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  Another fun weekend at my sister Sarah’s house.  Sarah and Royce called me last week to see if I wanted to occupy their one extra seat at the Panthers Playoff game on Sunday.  Heck yeah!  Moved the office to the Green Bean coffee shop in Greensboro on Friday.  Great office space.  Lots of outlets and small tables.  Nice, laid …

Wow.  Life works out a little strangely sometimes.  Still trying to figure this one out.  So we left Wanchese and sailed out across the Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke.  We stayed there for a few days to rest and catch up with friends.  The plan was for John to meet me in Oriental and we would head south along the ICW …

Wow.  What an adventure.  For those that have been following along, there have been some delays as we have gotten ready for our offshore run to the Virgin Islands.  All good projects, though, and excellent things to get accomplished.  Arcturus ended up with a new electrical system and I received a DC electrical education.  Lots of work with the engine.  …

I decided to run all new battery cables on board.  I went with a much heavier gauge wire than before.  I am going to have a lot more power in my bank than before and went with 2/0 cable.  Big, heavy cable but it should last for a long time.  I have six 6V batteries and a starter being wired …

Lots of progress has been made on Izar the Dinghy.  PaPaw and Gilbert have been working hard to keep the project moving forward.  I went up twice last week to help with some fillet work on the bulkheads and to lay down the interior fiberglass.  The rails and knees were put on yesterday and should be dry today.  Dad is …

My Dad, PaPaw and great-uncle Gilbert have been working hard on Izar the Dinghy this week.  They spent the first part of the week gluing the components together.  The next phase was to use copper wire to hold all the pieces in place.  She finally started looking like a boat at this point.  The epoxy was applied this morning and …

Dad and I spent most of the day yesterday making some serious equipment decisions.  We spent most of the car money but ordered in just about everything that I will need from out of town.  We ordered an ICOM-504A VHF radio with secondary mic, Charles HQ 55 amp battery charger, Balmar 100 amp alternator with an external multi-stage regulator, Blue …

My mast has been taken down and I have sent all of my old rigging off to Ted Hale at Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard.  I met Ted and Maggie down in the Bahamas two years ago and sailed with them for most of the return trip from Georgetown.  Ted works at the Shipyard and agreed to make the new rigging for me.  …

New cushions are being made at Hurricane Jack’s in New Bern.  I will be using the existing foam but will have all new fabric put on.  The previous cushions were long overdue for replacement.  My portlights were leaking on them for a few years and I think the fabric was fairly old.  My Mom and sister took the lead for …