I discovered aviation at a very young age. I remember pouring over aviation book and reading about pretty much every aircraft that existed. By (insert arbitrary young age here) I could identify nearly any airplane that I saw. I was certain that I was going to be a pilot when I grew up. Well,…
This is a first, I’m actually writing this post while on the anchor. The last few months have sucked, to be honest. Both for the obvious reasons, and becasue we’ve not been out sailing as much as we want due to temperature, storms, and/or boat work. Now though, things are finally changing. The first…
What can I say, it’s been a bit tough to motivate to write for the blog lately. Usually it’s exciting to start writing about whatever adventure we just went on, or the new upgrade we just installed. Even though we’re still adventuring, and installing upgrades, the general mood on Nymeria has not been all…
2020 is quite a year huh? Well, for us she just struck again. Last weekend I flew to Park City to say goodbye to Lopa. My dog that I have had for most of my adult life. Back in the fall of 2007, a few years after graduating college I had a steady job…
It appears that we are well into the hurricane season with Texas already being hit with Hurricane Hanna. Even though she was a Category 1 storm, she produced sustained winds of 90 mph, a sea-level rise of more than 6 feet and more than 15 inches of rain as she made landfall on Padre…
Growing up in Oklahoma meant that each spring I would be on the lookout for thunderstorms which might bring tornadoes. We would listen for the sirens and either head to the front porch to look around or head to a safe place and hunker down. Upon moving to Colorado, we would watch the weather…
Last week, Justin wrote praising me in my efforts to tackle the winches. What he didn’t know was that I was saving the oldest and most complicated ones for last. This meant that I had to recruit him and others to help complete the job. The last and final winch had 2 seized screws.…
Last week we had the joy of selling the B*tch off to her new home. If you recall, she earned her name because she didn’t always want to run or keep water out. On Friday, Kraken Sailing delivered our new 10’9″ Aluminum hull Inmar dinghy with a new 15hp Tohatsu fuel injected outboard. She…
When we first bought Nymeria, we also bought another boat. It was an 8’6″ inflatable dinghy with a 4hp outboard. We got it used from our friend to use as our “car” on the water. We didn’t know what we were looking for in a dinghy so with this being really cheap, and since…
Our New Year’s Resolution was to keep up a weekly blog schedule to document our adventures, both the celebrations and challenges. In doing so, we’ve written a lot about our recent adventures and the many upgrades/maintenance performed on Nymeria. What we haven’t done is give you all the details and specs on the boat…
