Thursday, November 29, 2012


Waking to 70° temperatures spurs lots of energy for working on our boat projects.  After coffee with our neighbors, we managed to cross off a few of them today.
Jim tackled installing our new Electrosense level indicator on the fresh water tank.  Now, we know exactly how much fresh water we have (or do not have).  It works GREAT and he found the perfect place to install the monitor.

 

 

 
 
 During our Gulf crossing, the portholes were leaking so my project was to remove and install new porthole gaskets.  After reading posts on the internet, I was a little skeptical to attempt this project; however, I found it quite easy to do.



 

 

After a hard day of tackling boat projects, we rewarded ourselves with stone crab claws, shrimp, an amazing lobster reuben sandwich and cold beer at Pincher’s Perch.

A cup of tea in the cockpit while watching the full moon rise was a nice way to end the day.  The wind is howling and it has begun to rain so it won’t take long for the rocking of the boat to lull us to sleep.

Good night All!
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  1. Mike FarleyDecember 3, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    Looks like y'all are having fun. A guy here said that there is this thing called "Spot" that will send your GPS location to a satallite and then we can track your sailing on a google type map. Do you know anything about that?

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  2. AnonymousDecember 3, 2012 at 5:00 PM


    Here is the spot info:

    http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0JEhmPcIDx95djcZT2KZoPTT6pZYuaG9g

    Also my friend cruised in the Bahamas in 2009; he had a T-mobil flashstick in his computer to access the internet. He didn't have international roaming service enabled; when he came back 3 months later; he had a $14,000 bill waiting for him. So don't use your wireless without knowing the usage charges even though your phone has connection.

    Al Mays
    alvinmays@hotmail.com

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    1. BluewaterGypsiesDecember 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM

      Hi Al! We did look into getting a Spot; however, with everything else we were spending money on, it just never made it to the top of the list. I have heard of others having the same problem as your friend. We will be disconnecting the phones (except the SAT phone) before we head out next week. You can never be too careful.

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    2. AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 5:07 AM

      You guys are probably looking into crossing into the Bahamas soon; I don't know what weather sites you use but here are a couple that I use to determine weather:

      http://www.passageweather.com/

      http://commandersweather.com/

      http://www.weatherforyou.com/cgi-bin/reports/index.cgi?forecast=asus01

      Al Mays

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