Yard work

My idea of hell would be sweeping up a boat yard. There are so many little bits of boat and scraps of parts.

Nothing is open for breakfast before 8 so Sasha finished up a few odd jobes before we ate.

Sorting out sails. More odd jobs before breakfast.

Playing with our awesome new camera! Hope everyone following this blog appreciates the imporved picture quality :)

Hello to another season!

Just getting back to the islands-- Stayed with Jay and Bern on the new "VIVO" formerly known as "Airbender" lastnight and had a chance to meet their new owners and boat. Both are beautiful!! Spent the bulk of today meeting with our manager and working in the yard until about 8:30p. We had to quit because our headlamps are low on batteries and we couldn't see enough to keep going :( It was nice to get the amazingly uncontrolable sweet going again. Missed that while we were up north with family and friends!! We splash the HYP tomorrow at 8am. All the last minute prep is done and she looks goooood. More pics to follow as we are playing with our new camera. (the pic up top is from Guadaloupe during our big summer sailing trip)

Indiana Visit

It's amazing how much you can do in a month! I made my wedding
rounds, snuck up to Chicago to visit friends, and spent every weekend
at the lake house skiing with my Dad as much as possible. When Sasha
came to town we went clay pigeon shooting, too! Back up in Anderson,
we helped my parents host a 5 course wine education dinner to help
raise money for the local Arts Foundation. It was a night to
remember!!

Vacation

We are on vacation until October 25, 2009.
Looking forward to sailing with you soon!

More Hard Work

We just might be almost done with the boat! Yesterday evening we went
back to finish up a few projects like flushing the engins, drive
shafts, and AC units with fresh water and storing all the exterior
cushions and lines. We took in a whole new kind of sunset and are
very happy we aren't living on the boat while it's on the hard.

Looking forward to being home with family and friends in a few days.
While we are on break Saha and I are planning to go through old
pictures and post some of the good ones that we missed!

Haulout

Well, Hypnautic is hauled. After several days of cleaning,
organizing, stowing, and engine maintenance, we only have like a few
million things left to do while she is on the hard to store her for
the month and get her ready for next season.

Home Again

Home again, Home again, Jiggidy, Jig. Little old Miss Hellen (who road my short bus at IU) used to sing this song everyday, just happy have made it back to her apartment! Working full time at age 93 I guess I'd be happy to make it through every day of work, too.

Anyway, we're back home in the BVI as of 9am. We are currently in Spanish Town checking into customs and this place is a ghost town! The North Sound is literally empty-- no one at Bitter End or Leverick Bay. We'll start scrubbing today and in order to be ready to haul on the 9th! Pictures soon :)

Stormless in SXM

As you can see, the boat is ready for anything! We stowed the jib and
bimini and all the extra canvas, tied the boat in the middle of this
huge slip using 14 dockines as well as two separate 150' anchor rodes,
and for what? The wind is acutally lighter now than it has been in a
few days!

Safe in SXM

Yesterday, in the process of spider-webbing our boat into the middle
of this HUGE slip in Port de Plaisance. Latest info shows Erika
passing to our south as a mere tropical storm. However, better to be
prepared, so today we dropped and stowed the jib and anything else
that might blow away!!

Safe in St. Martin

Tied up in the middle of a HUGE slip in Port de Plaisance Marina in
the Simpson Bay Lagoon in St. Martin.