John is down in Florida this week wrapping up a boat sale on a Grand Banks 42 – a very nice Europa that we had worked on last year. He told yesterday that it was…

The wet has moved out for a day and the sun is shining. It also near-fifty and will break that by lunch time. This improves moods greatly. In fact, it is nice enough to have…

After a cold rainy weekend we are experiencing a misty morning here in Trappe – damp beyond belief.  This has put a damper on some plans (insert groan here). The dampness got into my back…

I was not really in the mood to post today but here it goes anyway. We have another boat coming in later – a  44′ sail boat which is going to get a total paint…

Another sunny day and 40’s and 50’s over the next few days. We may have dodged the winter bullet this year altogether. I do know my heating bill at home has been very reasonable so…

I’m ready for another day off – the sun is shining! Not much to report today although we are starting an engine mount replacement later today and hopefully I can capture some photos of the…

We had an unexpected day off yesterday – we found out Sunday evening. Personally I had no problem with that because as you know, I was whining on Friday about being here. Although it was…

It seems I am wrong a LOT of the time since I am obviously here despite what I said yesterday. We are getting ready to experience some real cold but only for a couple days…

Time flies when you’re having fun (or even if you’re not)  – here it is Thursday already. I’m thinking of being awol tomorrow – just because. We’ll see about how I feel about it later.…

Fairly nice right now although some pre-melted snow is expected to roll in later. I did get a few more bilge painting jobs as a result of Deal 111 although not quite as good as…