All Entries Tagged With: "boats"
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 [...]
Almost got away from the dock, repairs
Well, it was a nice project, and things actually worked out for me, which in itself is a bit unusual. I only have about $50.00 worth of spare parts from stuff I purchased that I didn’t actually need, and I did get all the water out of the system. Once I got into the project, [...]
Can’t seem to get away from the dock this week
This is my ‘almost’ getting things done month. I almost got the bilge pumps working. I almost got the jib back up. I almost got the dink fixed and the hole patched, I almost sold lots of books, I almost… So we finally got all the little bad things done. Everything that was keeping me [...]
Don’s Marine Salvage Yard and spare parts emporium
Hello. Since this is my first submission to Larry’s blog, I’ll introduce myself. My name is Nat and I used to have a life of adventure and excitement. Then I retired and the most exciting thing in my life now is eating enough fiber to keep my system functioning with some amount of regularity. I [...]
Venice to Sarasota
Good Morning everyone… Well then. We hid out in Venice for a couple of days looking for the weather in the Gulf to clear up or abate a little. The west winds have the Gulf of Mexico chopped, cloudy and basically unhappy. Yesterday, the 18th, we decided to head out of Venice and turn left [...]
Desoto Point visited
Greetings from Venice. Well, the weather finally calmed down up in the Manatee River. The winds settled a bit so we hoped into the dink, collected our friends and headed for Desoto Point. Well, about 1am we heard a very loud crash up on deck over our heads. Startled awake and jumping onto the deck [...]
Manatee River anchorage
Hello from the great waters of the Manatee River. We arrived Monday afternoon after a nice ride across the Tampa Bay channel and headed south into the Manatee River. We have not been here before so it’s a new place for us. I got to use the new chart plotter to try and keep us [...]
