Mammals are not usually counted high on the list of nautical hazards but once again this spring raccoons have infiltrated our piers and established themselves like that other well-known scourge of marinas — illegal liveaboards.
These guerrilla garbage gourmands rove the docks at night ambushing the unwary with snarled greetings. Overly bold raccoons have actually charged [...]
Capt Claw remarked that we’ve been in the marina for 2-1/2 weeks but are already 4 weeks behind. We have all the shoreside amenities for streamlining work — a vehicle, electricity, internet, fresh water, an address for packages — but the days are flying by with blur-action speed. Ahhhh, life in the marina is filled [...]
Despite managing better than 50% of our spring migration out in the Atlantic rather than in the ICW, waterway closures continue to plague our progress towards those latitudes approved by our insurance company for hurricane season. We’d already engaged the afterburners and hurdled (felt more like hurdling than hurtling) through the aquasphere to clear the [...]
We are Greg Snyder and Gail Klosterman, originally hailing from Minnesota, currently cruising full-time aboard our Tartan 40' sailboat -- Yoohoo. Join us as we explore a slower pace of life, lingering in the cockpit with late coffee and early cocktails, watching the world float by on the tides. Long-time freshwater sailors, we'll describe our adventures and foibles as we attempt to grow bluewater sea-legs.
