This was the opening gambit of a series of books I read about an ancient Roman private investigator who’s life was turned upside down by a random event. The thing that struck me about the series was how you can just be going along in life thinking you had a plan and system set up for a while. Then just a random turn of events can change your entire perspective...
As is the tradition on a New Year I took a look at what had been done in the last six months and started to plan for 2017. As with most things in life, a lot of the projects are limited to timing due to budget, but there are a lot of projects that require more “elbow grease” than supplies, so I’ll be able to work on those in between budget...
One of the challenges of owning the Palani is that the previous owner died so I don’t have an easy source to what the game plan was and the boat was part way through a refit before I bought it. As the Cabot’s were sometimes sold as just hull and basic interior shell with the new owners outfitting as they saw fit there isn’t a standard...
I didn’t get any projects moved ahead this week. I’ve been moving the last of the stuff from the apartment (a duffle bag a day on my trip from work) and trying to sort out where I’m going to store everything. Unlike a house or an apartment where you have multiple levels of storage (cabinets) and everything stays stable a boat requires a little more...
I think my boat is possessed. There’s this evil spirit that grabs you as you come up the companionway first thing in the morning and throws you into a seat. And you just get stuck there all day looking at dolphins or people watching all the boaters at the boat ramp. I thought at first it was just me being lazy but it happened to guests I had over to the boat...