Archive for October, 2009
eMarine Systems, shipping issues
I wonder when it actually changed. I don’t believe it happened overnight but surreptitiously crept in while we were all sleeping and the Internet was being invented.
For those of you not old enough to remember, we used to have something called “Customer Service.” This was a grand thing. You would walk into [...]
How to open a coconut
Okay, so there you are… marooned in the Florida Keys, adrift for endless hours among the mangrove islands upon your boat and enjoying a nice Rum Sundowner (cocktails for you landlubbers). Suddenly and without warning it happens — you run out of mixer.
I know, very traumatic if you are not expecting it. [...]
Vinoy Basin, St. Petersburg Fl
Many years ago I was watching the local news when the weather guy cut to a camera shot from a bank building in downtown St. Pete. They showed sailboats in the harbor anchored on a beautiful morning as the sun sparkled along the water.
I pointed at the T.V. and said, “One day that is going [...]
Just build it already…
I walked up and down the docks at the marina. It’s Monday morning and the place is a ghost town. Most of the folks have reported back to work and the parking lot is empty. I do not suspect I’ll get any more offers of assistance to avoid my solar panel task.
We had a big [...]
Time to finish the solar panel…
I’ve managed to dawdle on this project as long as possible now. Avoidance is a time tested method of problem prevention. Whenever I’m involved in an extensive project such as this, I mentally prepare for total disaster somewhere along the way. This is an old boat with lots of hidden quirks just daring to be [...]
