We decided to go racing. There were some delays and we got tired sailing waiting for the start. Once underway we held up our end of coming in last. Cakewalk rules, save the best for last, LOL. Karen kept up with her exercising by planking and also cleaned ...
We had good intentions of going sailing on our Catalina 42. With only 6-7 kts of wind laziness set in and decided to motor around and drift. Had some pickled Herring, Asiago cheese, and crackers while out. Karen has a new bikini and she worked on the boat ...
We repaired the big rip in our mainsail. It was a joint effort as Steve did the stitching and Karen provided juice via the foot pedal. We finished the last part of our interview with Dawn and Joe. Went racing and gave a tenacious test to the tear repair.
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This time on Sailing Intermission lots of grinding, tacking and wind. We had some great sailing and continued our interview with Dawn and Joe. Did more sailing with the first semi-competitive event of the season. A little too much wind, we choose to not re...
A huge thank you to our subscribers. This time on Sailing Intermission we had the good fortune of warmer weather, great winds and the opportunity to meet a cruising couple. We would like to thank Dawn and Joe for sharing their home, hospitality and journey...
A glimpse into our life and premium sailing. We're glad to be back on the water after repairing broken plumbing at the house. Drank some wine. Danced. Had a great time sailing. Noticed the knot meter is not registering. One more project!
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We did some sanding, tried to make the sump pump work, and installed a boom preventer. There was also a problem at our house. Artic temperatures caused us to check on the home front. This led us to DIY on the boat and at home. Karen sanded some wood. We pr...
This time on Sailing Intermission we came up against big winds. Reminisced about previous boats: Ericson 27, Catalina 30 and Catalina 38. We also did a big shout out to our subscribers. Naturally, we danced and at times disappeared. Be aware, we have some ...
This time we washed the cockpit, danced, changed the oil, and tried to figure out how or why boats are abandoned. Drank wine, looked at some stars and the Wolf Moon.
Had some trouble pumping the oil out of the Yanmar 4JH2E engine on our Catalina 42. The ...
Lewmar Ocean 40 ST two speed winches need to be serviced annually. With cold, foggy weather and little to no wind what else do you do but DIY projects. We dismantled the winch and soaked the parts in mineral spirits before giving them a good brushing. Havi...
How do you get rid of butterflies in your stomach? Stop eating caterpillars.
This time we added international flags to our cargo. Of course, new flags meant we had to repair the flag halyard and Karen went up the mast on our Catalina 42. Steve inspected t...
Lots of bird action this time. Plenty of wind and we did some incredible leaning. Our DIY project was building a handrail on our dock steps for convenient in and out boarding.
Ultimately, we hit 7.5 knots with gust up to 22 knots, maybe faster. Steve had...
Steve got roped into giving Karen a pedicure. With the weather being so cold and rainy we stayed inside our Catalina 42 getting ready for a New Year's Eve celebration. Weights were added to our exercise routine. It rained all day which was a great test for...
This week Steve became a hair stylist and trimmed Karen’s hair. Karen did some more exercising. We tried some sailing in very low winds. A holiday greeting. And of course, danced. Karen is so opposite of Karen videos it's not even funny.
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Let’s hang out…where is the wind?
Went out, waited for enough air to raise the sails on our Catalina 42. Wind never happened so we just hung out for a while. Motored back to our slip. Decided to do maintenance. Filled water tanks which hold 115 gallon...
We went sailing. Did lots of tacks with some grinding. Drank wine and danced. Changed the oil in our Kanzaki transmission. Had to pump it out due to the drain plug accessibility or lack thereof. We plan on modifying a socket to make it low profile so the p...
Took the boat out and raised only the jib for a leisurely sail. Karen set a goal of becoming natural sailor. We did a few tacks. Refueled ourselves with some delicious ham sandwiches and then refueled Cakewalk. Went into a dream state. Found a nice cove f...
This time on Sailing Intermission since the other fishing pole is in Davy Jones’ locker, Steve used his new fishing pole and caught our biggest fish yet. Nevertheless, we still let it go to live another day, although it would have made a fine dinner. Usi...
This week we exercised and repaired our Jib. The UV cover stitching had come lose. We pulled it down and managed to fit it into the salon. This is when we whipped out our trusty Singer 237 sewing machine with UV coated V69 polyester thread. Although the Si...
This time we raced again. The wind was a little better than before. We actually came in 12th… we won’t say how many boats were in the race. Had some difficulty finding the marks, perhaps due to our own ignorance. Finally found them, rounded the marks o...
Returning from Galveston, we celebrated Halloween on our Catalina 42 with some catlike reflex costume changes. It was a special Halloween in that it was a full moon which hasn’t happened since 1944 (fact checked), a blue moon and time to turn the clocks ...
We went to Galveston and Kemah to look at other marinas. Saw some sailboats. Walked and danced on the beach, chased a few birds and enjoyed some of Galveston’s historical sites. Who knew Karen could do cartwheels.
We looked at a very nice old style sai...
2:52 Race is called
4:16 Dancing
4:53 Sailing
10:12 Compass take apart
11:06 Dancing again
Our first race on Cakewalk didn’t end up as anticipated. The winds died shortly after race started, it was called off and Karen was pissed. Steve just wanted ano...
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