Kaimusailing
s/v Kaimu Wharram Catamaran
| Vessel Name: | Kaimu |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Wharram Custom |
| Hailing Port: | Norwalk, CT |
| Crew: | Andy and the Kaimu Crew |
| About: | Sailors in the Baltimore, Annapolis, DC area. |
02 June 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
American Legion Post
The grand plan to move Roughrider Lynn’s boat kind of evaporated with the approach of low pressure and a gale. We will have to wait for the storm to go through and try again in a few days. This is remarkable weather with strong NE winds, which would be right on the nose, all week. The weather report [...]
25 May 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Urban Sailor
Now that my Coleman Camp Grill was operational I could grill a steak on it. I was duped into buying a family pack of 2 steaks, “manager special”, t-bone, actual price was around $6.91/lb., normal price $12.99/lb. Great bargain? Not. My favorite steak, NY Strip, was on sale at $6.99/lb. and boneless. [...]
21 May 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Ode to Eve
I awoke on board SUNSPLASH in the marina. I don’ remember how I managed to return from the dinner party at Eve’s house. My bicycle was here and to get into the marina I had to enter a code in the lock. There were extra groceries in the fridge and a box of “Taco Kit”. OK, now I remember some [...]
13 May 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Beware the Ides
It took me a couple of days to recover from overdoing it on the bicycle. I was sore and stiff. I ran out of wine and then ran out of cheese. The next morning was a ham and cheese sandwich without the cheese. Then it was an egg sandwich the next day, the bread was now gone. I was not starving but [...]
08 May 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Feast-ival
I was growing antsy being cooped up for days of wind and rain. I ran out of bread and made fried rice for breakfast using the ingredients of ham and cheese omelet in the fried rice. I spiced it with some of the chicken mole. Yummy. I ran out of wine and snuck out to the local wine store right outside [...]
03 May 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Lil' Honda
I made another batch of pollo en coloradito mole and brown rice. I used 4 skinned chicken thighs and mole paste, salsa, and water in 1/3 cup portions. The rice had plenty of chicken stock in it, so I didn’t need stock to make the mole sauce. The chicken thighs were simmered in the sauce for an hour [...]
Breezeway Pizza
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With my renewed energy I cleaned up the debris from the Igloo cooler filled with some of my small electronics and rainwater, and put the Igloo on the free pile. My old Yamaha 50 TLRX outboard whose mount had collapse, dumping the outboard on the ground, was hoisted using a come along. Perhaps the mount can be rebuilt. It’s only plywood and pine 2X lumber. Someone who was trying to help me out while I was away made a mess with rope around the outboard. Incompetent.
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A fellow named Jaques was advertising a Universal M-25 diesel, complete, for $1000. I had spoken to him and he had launched a short time ago, but I have his phone number. This diesel is a direct replacement for the Atomic 4 in the Catalina 30. The diesel is in under wraps somewhere in the boatyard. I rode around on the bike looking for it and ran into an Aussie fellow. I told him what I was doing and he said he also had an Atomic 4 that he wanted to replace with diesel. We agreed to keep in touch and work something out if and when the diesel was purchased.
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I felt good getting things done and feeling eager to face life, wondering why I had been so down. I went back in the blog, reading recent posts and could see I needed support from those around me, and so I should give support to those around me. Robert, who is lending me his vehicle from time to time here in the boatyard, is very down. He is one person who is on the same level as me intellectually, but he is really down. I plan to work on him to help and hope that I don’t get punished.
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I sent a zen quote about sailing to Webb Chiles and he replied by asking about the boatyard. He is now at Hilton Head and needs to haul his boat, so it looks like he will come down here in a month or so. I’ve corresponded with him for a while but have never actually met him.
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I went through the motions of pizza night but Mariola was under the weather and it looked like there might be only 2 or 3 for the pizzas. I moved the oven and propane cylinder up to the Breezeway, where we had all those Pizza Nights last year. Moving stuff around was difficult. I needed Robert’s vehicle to do it.
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The chilly weather was affecting the pizza dough, it felt like leather. I lit the Breezeway with a 500 watt quartz work light blasting into a large mirror on the wall. The light reflected into the area. The oven took the chill out of the air. There were 7 slices left over so I had pizza for breakfast.
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The image is of one of the pies in the Breezeway. The crust came out like a cracker crust, we’ll do better next time.
