tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15349739102413294882024-03-12T16:38:40.738-07:00Pink 'N Blue View Cruising And Living Aboard From Two points Of View. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-1885544133652728882017-03-08T17:57:00.002-08:002017-03-10T18:17:39.156-08:00Little Harbour Where The Elite Eat In Their Bare Feet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Marc and I have now made two, week long visits to Little Harbour, for us its a cruisers paradise. The much talked about entrance, shallow at low tide, had plenty of water for DevOcean’s 5’2” keel at half tide. The Picturesque Harbour is sheltered on all sides and promptly on grabbing a mooring ball, we were greeted by a manatee and we all know manatee’s and dolphins are good luck. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">We enjoyed our first visit with the fantastic buddy boat Kirsten & Rocky of the S/V Night Music, the weather was sunny, winds were light which made exploring perfect. I think Kirsten and I walked miles of beach, <a href="http://pinknblueview.blogspot.com/2017/02/blue-hole-old-robinsons-bight-little.html" target="_blank">snorkelled hours</a> in the water, and the four us of drank more than a few cups of Blasters. We were entertained by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pinknblueview/" target="_blank">Remoras and nurse sharks under the boat</a>, fished in Robinson’s bight, and excitedly we were given a tour of the foundry from Richard Appaldo, Sculpture Ran Johnston's last student in 1983.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But, I digress, let me tell you about Ran Johnston and his family. In 1950 a Canadian, Randolph Johnston working as a professor in the US, pulled anchor and sailed south to escape the "megamachine” and continue his art work on an island destination. Randolph and Margot Johnson settled in Little Harbour with their four children, reportedly living in nearby caves while they worked to create a small art community. Randolph Johnson established a foundry here, and became internationally known for his bronze sculptures. The Johnson family still operate the foundry and associated gallery. My mind fantasies turn to hippy explorer. I think I would have liked this adventuresome couple, I wish they were still alive to chat and share their tales.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The process used is called the lost wax bronze casting method, A wax model is encased in a heat-resistant material like plaster. Then it is heated so that the mold hardens and the wax melts. The remaining cavity, a negative image of the model, is then filled with molten metal. The surrounding cover is removed after it cools, revealing a solid metal object in the image of the original model. The artwork can then be polished or painted. It's a complex and sometimes dangerous process, involving molten metal and twelve stages, each with ample room for error. A piece can take three months to finish. These bronze works are found all over the world, including the Vatican. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">About 40 homes have been built at Little Harbour since Randolph Johnston sailed in, moved out of a cave and into a house himself. Before that, the only stucture was a small lighthouse. "There is no sign of man except the distant roof of the Little Harbour Light.” Johnson wrote in his Log. The remains of the lighthouse, its roof finally blown off by Floyd, can be reached via a path which starts from the shoreline and winds up the hill through seagrapes and bush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">So what about Pete’s Pub? There’s nothing fancy about Pete’s, as its sand floor and roof constructed of colorful t-shirts and flags will attest, but it was perfect, the staff welcoming, food delicious, blasters a treat.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">So, Brian you enticed us to Pete’s Pub with your booming voice and funny slogans and we stayed because we fell in love with Little Harbour. </span></div>
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People can't survive without water. What do you do If you're a cruiser on a vessel with limited space for water storage and/or a water maker? Not mentioning the cost! We don't have a water maker, but we carrying 60 gallons in two bladders plus two jerrycans, then one bladder started a small leak. In the Abaco water can be costly at $0.27 to $0.38 per gallon. So a long discussed water collection job, that was on the should do list, became a must do. Here is what I did. As you can see in the pictures, we already had converted our old sail into a sun cover. I inserted a hose in the center grommet that we used to lift the cover with the hillier. With a few modifications I can still raise the cover, or lower it, if it's raining. The hose can reach the main water tank or the now hopefully fixed bladder sitting on the top deck. We are now waiting for a good shower and see if my setup works. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I asked Marc this morning what I should write about Hope Town, he responded with, “ it’s beautiful.” So I questioned, well, anything else? “It’s quaint, lovely.” Before I start writing a post I always make a list of topic I want to share, pretty, quaint, beautiful, was at the top of my list too. </span></div>
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We spent a day walking the narrow roads of the Hope Town settlement, the only town on Elbow Cay, checking out the many clapboard houses painted two contrasting shades of pastel that is so popular in the Bahamas, many of these appearing historic.<br />
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Excitedly for me we found the local school while we were on walk about. And for the first time in the Bahamas we found a recycling station and a school garden. My heart be still, it is not my place to judge as I know so little about the political situation in the Bahamas, their mandate for landfill or recycling. But, seeing an eco friendly initiative, was exciting. Though in Canada we have adopted environmental land fill practice it wasn't that long ago we didn’t, I can only hope and do my part and encourage others while in the Bahamas.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.com2Hope Town, The Bahamas26.5009504 -76.995987226.0463749 -77.6414342 26.9555259 -76.3505402tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-46366703204109061052017-02-28T06:09:00.000-08:002017-02-28T06:10:42.269-08:00Marsh Harbor Junkanoo WooWhoo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had never experienced a Junkanoo or even knew of a Junkanoo before New Years Eve 2017 in <a href="http://pinknblueview.blogspot.com/2017/01/old-bahamas-bay-abacos-bahamas.html" target="_blank">Old Bahamas Bay</a>, It was truly an awesome time and we instantly knew we wanted more. So when we were route planning our cruising of the Abacos, the Marsh Harbor Junkanoo Festival was at the top of our list. The fact that we gathered with the crews of <a href="http://fracasw42.com/myblog/" target="_blank">Fracas</a> and <a href="http://sailinglastmango.blogspot.com/2017/02/bluff-house-marina-and-more.html?spref=fb" target="_blank">Last Mango</a> in Marsh Harbor to enjoy the festival was an added bonus.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";">I have no idea how many people attended but there were allot and just as many children as adults, all playing and running around with the freedom we would have experienced at home 50 years ago. I chatted with Rose, who introduced me to her three grandchildren. Mary Lynn and Karen befriended seven year old Marilyn who charmed us all. The Young women who were dressed to impressed, was not lost on the young men out girl watching. Though there were fellow cruisers at the Junkanoo, this was not a cruisers event, this was clearly a local event, attended by the locals for locals. Sometimes you just have to step outside your comfort zone, bow to peer pressure and say hi to people, get them to take a picture or two and share a seat.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In Marsh Harbor, we were getting a propane tank filled, that was to be picked up at 12:00, so we were out running around like crazy people, grabbing last minute supplies with the intention of being back on DevOcean at 12:15, getting the heck out of the harbor, sails up and on the hook in Elbow key as soon as possible. Shopping list; clothes pins, dingy gas and zinc, flipper straps. Essentials, when I spotted an ice cream parlor 11:45. I know we had a plan, but I can’t pass an ice cream parlor period. (BTW Tahiti beach, Elbow Cay has the best ice cream hands down in the Abaco, So far…) When we went into the parlor, a sailing couple we had waved at in passing many times over the past few weeks introduced themselves. Beth & George Shipp of the S/V Shipp Mates Whitby Municipal Marina. Anyway, we grabbed ice creams and joined them for awhile, while we enjoyed and talked tales. So, were does this all fall into place? I put my reading glasses on the table, and when we rushed to leave after our chat I put my reading glasses into my pocket 12:20 . As we had overshot our timeline to raise the anchor, we mindlessly put things away. </span></div>
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Most people take their dogs or even cats for a walk or a drive. I'm a sailor so what do I do? I take my anchor chain out for a drive. Let me explain, our anchor chain is 200ft of 5/8" and was starting to rust. Now the job at hand was to use a wire brush to get the rust off, then use acid to clean it and then paint it with zinc paint. I would like to take the credit for this idea, but I think I heard someone mention it before. I Attached the chain to the rear of the vehicle, then dragged it for a couple of miles on a gravel road. Do you know how long it would take to clean 200ft of chain with brushes? Thanks to our good friends Kim and Les from S/V Willamia, who owns a van with a trailer hitch, our anchor chain came back home clean 30 minutes later, mostly rust free. Sorry no pictures, I didn't want the animal protection society hunting me down thinking I was out dragging a pet around. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Sure enough we had previously been in Marsh Harbor 2015! And from the look of my notes I was getting a little anxious, to get home, seriously so much for living in the moment. As an anchorage, snorkeling, bush wacking kinda girl I can understand memory laps. As a I need groceries to feed my captain kinda girl, I don’t know how I forgot this place. There is the biggest grocery store at the best prices I’ve seen since we’ve been in the Abacos. After we get groceries and propane we will be leaving to explore Tahiti Beach then Tilloo Cay. We will be returning to Marsh Harbor Feb 24 to 26 for the Junkanoo Weekend. I’ll bet I won’t forget Marsh Harbor after that week end. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.com2Man-O-War Cay, The Bahamas26.5960069 -77.00606579999998826.5392159 -77.086746799999986 26.6527979 -76.925384799999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-14330994971233659492017-02-03T05:31:00.000-08:002017-02-03T05:38:09.441-08:00Treasure Cay <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sometimes Marc takes a backseat role in our adventures, but really he is the front seat driver. Marc keeps this machine going wether it’s sailing related or Linda related. My romance with Marc has always been fun, and a life full of pleasant surprises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Treasure Cay, Great Abaco Island was one of those pleasant surprises. We have never seen such a beautiful beach, three miles of natural awe created of white sand and blue sky. A fantastic place to vacation if you’re running from the cold north for a week or two. But, the real delight for us here was exploring in the marsh on the west side just outside the harbour canal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Of course, I never make Marc’s life easy. I can turn a simple exploration into a full out event. When is high tide? Can we go at day break? We should video tape this, is the GoPro charged. “Sharks, I need to see sharks”. He's pretty understanding even when my ideas are so irrational they are borderline ridiculous. Best of all though he gives me strength to live on the edge of my comfort zone, which can be kind of scary or bizarre to people who aren't the same way, seriously someone said there are hammer heads in there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Up early, coffee, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in hand, off we go. We poke about the marsh for hours, Marc points out spotted rays and turtles, while I squeal in excitement. We drift with the current, listen to birds, gather some really bad GoPro footage. It was a beautiful morning, a beautiful experience. And yes we spotted two sharks though they move way faster than us and they were probably more shocked to see us, than us them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So I guess where I wanted to go with this blog was to say thanks to my captain, without Marc I would never have been here, never had the courage to fill dreams past and present. Marc made this ok stop into something fun and interesting. I think loving Marc is the best adventure I’ve ever had. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.com1Treasure Cay, The Bahamas26.6666667 -77.26666669999997326.6657802 -77.267927199999974 26.6675532 -77.265406199999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-26910650990261621212017-01-29T05:37:00.000-08:002017-02-03T05:35:10.637-08:00He Who Shall Not Be Named: Green Turtle 20-26 Jan 2017 <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I had a minor tooth infection that antibiotics and anti inflammatories, a euphemism for pain killers, was keeping at bay, but wouldn’t cure, A solid blow was coming in that required secure holding, our water pump screamed empty, it had been 17 days since I had last done laundry or bought groceries and please don’t get me going on a solid, hot water, running down your back shower. So, we decided to head to Green Turtle Cay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In the few days prior to heading to Green Turtle, Marc kept his needle nose pliers handy and continuously made, what he thought were funny jokes about pulling out my tooth. I personally don’t think he was joking but, rather sadisticaly hiding behind his laugh and those dam pliers. We found a dentist in Marsh Harbour and the earliest I could be seen was three long days away. Marc wanted to sail, but not feeling well, I honestly wanted the comfort of land so we pulled into Green Turtle Club & Marina. The dentist was only about a 40 mile sail, eight hours. By land, a ferry ride to Treasure Cay $21 round trip one person, $85 taxi, one way to Marsh Harbour. I had a stiff drink of gin and went to bed to wait out my appointment and count my pennies, who knew what a dentist was going to cost. That night the tooth fell out! I kid you not, the tooth fell out, the pain was gone, I was is a shinny marina, no pain, water, groceries, bars, what to do? What to do? </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">content, do not dare to utter or mention CP’S name. Kirsten of the S/V Night Music was really good at this game, she could be in the middle of what Im sure was an important conversation wink, wink and hear someone else mention that name clear across the table and … I know, I have just mentioned his name five times, it was unavoidable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There are so many different kinds of cruisers, we met friends the first year we were out, who run from marina to marina, exploring the Caribbean and when they need a break hop onto a cruise ship or relax in a resort. We have friends who yearly quickly slip along to George Town, enjoying the commaradiery that a ton of cruisers share. We have friends who have never touched George Town, like a plague, ferreting out the most remote anchorages they can find. Cruisers who have circumnavigated the world, one spot cruisers, pokey cruisers, zippy cruisers, part time cruisers and full time cruisers. We have friends that sail, motor sail, never raise a sail. Some have yachts, some boats, some haven't got two nickels to rub together, but all, have a sense of adventure. I’m not sure where we fit in, probably a little of each, sans the circumnavigating, our hearts maybe there, but DevOcean just isn’t the right fit. Panama maybe…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This week though, I really felt like I fit into a mold. I like Allen Pensacola, ok who am I kidding, I love Allen Pensacola Cay. What is there you ask, nothing and everything. Is it the place that makes the people stop or the people that stop, that make the place?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Allen Pensacola Cay is about three miles long, is located in the Northern Abacos and runs northwest to southeast. On the Ocean side there are long lovely beaches with soft sand that feels like corn starch tucked between out croppings. The bank side is scattered with numerous small secluded beaches. The cay is basically divided by mangroves. When the tide is low you can explore for hours. When the tide is high and the winds are blowing from the NE the power of the ocean is amazing. I know this is a popular spot, the evidence, left behind, by people here tells me that, but today, right now with just a handful of boats in the anchorage it feels like its all ours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We had been here a few nights when we were poking around at dusk and bumped into a couple that make Allen Cay pretty much their home away from home, except for two months a year. They talked with such excitement about the paths they and others had cut across the local cays, the hours and hours they had spent exploring, fishing the reefs, taking pictures with their drone, friends they made. Excitedly Betty Sue offered to teach me how to clean conk, Bill said he would take us exploring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bill took us out poking around on the reef, within no time we had to stop fishing as we had more than enough lobster for dinner for our boat, theirs and another. And I know he did’t show me his sweet spot wink, wink. Bill, who I now affectionately refer to as the iron lung took us conk diving. Really, he snorkeled, we watched. Bill easily slips 20+ feet and swims along the bottom gathering conk, poking in the reefs, surfacing and passing his haul to his wife. Did I tell you he was 66? I think I could have followed him in the water for hours, except I watched my first black tipped shark swim by and I was done. Marc say’s how big was it? I don’t frigin know, it was just too big for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The next day, the most calm beautiful day in weeks, the three boats that seem to belong in the anchorage were gone, parked out in the main channel, far away from the cay, odd. Odd until dusk fell and a million pesky, devilishly hunting no seeums attacked. Our screens couldn’t even keep them at bay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So now what to do? I’m in heaven, I found a mentor. Seriously, I want to be the pesky kid and follow these guys everywhere. But my love, my sailor, says its going to be a great sail tomorrow to Green Turtle Cay, the waters low and another blow is coming. He says I can always come back. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We arrived in the Abacos Bahamas 28 Dec 2016 and we have been having a rousing game of hide and seek with the wind ever since. Our problem is, the wind is much more skilled at this game than we are. He closes his mouth, counts to 100, us hiders have to get to home refuge before the wind finds us, he always finds us. Even though its someone else’s turn to be the seeker, oh lets say sun or heat… the wind has become a bully and insists on being seeker in every round. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3 Jan 2017 We hide from a NNE wind in <b>Great Sale Cay</b>, but no faster did we tuck in when the wind decided to turn to the south and we fled to…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">4 Jan 2017 <b>Little Great Sale</b> Really there was nothing there other than a big beautiful rock to keep us hidden and it did a great job…for a night, then the sneaky wind decided to turn NNE again </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">5 Jan 2017 On the advice of another player we decided to try hiding at <b>Double Breasted</b>, but even on a high tide, calm wind we couldn’t slip in, so we decided to do some exploring with the dingy, and have a snorkel. The SSW wind started to build so we quickly ran back to Great Sale Cay before the high winds caught us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">5 Jan 2017 <b>Great Sale Cay</b> The wind is intent on keeping us all hiding and we must all be getting better at this silly game because we are all back in this awesome hide, amateur move by wind as he seems to have forgotten to look here again so we play Mexican Train Dominoes, explore, and get new hair cuts. Really the coverage was great, the company was awesome, but as with every new player we got antsy we thought the wind wavered a little so we ran to… </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">13 Jan 2017 <b>Allen Cay</b>, to hide from the east wind. It is definitely the most interesting stop yet. You can walk across to the ocean side and explore the beautiful beach, poke around rock shelfs for lobster, practice splicing lines, bake bread…but I think I hear the wind counting, 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi…come out, come out, wherever you are.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.com4Great Abaco, The Bahamas26.3555029 -77.14851629999998324.5349629 -79.730303299999989 28.176042900000002 -74.566729299999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-23322640588304203772017-01-11T16:33:00.000-08:002017-01-11T16:33:00.177-08:00Old Bahamas Bay Abaco's Bahamas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8eBB6QgKSHE/WHbLNT1fGvI/AAAAAAAAEy4/_jsFirIscns_hv2NJioBxPKqmREhupMpgCLcB/s1600/IMG_3774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8eBB6QgKSHE/WHbLNT1fGvI/AAAAAAAAEy4/_jsFirIscns_hv2NJioBxPKqmREhupMpgCLcB/s400/IMG_3774.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">So much has happened since I last wrote, we woke up Christmas morning, watched an amazing sunrise, checked the wind and decided it would be a perfect sail along the Florida Coast to Ponce de Leon, and it was. That night we enjoyed a restful sleep at anchor, and that day we traveled the intracoastal waterway to Cocoa Beach. When we awoke the next morning, we checked the weather, then listened to our weather guru, the opportunity for a crossing to the Bahamas was imminent so we were off and we never looked back. The trick was for us to get as far south in Florida as possible so that we could sail safely to West End Bahamas before the following night fall. We headed to Fort Pearce, slipped out into the Atlantic, sailed the coast to St Lucie River Inlet Florida, at 01:00 am we changed course for West End Grand Bahamas. At 16:00 On the advice of Cloud Nine, we slipped into Old Bahama Bay resort cleared customs, enjoyed docking for a dollar a foot, met old and new friends, and had a fantastic New Years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Staying in the resort was cheaper because the facilities were not 100 percent in the wake of hurricane Matthew. Not having dockside electricity and hot water in the shower house was not a major inconvenience, water was free and abundant, usually a scarce commodity in the Bahamas, the docks perfect, the resort beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I had so many reservations about returning after the hurricane, thinking of going back to Mexico but as beau told me “No, no, no we need tourism, we need to rebuild, take pictures, visit, drink some rum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So, though we enjoyed the comfort of the resort, it was sad to see the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Grand Bahama Island, and specifically the West End, was hit particularly hard as the storm passed directly over the region. The local community suffered complete destruction and countless homes were lost due to the high winds and extensive flooding. Thankfully, there were no deaths reported. An extensive clean-up is underway and the relief efforts are expected to take many months.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The mind does many things at two am when the winds blowing and a stormy, unpredictable night blankets the boat. The night sounds keep creeping in, a hinge of a door not closed tight, keeps squeaking a reminder, the wind is humming through the lashing on a fuel can, a bottle of wine is tapping the side of another, the one I earlier forgot to put away properly, monotonous sounds that at home would drive you crazy, sounds here that can comfort or do the same. I can hear the winds howling through the rigging, a light tap as the wiring moves in the mast. The boat swings 350 degrees, 010 degrees and tugs on the anchor just enough to keep you aware that at the end of that chain the anchor is your savior. The boat is constantly moving. In the dark, It always seems more ominous to me, even though the winds are beating at the same steady 22 to 30 knots and gusting high 30’s that they were at four O clock this afternoon. I wish I could describe the sound, the feeling, how fascinated I am and at the same time so respectfully fearful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So what is there to do at two am when you can’t sleep, but listen to the wind, keep vigil and think, and thinking that can be a dangerous thing. I listened to the news with terror the other morning as a gunman opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale airport. My heart would always be sad, I would always have lifted a little prayer, but this was worse, one of my dearest friends was vacationing in Florida and I wasn’t sure where she was. Was she on her way home? Where was she was flying out of? It made me think of how big this world is and yet how small. Having limited communication in a world, where in most cases you can be connected 24/7 can be a difficult norm. In a blow, in the night, even more so. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I was thinking if we weren’t so connected, so global, so transient, I wouldn’t know Sue from small town New Liskeard Northern Ontario. Right now I would know Mrs. Brown up island, dat way, with da three mangy kids. You know the one by the settlement, her oldest Billy likes to laugh and laugh, silly boy, ya know but just being near him makes you want to laugh right along and that husband hers, the lazy no good he likes the rum, it’s a miracle they got any thing to eat ya know tisk, tisk, tisk. But I don’t know Mrs Brown, I just hope to. I know Sue, my friend 2312 Kms, just a crows flight away and am thankful for a 01:30 text durning a Northerly blow to tell me all is well and she’s sending hugs. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">On the 21 December the weather was chilly, there no way we were making it far enough south for a crossing to the Bahamas, so we decided to spend Christmas exploring St Augustine. We have had brief visits before, a night in the mooring field, meeting friends at A1A1 micro brewery, exploring the sailors exchange or west marine, but this time we decided to be tourists.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">St Augustine has a festival of lights that runs from Nov 19 to Jan 3, they hang over three million lights, so if all you wanted to do was sit on a balcony at the pub or stroll and enjoy the lights its pretty spectacular. They have an abundance of trolly trains shuttling the hoards of tourist around, all singing different off key Christmas songs, it cant help but make you smile and cant help but get you into the Christmas spirit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Because of the generosity of boater friends we got hooked onto the pirate series Black Sail a fictional pirate adventure about the Golden Age of pirates and the survival of New Providence. Island -- a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers. So I cover my head at the violence and leaning in closer every time Long John Silver hits the screen, I am hooked. So hitting up the <a href="http://thepiratemuseum.com/general-info/" target="_blank">St Augustine Pirate & Treasure </a>museum was a must. It was exceptionally well done and though there was nothing linking the Bahamas reading about Calico Jack, Anne Bonnie, Long, John Silver was a hoot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Secondly, we visited the Government House Museum Dugout Canoe exhibit. #1 it was free, every sailors dream, but it was also interesting. In 2000 there was a drought causing Newnans Lake near Gainesville Florida to drop. A science teacher was out with his class when they came upon 101 prehistoric canoes which had been hidden for centuries. Before the drought ended and the rising lake waters covered the canoes again it was revealed that the canoes aged from 500 to 5000 years old. Happily, there was also a Canadian link to the Haida people and their seaman ship connection and famous big red cedar canoes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lastly we explored Flagler College or the Ponce de Leon Hotel built in 1885 by Henry M Flagler a millionaire developer. It is said that his first wife was sick and on the advice of doctors they should winter south, so the Flagler’s did, but sadly his wife passed. Henry was hooked on the area and became a key figure in the development of the Florida east coast. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We woke this morning before the sun came up to geese honking and herons squawking, I was pretty excited. We are anchored on Broward Creek just west of the ICW, about four miles north of Sisters Creek. I love it here, this beautiful salt marsh area is so full of life. When the six foot tide recedes it leaves large stinky areas of exposed muck with more water life that I cant begin to imagine and greenery that becomes a complete breakfast table for the pelicans, terns, cranes, herons, egrets, cormorants, and ducks that inhabit the area. Coffee in hand we watch the sun come up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our mission for today was to visit the Kingsley plantation, located on Fort George Island a quick dingy ride from our anchorage. We weren’t disappointed, both Marc and I thought it was one of the most interesting tours we have ever taken. We used the GPS guided system that talked you in the historic voices of those that lived there, through the 15 points of interest. Word of warning though, you needed patience it was long and detailed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In 1814 Zephaniah Kingsley, his wife and three children bought this plantation, accessible only by boat, to produce prized sea island cotton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Zephaniah Kingsley’s wife Anna was a slave from Senegal West Africa that he had purchased in 1806 in Havana Cuba at the age of 13. Zephaniah freed Anna in 1811 were she was able to have her own plantation and slaves also becoming her husbands business partner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Under Spanish control Florida had fairly radical liberal ideas for the era, there were three levels of society; whites, freed Blacks, and slaves. Slaves worked under the task system, a task was a specific amount of work expected daily, such as house work, carpentry or in the fields and when their task was completed the remainder of their day was theirs to tend to their own families needs such as gardening or making money through their skills, enabling them to buy their freedom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now they don’t say that Zephaniah never beat a slave, but it is implied that he and Anna believed in reaping the benefits of hope rather than the whip, after all Anna, a black woman was a slave master. Oh and another juicy tidbit Zephaniah was a palligamist, Anna was the first of four sister wives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Added benefits of the stop Peacocks wandering the plantation and my heart just about stopped from excitement when we spotted an armadillo</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Other than Marc and I being completely thrilled that we are off the dock, in the warmth, sailing south for the winter, I was thinking, what could I possibly have to blog about? Then we arrived in Jacksonville Landing, again…</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Though Jacksonville Landing is only 24-25 miles north of Green Coves Springs, it is a really nice way to start our trip south, often when we talk to other cruisers and ask if they stop, they say they bypass Jacksonville Landing. For the life of me, I don’t know why. It is an awesome over night stop to start your journey. When we were here on the 28 Dec 2014 we tied to the wall just south of the landing, enjoyed the view, people watched, ran the Jacksonville bridge, enjoyed a free concert, drank a cold margarita. This year though, Hurricane Mathew has damaged the docks making over nighting directly at the festival type landing a no go. Thankfully the public docking north of the Fuller Warren Bridge was empty. Jacksonville Landing has a lovely walkway that runs along the river, so we walked from the bridge to the landing to enjoy the tall, beautiful 50+ foot Christmas tree that dominates the square and responds to the tempo of the Christmas music being played. Other than the spiritual significance of Christmas, I don’t feel very Christmasy down here without family, snow, and constant carols in stores. But this one night, filled with music, people dancing, little girls playing, is as close as I can get to home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The walk back to the boat was a different walk, than the walk to the landing. The shiny buildings were dark and the homeless were huddled on benches and tucked under bushes as out of sight as much as possible. Guiltily,I felt nervous, but I shouldn’t have, they were just looking for a warm place to sleep. We had an uneventful night, other than a gentleman standing on the dock, grading our boat, who shared with his female friend much to my captains ire, that size matters. When we woke the next morning the fog was thick and ominous, but as it cleared that same walk way was filled with hundreds of runners and walkers and just south of us under the bridge was a fantastic market with potters, fresh veggies, baking and crafts. The market didn’t open until ten, but we poked around for an hour before it opened and came away with fresh tomatoes, grapefruit and cinnamon buns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thinking of Susie, meet the gentle potter <a href="http://www.gentlepotter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gentlepotter.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fun Jacksonville fact: In the early 1900’s Jacksonville boasted mild temperatures, low cost labour, and easy rail access to become the “ Winter Film Capital of the World” with more than 30 studios. In the 1920’s, local politicians forced the studios to go elsewhere, and Hollywood was born. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When I wrote the first draft of this note I was this sitting cuddled up in the V berth, under a thick comforter, because its was to darn cold to get up. The temperature was dropping to the low 50sF during the nights and highs of 70s when the sun warmed things up in the afternoons. Now a week later we’ve been sleeping with minimal coverings, hatch open, fan on. It is unseasonably warm for this time of year in Florida and from the pictures we see posted, much of Canada is also enjoying unseasonably warm weather with a snow storm tossed in every so often just to remind you where you live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Staying in the B&B for two weeks was definitely the best decision we made, then getting DevOcean into the water as fast as possible was the second best. <a href="http://www.gcsmarina.com/" target="_blank">Green Cove Springs Marina</a> is a working marina, and as I’ve said before <a href="http://pinknblueview.blogspot.com/2014/12/being-on-hard-is-hard-but-2014.html" target="_blank">its hard being on the hard</a>. It’s dirty, the fresh water hoses can sometimes trickle, electrical breakers have been known to blow, but, it’s relatively cheap, there is good access to parts at reasonable prices with often with next day delivery, if you have a car, replenishing is fairly easy. Best of all the work yard is always full of a great cruising community willing to lend a hand, or share a sun downer and the staff is second to none.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hurricane Mathew damaged the aging WW2 pier that was already falling to pieces so when we launched there was no room on the pier to wait out our stay. We actually got evicted… Our intent was to book a slip at Reynolds Park Marina for the month, but it seems their policies have changed, and space is not available for month long dockage and it appears even more limited if you use long term store at Green Cove Springs Marina. I think a little business some’n, some’n is going on between the two marinas, so this is why we are waiting out our time in a pretty little anchorage about two miles across from GCSM. No biggie, Marc and I prefer the hook other than the connivence of a dock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The night after we anchored, just before dinner we were settling in the cock pit ,when I looked across the river and saw a large plume of smoke and flames at GCSM. Marc and I watched in horror and hoped for the best. It seems that the owner from Monkey Fist Chandlery and two of his employees were transferring fuel, the bilge pump came on and ignited the fuels fumes, causing an explosion. The three guys jumped over board to escape the flames. Sadly Steve and Randy had first and second degree burns and were transferred to the burn unit. Four boats were destroyed from the fire. Our thoughts and prayers go out to these guy and the others that lost thier boats </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">My mother, was really good at a lot of things, she could cook like no other, sew beautiful quilts, but most of all I loved the way she made a bed. I know it sounds silly, make a bed, yes, make a bed! My mother was one of those women that hung bed sheets on a clothes line and when she took them off they smelled like heaven trapped in cotton. She would then iron her sheets, don’t laugh, she loved her sheets as crisp as could be. Seriously when you slid into one of her freshly made beds after a warm bath you knew you were going to have a blissful nights sleep. Even though, I’ve never been as ardent as my mother when it comes to making a bed, I love a well made bed and a I love a good sleep</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now imagine sleeping on a boat in the Caribbean, gently rolling waves lightly tapping on the side of the boat. Stop! Think, tires screeching, breaking glass. I have trouble sleeping on the boat and I think its because of that dam bow berth. I will forgive Marc’s snoring just for this one time, because for this blog I want to write about making the bow berth bed. OK stop rolling your eyes, I don’t have to much time on my hands, I just need to have a good sleep, says this author at 04:01</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our bow berth is the weirdest V shape possible, 80” on the port side, 89” on the starboard, 10” across the toe and 69” at the head. I’m either jammed up on one side where the linens bunch up in a lumpy layer or sleeping on the other side clinging to bare mattress where the sheet has popped off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If sleeping in the bow berth is not the best, making a bed in the bow berth is just plain nasty. I gather the bottom sheet, throw myself forward toward the toe of the bed, flop around, scooch ahead try to wiggle and tuck the toe in, flop to the port side tuck that side in and as quickly as possible scooch to the starboard side before the port side has popped out. Basically, I push, pull and fold my way into making a bed, bang my head, have a hot flash, curse like an old trucker, then I beg Marc for help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It only took me two boats and way to many nasty bow berth beds to make to motivate me into making sheets for the V berth and you know it wasn’t as daunting a task as I had built in my mind, And you know what, I am really proud of myself it wasn’t hard, they fit like a glove. I can’t take all the credit, after diligently scouring the internet for what looked to me the easiest pattern i could find, I came across an article <a href="http://www.islander36.org/fitted_sheets.pdf" target="_blank">A Finley Fitted Berth</a> by Kathryn Munn-Hodgkins, 1-36 Mischief and modified it for my needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">By Kathryn Munn-Hodgkins, I-36 Mischief</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">• Two (2) King (not Cal) size flat sheets in the highest thread count you can afford. Shop white sales for that next set of sheets. Pre-wash the sheets for best results.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">• 1/2inchelastic for the bottom fitted sheet and foot of the top sheet. You will need 6.5 yards for the bottom sheet and 1.5 yards for the top sheet for a total of 8 yards.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">1. Measure your V-berth using the sheet templates with this article. Mischief has a 1981 hull and the measurements in the templates are hers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">2. Transfer the measurements to the flat sheets using fabric marker and yardstick. Better yet, make a pattern you can reuse. Tip: Make a half pattern, fold the sheet in half and pin the pattern along the fold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">3. Cut out the bottom and top sheets from the flat sheets. Tip: For the top sheet, use the finished end of the flat sheet as the hem along the width (head) of the top sheet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">4. Sew French seams at the 4 corners of the bottom sheet and 2 corners of the top sheet. French seams means sewing the wrong sides of the fabric together, turning the seam inside out, and sewing another seam, trapping the raw edges inside. You can find detailed tutorials online if you are rusty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">5. Make a 3/4” casing for the elastic along the edge of the bottom sheet. Be sure to leave a 2” opening to insert the elastic. Make a 3/4” casing for the top sheet around the foot of the sheet and 20” inches up each side.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Today we returned to DevOcean after our 17 month unplanned break, both Marc and I are ecstatic. Seriously, we didn’t know what to expect and we were worried. Anyone who follows this blog knows that when we <a href="http://pinknblueview.blogspot.com/2014/12/being-on-hard-is-hard-but-2014.html" target="_blank">returned in 2014</a> after a six month hiatus, we were met with a mess. The port lights in the salon had cracked, causing a lot interior damage, so much so, that we spent six weeks and two days on the hard. Now I’m not the most patient person when I am unhappy, and living on a boat, on the hard, was just plain awful. To this day I am still apologizing to Marc about my behavior and he is still cashing in favors, in exchange for my less than stellar performance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I was worried about another extended stay on the hard, For my non sailing friends, a definition of living on the hard is, a boat that should be swaying gently in the water but is mounted on stands enabling the captain and crew to repair the ship. Living on the boat during haul out is incredibly challenging and not for the weak at heart. The </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">head</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> is dry, the stairs are high, yard dust is flying, tools are everywhere and your small living space becomes even smaller. Think engine, hoisted in the middle of your kitchen. As I’ve said, we’ve done this before and it wasn’t pretty so this time much to the demise of our pocket-book and benefit of our marriage we rented an air B & B for the first two weeks of our return.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I woke up this morning cold, really cold. My cheery comfy summer quilt that makes me smile every morning just didn’t cut it. The wind is blustery and I’m dreading the cold floor on my feet as I tread down the stairs to get my coffee. The weatherman says its going to warm up later today, but the realisation is that the days are getting shorter and weather is getting cooler and that it is time to go. Not only that, the fact is that I keep finding Cruising Outpost sailing magazines in the outhouse, all conversations turn to West Marine, Defender or Hodges Marine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Marc: Apples in season, as in AIS, yes I was just checking out a new VHF with integrated AIS. Sure let’s go shopping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Marc is right though, it is time to start planning and preparing to leave and I feel wholly inadequate; where to start, what to do? It’s only been 17 months since we had to take a hiatus from our sailing adventure, but honestly it seems that its been an eternity. I have those first time jitters I experienced when we originally left our home port of Little Current in 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our planned departure is the first week of November. It seems an eternity away, yet way to damm close. Instead of my morning perusal of gardening posts on Pinterest I have started to scan Women Who Sail and my other favourite sailing blogs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My first attempt at getting my head back into leaving was posting a question on WWS my favourite information site bar none: “It is planning time again, so I have a quick question. When we leave Canada and go south most items in the US are cheaper so we provision there, except toiletries such as toilette paper, and hygiene products. Are there other cost effective items to buy here even with the exchange of our sad Canadian Dollar?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As always, the members didn’t fail me. I was reminded of the value of Buckley's cough syrup that is equal in demand with Canadian maple syrup. Available in Canada over the counter drugs such as Scopolamine patches, Neosporin drops, acetaminophen with codeine. But most importantly I am thankful for the reminder to pack Montreal Steak spice and Toppers pizza sauce. Life would have been completely lacking if I had forgotten the sauce. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thankfully, after much digging into the bowels of my trusty old computer, I found my provisioning lists from 2014, 2015. I squealed with delight and stopped to take a minute of gratitude from my whirling brain. Did we really pack 14 cases of beer?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year, my strong healthy husband had some indigestion and tightness in his chest, the result was that he had to have two stents to correct two 90% blockages in his heart. No high cholesterol, no high blood pressure, he’s not over weight and that crappy smoking habit he once had is long gone. It seemed the cardiac care team were surprised that this even happened. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Many of our urban dwelling southern friends have been questioning, just exactly what we are building? What is a bunkie, while our rural, northern friends have no problem understanding our building plans. During a long drive after we had pondered the meaning of life, discused our children, a short conversation about money or the lack thereof we decided to look up the definition of Bunkie. Definitions of bunkie seemed to be varied from, a man who shares living space with another man in a prison cell described in the urban dictionary in a way that both my mother or pastor wouldn’t want me to repeat, to always polite Websters definition “The bunkie”, meant to serve as a guesthouse. Most importantly, we learned it wasn’t a valid scrabble word so we decided to define bunkie ourselves from different viewpoints . </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A quiet, secluded place one can rest and relax, a place to get away from it all. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">relating to a home of a family, place of origin, a base of operation, a place where someone flourishes as a member of a family. May poses biological DNA, but not necessary. I am at completely at home, and, I am wrapped in love XOXO</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Is it only me that gets completely excited over getting a stove? When we bought our first sailboat Martiny it had, what I thought was a questionable propane stove that I was sure was going to burn off my eyebrows and blow up the salon. Much to my delight, I spent countless hours experimenting with that stove and I hope offered up some pretty tasty meals to family and friends so when Marc came home with this rust bucket for the new bunky I was more than just a little skeptical but as always optimistic.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Being on a budget and living in my idea of heaven who was I to complain, instead I spent a few hours with my friends google and pintrest searching for cleaning and refurbishing advice. To be really honest, I wanted to paint the stove teal green, but buying and shipping the paint was more money than we paid for the $100 stove. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">She’s pretty tiny but so is the bunky, extremely dirty, but I know how to clean and old and rusty, ah well I can relate to old and rusty. We honestly didn’t even know if she would work so that was our first goal. As soon as we hooked up some propane she sprang to life like a champ and much to our surprise had working pilot lights and It passed its leaky soapy test. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now it was my turn to go into action. I scrubbed away grease and then the build up of what I like to imagine were happy family meals, sanded down her rusty age spots, taped her delicate areas and applied many new coats of paint. I think she turned out pretty good. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My refurbished stove is now working away in her new spot, last week I canned a bushel of farm fresh tomatoes, I picked up on a quick trip south, Olive and I baked cupcakes with sprinkles of course, I used her to make our first night sit down meal and the under the oven broiler makes perfect toast if I don’t forget to watch it. Yup I’m pretty excited about my new stove. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312087155744781298noreply@blogger.com2Kagawong, ON P0P, Canada45.9 -82.2523.502696 -123.558594 68.297304 -40.941406tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534973910241329488.post-23852416747297442022015-08-08T02:43:00.000-07:002015-09-25T09:27:58.075-07:00Marc Calls The Bunkie Rough, I Call It Rustic <div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When DevOcean was safely tucked away in Jacksonville Florida this spring and Marc and I were enjoying the drive home, we spent countless hours planning the building of the bunkie, developing time lines, estimating costs. These exercises whiled away the hours and built excitement for our project. Silly me, I had us built, beautiful and dreaming of hours spent playing with Olive in the water, cold beer on hot afternoons, bonfires and s’mores.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Reminiscent of the planning for our retreat to the boat, we quickly learned that we were just as optimistic about the bunkie as we were about moving to the boat. We are definitely, way off the mark in money and in time. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As always Marc being the more realistic of the two of us, he just wanted to get the shell built. Geesh this is not a house, its just a bunkie, two rooms; one up, one down. 417 square feet give or take. We had hoped for the shell to be completed and us moved in to a basic space with in one month, but here it is two months later and with work (Whats with that? My retired husband working!) and family commitments the roof is not completed and there are still many basics to do. Marc calls the bunkie rough.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As for me, I of course spent hours pondering colours, dreaming of quaint corners, scouring small living blogs. Our entire living space is slightly bigger, 80 square feet, than the family room in the home we sold to go sailing. Alas, my tiny kitchen has 2 x 4 cupboards, any kind of beautification that I thought was to happen will wait until next year, maybe…(the reason for my husband working) I call the bunkie rustic.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So what do I want you to get from this blog? We are happy. Plain and simple. Everyday we are happy to spend time here. We are still optimistically hoping to be in on the 20th of August but don’t hold your breath because Marc and I won’t.</span></div>
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