Well, for many of us, fall is the time when we all have to divide our time between numerous fun projects such as raking the leaves and finishing some of the outside projects on the house. For those with boats we also have to add in the project that we all dread which is “winterizing”. It isn’t that we dread it because it is such a difficult task, but because it “finalizes the season” and we must wait for the winter to pass until the next boating season. This year this process is with mixed feelings as it is still true [View Full Entry]

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Well, we just got back from the Annapolis boat show that was held over Columbus Day weekend. It was great to be able to wear shorts and T-shirts again as it was getting to feel like fall at home, but was summer in Annapolis - quite a bonus! We went down prepared with a very long shopping list of things we wanted for Tsamaya. We spent Friday and Saturday doing all of the research and then Sunday was the day to actually commit and place the orders. It was definitely an expensive weekend but we are very happy with the items [View Full Entry]

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We have decided to store the boat under cover so we (however it will probably be mostly Bob as he is the one with the technical skills) can work on it over the winter. We decided that Lake Ontario winter’s do not lend themselves to getting anything done as you are too busy clapping your hands together to stay warm and dressed like the Michelin man to stay warm (speaking from last year’s winter experience). We looked at a number of places, but decided the best place was Beacon Bay Marina at the northeast end of Cayuga Lake, however, this means [View Full Entry]

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This is our last weekend as residents at Navy Point and members of the Navy Point Association. As much as we loved the location and the access to the village of Sackets Harbor, the best part was the people that we got to know in the marina. Right from the first weekend when we arrived 2 years ago, we were met by our slip mates, RJ and Mary on Ontario Star and Pat & Jim (the incredible spider killers) from So Inclined. They were there to lend a helping hand to bringing us into the dock with our lines and have [View Full Entry]

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We have been looking forward to having a block of time on the boat and it is finally here. We decided to have new canvas made for Tsamaya to give us more living space. It was suppose to be done before our vacation but it wasn't completed in time, so took off with part of it done and then returning it at the end of the vacation to complete it. What we have seen we are pleased with. It proved itself when we had a couple of hard thunderstorms. We took off from Crescent Yacht Club in Chumount, NY. The CYC [View Full Entry]

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Bob / sunny, rainy and cool 07/15/2009, Sackets Harbor, New York Janice retired on Friday, June 26, I had graduation on Saturday the 27th and after a few graduation parties on Saturday and Sunday (the duties of the principal) we got to the boat Sunday evening and started a week of vacation. Without the transmission we were not going to go out sailing, but I have a long list of jobs that need to be done and this would give me time to focus on them. Now that I had the chart plotter in place and powered we were able to [View Full Entry]

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Bob /Sunny and Beautiful today 06/24/2009, Sackets Harbor, New York, USA Between the junior-senior prom, awards banquets and end of the year stuff we've only been spending weekends on the boat. What this means is the installation of the new chart plotter and instruments is taking forever. However this past Sunday we turned on the new chart plotter and voilà it works. (I amaze myself sometimes.) That's the good news, the bad news is our transmission is shot and after two weeks I give up working on it and finally had the marina people take a look. They pulled it and [View Full Entry]

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This is my first blog entry. The weather report for this weekend is warm and sunny hopefully it will get up into the 80s. That sounds great but Sackets Harbor is on Lake Ontario and if the wind is coming out of the north it will be traveling over a very cold body of water so by the time it gets to us I don't anticipate needing shorts or short sleeve shirt for the weekend. But that's just fine with me I'll be on the boat and not at work. Last week Janice and I took the week off and worked [View Full Entry]

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