then cleaned up the dishes. Mark started working on emptying some of storage bags from the forward cabins. Cleaned up the boat once again as we were expecting more pictures to be taken right after lunch. We both got into the dinghy and went around the outside of the boat to clean the hulls. That took us a while. The boat looked great when we were done. We took a load of things over to our rental car as well as our trash bag. We beached the dinghy further up the beach and closer to our car. Then walked over to the Flying Fox for lunch. Also got some updates on their free wifi. I couldn't get a very good connection so calls were difficult. Mark's phone seemed to connect better than mine. I enjoyed their chicken burger with fries, which I shared with Mark who had the daily special of bacon & egg plus flat white coffee. We headed back to the boat around 12:30. I wanted to run the vacuum cleaner. The only issue was that the chord did not reach very far and the extension was packed away. Don arrived just after 1 pm with their photographer. She did a great job. We emptied storage bags out to the cockpit and then back after she was done. They ended up taking some photos of the boat from their dinghy. We should have a copy by the end of the week. After they left we got in the dinghy. It sure looked like rain but we managed to stay dry on our motor to the beach at Winnererremy Park. Headed out to a close shopping mall. Mark got his hair and beard trimmed. I connected to the free wifi at the mall. After Mark was done, he tried to log on but could not. He walked over to Woolworths store and got signed on to their wifi. Between the two of our phones, we were able to book a hotel in Melbourne for our upcoming visit. We plan to be in Melbourne by March 9th. Picked up a few things at Aldis and headed back to the park. It definitely rained while we were in the mall. Had to bail the dinghy when we got in. Then headed back to the boat. Prepped our dinner bbq. It seems to work well to put everything in separate foils and then throw them on the grill. Once again we headed back to the park. Only a few people around since the weather was still iffy. Heated up one of the bbqs and our meat and veggies cooked pretty fast. We packed our drinks and some taco chips. My stomach has not been feeling well today. Not sure if I ate something bad or what is going on.
I will be ready to pack it in shortly, if I don't feel any better. At least my throat was better thru the day. I coughed a bit but nothing else. Thanks for your emails and messages. We are putting out good intentions to get the perfect buyer for our boat. The sun set was not very colorful tonight. We were happy that the rain stayed away for our dinner tonight.
Comments
Vessel Name: Charabia
Vessel Make/Model: Fountaine Pajot / Athena
Hailing Port: Jacksonville, FL
Crew: Mark &Helen
About:
We are both computer folks that were live aboard cruisers back in the 90s. We settled in Jacksonville Florida after escaping the great white north and cruising the Bahamas, T&C, DR and points south down to Trinidad. [...]
Extra: Charabia is a French slang word for nonsense or gibberish. It derives from Arabic "sharab" which means alcohol.When you drink (too much) alcohol, you start talking Charabia. The original owners named her and Mark liked the name so it stuck.
Charabia's Photos - Main
Photos 1 to 20 of 20
1
 
1
Nov 2017 trip south from Jacksonville
9 Photos
Created 23 August 2018
Upgrades and maintenance to Charabia
79 Photos
Created 27 June 2017
72 Photos
Created 16 May 2015
46 Photos
Created 15 May 2015
72 Photos
Created 7 April 2015
95 Photos
Created 4 April 2015
106 Photos
Created 31 March 2015
Get the boat ready to cruise.
10 Photos
Created 14 March 2015