A blog by nerds afloat
Our preparations for sailing. After reading a post, you must hit the “back” button on your browser to find the next relevant post. You can’t just hit “Next Post” at the bottom of the post, because WordPress is complicated, people.
After a few outings with a keelboat, Greg and I decided to ramp up the learning this past week and took the ASA 103/104 course on cruising. We did it on Lake Superior, near the Apostle Islands, with dreary, cold, … Read More
So we chartered the Mildew Express the day after our lessons completed. It was very educational to practice things without our noble instructor Gerry. Mel left the dock without crashing into anything! We also learned a bit about wind. Like … Read More
Not much going on this week other than working way too much. However, a couple weeks ago the kids tried out our scuba hookah. It’s this cool, noisy thing we can put on the boat and then dive with. Very … Read More