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. |
25 November 2023 | St. Marys, GA
St Marys Thanksgiving Week
The last two posts represented my accumulated writing while packing a rental car, driving 11 hours South, unpacking, and getting readjusted to the boatyard in St. Marys. It was not convenient to post to the blog during that time.
17 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Crisfield Departure
The countdown to departure from Crisfield gets down to a few days. The weekend has passed and after nice dinners and a lot of wine I find myself grilling the last strip steak. The dinner is ridiculously quick and easy. The steak is grilled for 2 ½ minutes a side and while it’s grilling several [...]
03 November 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
The Senior Moment
I needed to repair my garden hose at the boat so I rode the bike up to the hardware store just a little past the grocers. I took it easy, this is the farthest I’ve gone on the bike since the hip surgery. The female hose end cost $2.39 and went into my pocket. I rode back near downtown near the marina [...]
26 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Legionaire's Disease
The ride on the rented golf cart took only 20 minutes, but was very enjoyable, both to get out of the marina and get errands done. I now had wine and two packages from TEMU. The total for the TEMU purchase was about fifty bucks. In it I had a nice chef’s knife, a cheap hearing aid, five USB LED [...]
17 October 2023 | Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield, MD
Piscetorius
The problems of posting the blog seem to climb to new levels. When I arrived here about 6 months ago I could sometimes use the laptop to post using a USB extension cable and a little remote WiFi antenna. When this method failed to work I would write the blog on the laptop, then bluetooth it to the [...]
Rothkoesque
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It is now a week to go for my hip replacement surgery, so I am finding almost anything else to do instead of properly planning for it. My bicycle front axle was so loose the wheel was flopping back and forth so much that it was contacting the brake pads. I had meant to fix this recently but the skewer, the quick release bolt that goes through the axle and clamps onto the forks, was frozen with rust. Now I used 3-in-One oil to get things loose to remove the wheel and work on the wheel in the cabin while it was raining outside.
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The clouds and rain bring gloom. I was able to tighten the wheel bearings and the skies outside began to lighten. The rain stopped and it turned into a beautiful day. The bike was now fixed and ready to go, but the wind came up and I didn’t feel like biking.
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Taco Tuesday at the Legion, but the cook had left to be with his girlfriend in Ohio, the Legion was advertising for kitchen management, and instead of tacos we could have shrimp pasta salad, which was really shrimp louis with pasta on iceberg. I had ordered first and said the dressing tasted like Old Bay and mayo. The ladies didn’t want anything spicy. Earlier the commandant of the Legion had passed around southern style baked beans which were available as a special. Cuddily had that, I thought it was too sugary, but tasted fine.
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The day had been almost perfect, mid 70’s, clear blue sky, light winds, biking was very pleasant. My sunset photo was featureless, I showed it to Teri, the artist, and said kind of like
Rothko, she agreed. Knowledgeable. The image is that photo.
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The next day I continued my preparations for the upcoming surgery. I parsed out groceries so there wouldn’t be anything left on the boat when I went for the surgery. I would probably not be back on the boat for a couple of weeks.
