Plenty of people have told me that my boat stinks, both literally and figuratively. Of course the boat has the usual boat smells. And the odor of a guy who has a hard time remembering his last shower.
One of the worst smells is when someone uses the head. Air is forced out of the holding tank and it smells like the worst fart ever.
All that was topped by the stink of the bacterial soup brewing in my garbage can in the July heat.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Your Boat Stinks
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Mmm. Just as I was getting nostalgic for boating life.
Don't forget to wipe out the bottom of the cooler - that gets pretty ripe too.
Looks like you are about 33 miles north of Atlantic City. How goes it?
Sunny, easy day. No fog obscuring my view, or lightning putting the Fear of God in me.
I thought about continuing on to Atlantic City in the pleasant conditions, but that would have been a long day.
Weather is finally improving here too....it is a NICE day to be on the water. Although, we are beginning to see a few jellyfish as the waters warm, so look carefully before you hop in to cool off!
Romano clan, hope you got out on the water today. It was a beautiful day. A bit long for me though. Wind on my nose all day, so no sailing. Motored to Atlantic City. I may take tomorrow off. I'm beat.
I see you are anchored in that "secret" harbor I told you about. Bet you were glad you were there during the T storms! Was going to sail down to AC today and spend some time with you (Meg really wants to meet you) but saw the T storms on radar. That boat on the beach sells good cheap food by the way, nice folks that run the operation. (water weenies).
Take Care,
Louie & Meg
Lou, I should have checked out the scene at the entrance of the inlet. I don't know why I didn't. Looked like a lot of fun with all the boats lined up on the beach. I went ashore and to the ocean beach instead. My loss.
I tried to leave this morning for Cape May. There was dense fog until mid morning. I went out the inlet after the fog cleared, but soon ran into a fog bank in the ocean. Wasn't sure if it would clear or not, and it was getting late for a run to Cape May, so I turned back. I'll try again tomorrow.
Oye, Fufarufu,
Que tal? Just read your last blog. Hey man, yeah all boats are stinky. That's part of the fun of them. I loved sleeping in the stern of your boat overcome by noxious deisel fumes. Actually not! But since you were busy piloting us down the Florida coast as I slept instead of helping to navigate and pilot, I figured I would be in the way sleeping where you steering.
Anyway, I loved all the smells of your boat including the head because we were able to get along in that most important of situations.
Also, the smell of our chicken that we cooked on the grill the first night on board continued to contribute to the other multiple smell sensations.
Anyone who gives you a hard time about the smells on your boat, you just tell them to give me a call at 1-800-SMELLTHIS.
Alright dude, I want to see you this summer. I expect a trip up the Patuxent.
Chow!
Hey Mr. Fred,
I promise a stop in the Patuxent on my way down.
I'm looking forward to getting the boat into port. I have lots of more permanent repairs I want to do, but the first thing will be to give the boat a thorough cleaning. Hopefully that will help rid the boat of some of its many odors.
I'm waiting for the fog to lift, then it's up the Delaware bay for me. The tide will be against me for much of the day, but the winds are predicted favorable for some sailing. I'm crossing my fingers.
Do you think you could update your blog so we don't have to look at your trash so much?
Tough crowd.
Yeah, we're all looking forward to new updates!
Hey Ross, didn't know you were still around. Hope you're having a good Summer and getting in some sailing.
I'll be heading into Baltimore today. I'll leave the boat at my marina for at least a month or two. Possibly until Spring. So today is essentially the end of my trip, and possibly the blog. I'll try to cobble together another post or two. Possibly a trip epilogue. But other than that, I'm not sure what future the blog has.
Hi Scott,
It's been a fun trip for the stay at home traveler, anyway.
Hi to Amy.
Give us a call when you are in town.
Did you see that the fake Rockefeller who kidnapped his daughter was sailing on a Catamaran and anchoring it in Canton. Maybe it will be on the market soon.
Sandy
Sandy, it's been a great trip, but I'm pretty tired and ready for it to be over.
Amy is coming up for a few days this week. We'll give you a call.
Scott -
Thanks for update and future plans.
I'll miss getting my daily fix of vicarious sailing/traveling adventure.
I do check in on Amy's Blog, which I enjoy, although it's not quite as much up my alley as yours.
If you do revive the Blog, or another in a similiar vein then please PM me with the particulars.
You know during the course of your voyage I made numereous references to my similiar experience going down to the Bahamas for the winter.
After returning and becoming more land-bound with Phyllis here in Chapel Hill, we kept Xarifa (my boat) in a slip in Wilmington for several years. The idea was that we'd have a weekend getaway just 2.5 hours away at a reasonable cost.
However, I came to realize that this was poor reasoning. After totaling up all the costs associated with owning and keeping a boat in a slip - not to mention the time/effort of the weekend maintaince that would inevitably come up we realized that it was much more cost effecive to take those same (or fewer) dollars and use them toward sailing vacations in more exotic spots.
Very few marina bound boats get enough use to warrant keeping them, my advice - sell your boat soon while everything is still working! (and you've got all your anchors - ha!)
Good luck in Richmond.
Glad to know that you have made home port. We're sure that ADMIBABLE AMY will be glad to see you! Life is definitely more of an adventure when you have someone to share it....and should be more pleasant for Amy if she is not sea sick every other day! Let us know if you are ever up this way again.
Such a typist!! that should read as ADMIRABLE AMY.....she is a great sport and awesome addition to your crew.
Thanks Ross,
Great advice as usual. But emotionally, I can't begin to contemplate the idea of selling the boat.
The last boat I owned with two other guys. (Older Salty was one of them.) That certainly helped to defray costs and maintenance. I also felt less guilty if I wasn't able to use the boat, knowing that other folks were using it.
I'm hoping that I can figure out some way to integrate the boat into life in Richmond. Amy has the summers off, so maybe we can spend some extensive time on the boat then. Although with the heat, thunderstorms, fickle winds and crowded anchorages, summer is not my favorite sailing season.
Another idea is to sail the boat to different places we'd like to visit, and then leave it at a marina there for a while. Amy commented that our month stay in Hilton Head last January was very affordable. The cost of the marina slip probably would have only gotten us a few days in a condo.
So anyway, we'll see.
Romano clan,
I like "Admibable Amy" better.
I am really glad to be in port. I'm looking forward to getting back into my running routine, and to adding more fresh fruit and vegetables to my diet.
Welcome back. Glad to hear you don't want to part with the boat. Your plans about summer cruises sounds good.
I'm leaving next week for a week at Cocoa Beach and work at KSC/CCAFS, so this weekend would be good to visit here or at The Wharf Rat.
Yeah Scott I can certainly appreciate your desire to hold on to Split Decision.
Your situation may be much more workable than mine was.
A big factor is how you're very clever at keeping your expenses/overhead low.
Also, I must admit that for my first couple of years in the post-cruise status Phyllis & I did have some great weekends just day sailing and anchoring out at Wrightsville.
The economics of living aboard worked out great for me, however, after moving ashore I came to realize that I just wasn't rich enough to afford being "yacht owner".
Hey, maybe you can adapt your blog to show how you're able to be a normal guy who also has a yacht. A weekend sailor who really uses his boat!
Hola Amigo,
Sister just bought a Skidoo. It goes 60 mph.
Never been 60 mph on the water. Especially on something that is equivalent to a motorcycle.
Hope all is well. Cannot wait to run circles around you as you cruise up the Patuxent. Just saying hi.
Ross, if I were blogging today, it would be about how a "normal" guy spends the day cleaning an apartment after one of his tenants moves out and leaves a mess. Not very exciting.
Mr. Fred, that's not the way to entice me to visit the Patuxent. Jet skiers are not my favorite boaters. Of course, I may change my mind if I get to ride the jet ski.
Please, I implore you, something else besides your trash!!!
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