Thought For The Day - Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. - Wendy Cope
One of the things I really like about cruising is the opportunity to interact with people from all over the world. Last night, for example, we celebrated Christmas in the true French style over a 5-hour Christmas dinner that was not to be believed.
The four couples present were treated to a menu of crackers and cheddar or smoked meats, foie gras and bread, lobster bisque, roast lamb and skillet potatoes, and an amazing nameless frozen Dutch dessert. All accompanied by French champagne and red wine. Yes, we were aboard a lovely monohull sailboat.
The couples consisted of a Frenchman and his American wife, an American and his French wife, a Dutch couple and us, the Americans. What we have in common is a love of traveling and living on boats. A truly exceptional Christmas Eve.
Today we are celebrating once again with our Dutch friends. I am cooking a small turkey with all the trimmings so we will feast again. Merry Christmas to one and all!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Thought For The Day - The purpose of life is a life of purpose. - Robert Byrne
Our Dutch friends, Rob and Ylona, came into our marina the other day on their shakedown voyage from Maryland, where they purchased their new boat, to Curacao. The boat is a Catana 431 catamaran, and they arrived accompanied by Sea Tow, both their starter motors having burnt up thus leaving them with no engines. At least they haven't had to replace one engine and rebuild the other one as we did on our initial voyage.
Because they were being towed and had no towing insurance, they opted to run a bridge at high tide, taking off everything that was above the top of the mast, rather than paying for the tow boat to wait the 6 hours until low tide. So they're going to be here for a while getting everything fixed.
One night while they were in Cobb's Marina in Norfolk, Virginia, Rob, hearing an unfamiliar sound on the boat, stuck his head up into the saloon and observed a man and a woman on the boat. When the man saw Rob, he said "we're just checking to see if everything's OK", and they left quickly. Seems more like they were checking out the boat to see what they could swipe. They're now interested in purchasing a taser gun for protection. Just goes to show, you don't have to go outside the U.S. to have "something happen". Stay safe.
Our Dutch friends, Rob and Ylona, came into our marina the other day on their shakedown voyage from Maryland, where they purchased their new boat, to Curacao. The boat is a Catana 431 catamaran, and they arrived accompanied by Sea Tow, both their starter motors having burnt up thus leaving them with no engines. At least they haven't had to replace one engine and rebuild the other one as we did on our initial voyage.
Because they were being towed and had no towing insurance, they opted to run a bridge at high tide, taking off everything that was above the top of the mast, rather than paying for the tow boat to wait the 6 hours until low tide. So they're going to be here for a while getting everything fixed.
One night while they were in Cobb's Marina in Norfolk, Virginia, Rob, hearing an unfamiliar sound on the boat, stuck his head up into the saloon and observed a man and a woman on the boat. When the man saw Rob, he said "we're just checking to see if everything's OK", and they left quickly. Seems more like they were checking out the boat to see what they could swipe. They're now interested in purchasing a taser gun for protection. Just goes to show, you don't have to go outside the U.S. to have "something happen". Stay safe.
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