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Salt water cures all: tears, sweat and the sea
Last Friday was such a great day. The weather for the weekend was shaping up for perfect sailing weather, and we had finally be able to make plans to take Paula out (after having to abort the trip last time … Continue reading
Home sweet home… again
It’s been a long couple of months since we first bought The Monk, but we were finally able to bring it home to our marina last weekend! A couple of the guys from the boatyard where we were working on … Continue reading
Sea to Sky
It’s one of the most beautiful highways: but also seems like a fitting description of this past weekend. Our original plan for the weekend was to do some rainy day sailing. We had made plans with a friend to go … Continue reading
More company
After a quiet weekend of just Lenny and I (while Alex was away for a wedding), we had a slightly more hectic week as we once again had company visiting – this time, Alex’s father! I still had to work, … Continue reading
Progress
As I mentioned, I’ve been back at work in the corporate world, while Alex has been continuing work on our old wooden boat (which we still need to name, but are referring to simply as ‘The Monk’). He has been … Continue reading
Another shot
To celebrate my first week at my new job (which went very well, of course), as well as the fact that it was a long weekend, what else would we do but go sailing? After the past couple of weeks, … Continue reading
The best laid plans
If you have gathered anything from reading my blog thus far, it’s that we don’t always plan things out, but for once, we had a plan! Two weeks ago (I know, I’ve been slacking), we decided to go on our … Continue reading
Mission accomplished (part 1)
It’s been a busy week or so, with lots of boat work and a couple of sailing missions. While waiting for our new boat to be pulled out of the water so that we can fix the holes in the … Continue reading
Not-so-smooth sailing
From the beginning, we knew that there will be times when things don’t go as smoothly as planned, and that those would be the times when we would learn the most. Well, this weekend was one such situation. On Saturday, … Continue reading
Back to the grind
After the lovely night we had in English Bay, we got straight back to work. Well, first we had to celebrate with oysters and bubbly on deck… For the most part, we have been taking full advantage of the time … Continue reading