We reached a huge milestone here on Bedouin yesterday—we celebrated our 40th day on anchor under our own power. This is quite the accomplishment, since last season the average number of days that we were able to go without checking into a marina so that we could charge our batteries and fill our water tanks …
Ever wonder how we get fuel on the boat? And yes, we know the whole point of sailing is not to use fuel. But, for those times when the wind doesn’t cooperate…we end up using our “iron spinnaker,” which takes a bit of gas. We thought we’d show you what it looks like …
And here we go… This is Lucas, master of engines. Over the winter he serviced both our engines and replaced the sail drive baffles. After the boat was launched, he came aboard and made sure everything was water tight and running great. And we appreciated his hard work. When Lucas speaks, you swear it’s …
Back on Aegina, it was time for the last bit of yard work to finish getting the boat ready to splash. First up, was getting our bottom painted. Never underestimate the joy of having a fresh bottom. A spiffy new coat of anti-fouling and Bedouin looked ready for swimsuit season. We also did …
✔️our yellow dinghy is up on the davits—let’s see if we can get another season out of her… ✔️our trashy looking winter cockpit surround is off (the taped up white one) and the nice blue surround is on—thanks to Karen and Marcel for the extra hands getting it all zipped back up!! It’s …
We took our trampoline down to a repair shop at the end of the season last year and had them put grommets around it. It seemed like the old loops were getting tired and we weren’t feeling confident in the way it was lashed on to the boat. We’re not sure this is the …
All the posh luxury boats in the yard have their own support vehicles. And our neighbors over on the 61’ charter yacht “Namaste” had an impressive van with their massive lotus logo on the side. Not to be outdone, Karen, Marcel, Mark and I decided we could spice up our shared rental car and …
Next up the windows. Not our favorite chore but we got it done. We stripped off the old wrinkled window film and put on the new. We cried a little. We cussed a little. And happily the job is done. ✔️windows On to the next chore! And we finally got our escape …
It’s project city around here. First up was to get all the old deck and water lights replaced. Some were white and some were blue, and some were too tired to work anymore. So we hired our friend Spiros to replace the ones below the waterline and the ones around the deck (all …
