“Does everyone die?” It’s one of those 3-year old questions that demands a real answer. I’m on watch, holding our autopilot remote in one hand, a chart in the other, and balancing a hot cup of coffee between my knees. … Continue reading
Two months later (and actually only ten days behind our plan – thanks UPS!), Brio II floats again. You know the best part? The moment I look forward to the absolute most? It’s not the floaty feeling you get when … Continue reading
We are soooo close to launching, I can feel it! Unfortunately, so can UPS, so they decided to slightly misplace two critical deliveries this week. It’s hard to launch without a belt for the new serpentine drive or the spacer … Continue reading
(This is what we tell ourselves) Like the day we spent driving to a machine shop to ask (beg) for help getting three absolutely frozen stainless bolts out of our aluminum radial drive (like a quadrant). Jon had tried every … Continue reading
We hopscotched all over British Columbia for the holidays — from three flights to my sister’s cozy downtown apartment, to my grandparents’ via the snowy, windy 8-hr mountain drive, to Tofino for some family bonding and winter surfing, to friends’ … Continue reading