Its that time of year up here in Northern Virginia. Its time to begin preparing the boat for winter. This will be the first year we won’t be near the boat for winter and its the first year with S/V Star Keeper. The first step we took was to take down the dinghy and place…
Category: Sailing
Dock Sailing
Its a bit breezy today as the last of the remnants of Hurricane Michael pass over us here in Northern Virginia. I’ll take steady 20 knot winds over what Michael did to Florida. We are starting to get her buttoned up for the winter. Hopefully this will be the last time we have to winterize…
One boat chore down many more to go
Tis the season of boat chores. Some we are opting to handle ourselves while others are being farmed out either due to the value of time vs money or due to the fact that the task is outside of our comfort level. While I’m learning a lot I’m also learning that since we are working…
Our World Has Gone to the Birds
So we’ve been spending a little time on the new sailboat and gotten to know the locals. This crew of ducklings is fearless. They will eat most anything but really like fancy oyster crackers. We will have more updates on the boat including a proper introduction once we get back from a Florida. It’s been…
We’re Still Alive … and Certified
We promise we are still alive. Its been over a month since we last posted and man we’ve been busy. First and foremost we passed our US Sailing Association Basic Keel Boat Certification. We spent three weekends studying basic sailing on a J80 that was trying to kill us. Our first trip out was in…