Recent content by ka8uet

I recently anchored in the Ortega River overnight, because by the time I got there, it was too dark to safely go into my reserved slip. My vessel was egged while I slept.. I was not near any houses, and was out of the channel. I don't know who did it, but they had to have come by boat. Ii...

think that on most subjects, multiple sources of information are good. In any format, one must vet the info. I always want to know what sources are being used, be it net or print. I want to know the basis of their claimed "expertise". That hasn't changed in years!:)

Am watching the weather channel right now, looks nasty already down there! Good luck to all, and stay safe!!

My previous house used only the old skeleton keys, but needed two different types. We used to have a hardware store that carried them, but unless you have one of those old fashioned mom and pop hardware stores, Lehmann's is your best bet!

My best exercise is swimming. I wear bilateral braces, so can't run or jump rope or any of that, but in the water I can do all the stuff I can't do on land any more. Gives both muscle and cardio benefits, and the endorphins are also there.

Check out the TRX system used by Zero to Cruising. They have a blog. It seems to keep them really fit. www.zerotocruising.com

As to the gecko selling you insurance, all you have to do is teach him the word "no"! :lol:

If you get a gecko, not only do you not have to walk it, but it will eat the boat bugs! :lol:

I have a Schipperke, as well as the two cats. None of them has been aboard, as I haven't had the boat in the water since the year of my dad's dying. My mom is 94, so I don't feel I can be far from her, which kind of limits my sailing time, to say the least! However, I'm in the process of...