The Gulf spill wiget

No motor blues

Well I am still in Oriental looking for a motor to replace the one that was ripped off the back of the boat. Part of me is thinking about finding a friend who can take me to the spot I lost it and see if I can dive down and find it. But in the end I think I am going to build an electric inboard system. I will not have to worry about the waves knocking it off of the bracket in the back, and it will free the back up for a swimming platform. I will update as soon as something changes

Starting to feel better

Well I am on the mend my urns burn less my nose is even healing up. Now I am pricing inboard motors for my boat and planing out how I can keep my stuff in the boat more secure. What a mess I was when I pulled back into port. It's a learning experance. I will not let a bad weekend get me down, I spent years working in a crappy club with nothing to show for it but but debt, unlike that this is all for me. It's my boat and the start of the rest of my life.

Sun poisning ouch

Well I took out the boat for the first sea trial. I lost the motor do to heavy waters. I think i will get an inboard before I start my trip to Texas. The outboard is just not up to that kind of pounding. But other then sun poisning I am back on land and fine:)

work work work

Well I have running lights, now all I need is to get the outboard running lol. I have to get an outboard working so i can go sailing I find that funny in a way. I WILL have it working by tonight one way or the other. After it is running and i test it the next step is to pull it out in the bay and play around a little then I will anchor for the night. Tomorrow I will be sailing down to beaufort. there I will get better internet and be able to update more.

Gps afu

Well one has to love a gps system that will not work with the 64 bit windows 7. I have one a Delorme LT40 if you see that brand I will be the first to tell you DON'T get it. But tonight I am heading to get a new GPS system that I can plug into my notebook and use with my chart plotter. If all goes well monday I will be headed out for my first set of sea trials. I feel both me and the pearson are up to the task, wish me luck.

Home on the water

I am home on my boat. It feels good and I am very happy to be out of Binghamton. Next step is to start getting ready to head out to the sea. I would of posted more but there is no internet at the dock I am tied to.