Sewing group

Started a sewing group over on Cruisers Forum, come check it out :)

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/groups/111-sewing+group.+boat+canvas+projects.html

Spinnaker Flying

An asymmetric spinnaker came with the boat when we bought it. It looks like it was rarely if ever, used by the previous owner. Perfect fit for out boat and came fully rigged with ATN sock. We can set it flying and douse without ever leaving the cockpit once it is raised. Sure make sailing a lot more fun when the wind is blowing 5. For now we fly it off the Genoa halyard. Next time we drop the mast we will install a proper spinnaker halyard.

KAELA OUR LOVABLE POOCH

Kaela, our wonderful dog, passed away last Saturday night. She passed away at 17 years old, in her sleep, after having a stroke. She died at home with Brian and I hugging her. She never seemed in pain or scared, she seemed ready and peaceful.
We love you baby girl.

Link to a little vid I made to remember her by

Scratch that, Rain Dog is Still For Sale

Brian and I decided to keep Rain Dog up for Sale. Long story, but it seems the best plan is to lighten up our "stuff" and do some land cruising with some chartering of cats and tris. We really wont be ready to full time sale for a couple years. I think a multihull is the next boat for us since we plan on doing a lot of the Caribbean. I think multiple boats are in our future, a small trawler for the great lakes, cat for Carib and the high latitude sailing, we would like to do in a few years, will probably be done in a Pan Oceanic.
We LOVE Rain Dog, so it's a hard decision, we may change our minds :-).......

Below is Rain Dog, our Pacific Seacraft 34. Also a Pan Oceanic 43, a Seaward Cat I like, and the type of trawler we are thinking of for the Great Lakes :-)

I fell down the rabbit hole :-)

Well, can't believe how long it's been and how much has happened since our last post. I'll try to catch you up without boring you to death :-).

Summer 2012 Brian and I went land roaming. My doctors said I needed time to heal( I had brain surgery for those just tuning in :-)). So we headed north, camped in the great Wind River mountains of Wyoming, explored the miles and miles of deserted beaches of Lake Superior. We then headed towards the east coast to John Hopkins for some more medical tests. My health was not improving, in fact, I was deteriorating. John Hopkins was able to DX a CSF leak. Cerebral Spinal leaks will cause all sorts off issues. This leak was caused or occurred because of the brain surgery. There are few specialists who have success repairing leaks of this nature. Cedar Sanai in Los Angeles, California specializes in CSF leaks. So off to LA we went. Thankfully, we have a friend who lives 9 miles from Cedars :-). The surgery was major, but it has completely cured me. My poor brain and body have been through the ringer, so lots of Physical therapy to get my strength back.
Through out all this crazy ride, my hubby Brian has been wonderful. It funny how many great times we have had while battling my health issues.
Brian and I are planning to get back to Rain Dog to complete her refit. We will head to the Bahamas for our next sabbatical, hopefully in December-January this year :-)

My POEM

Since getting an ipad, I am unable to respond in the comment section on my own blog!! So I'm posting this so I can talk to my peeps :-)


I have been asked where I found the poem below. I thought the grammar and typos gave it away

but to be clear, I wrote the poem " I Miss The Ocean" :-) thanks so much for the kind words.


It is funny. Well, no not funny, more like surreal. When I am unable to get the words out properly, whether speaking or writing letters on a page, it had always seemed so easy, but now. Sigh.
I am grateful for the kind comments, it tells me more, more than my poem does really. It tells me that my synapses were firing just right and jumped the many hurdles it must jump and navigated around my mess of a brain and somehow it came to rest in the welcoming arms of a coherent thought. And of course we know what's best for conductivity of the brain..
..salt water :-)


Erika and all her aliases
Ocean Girl
Mrs. Rain Dog



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Where U At?

Just a reminder we are blogging at Woop Woop Blog,Woop Woop our landlubber site, until the end of hurricane season.
Cheers,
Erika


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