Realllllly the Last Post of 2009

     I figured I'd have no more posts in 2009 but an update became needed.
    
     Why?

     We had someone aboard Infinite Improbability over the weekend and they stole a large MagLite flashlight from the cockpit. They did not break into the boat or vandalize anything and they left a rechargeable spotlight. This wasn't my spotlight. It was the one they brought themselves! Not only that, it was worth more than the light they took and it worked!!! My MagLite had dead batteries in it.

     Did I come out ahead? No. The police took the spotlight away as evidence. They hoped to fume it (see NCIS or CSI). I may become a suspect since I touched it before I realized what had happened. Oh well. Another adventure.

     The other update is about what may become our ship's cat. We've been adopted but she may end up with Heather when we sail away. We'll see. She's already been to the boat and was fine but who knows what will happen once we get underway. Going to a foreign country could be an issue, too. That is a few years in the future anyway.

    

I am on Facebook as Mike Cam.  A friend asked me to join so I could see his photos.  Seems like a lot of work.  Facebook is officially over since  I'm now on it.                                                                 

HAPPY (through the next 40 days or so) HOLIDAYS

I hate winter

Well it's the off season for boating here in New England. It's not officially winter yet but it's official, I hate winter.

We hope this is the last winter season we spend in this area. By mid-November next year we should be nearing Florida with Infinite Improbability but you never know. The weather enroute south hasn't been all that great this year and there have been delays with bridge failures, etc. so who knows, next year. We'll see.

I moved the boat to Clinton, CT on Holloween weekend for winter storage. It was a long motor against the wind and current. Calm and boring. We didn't use the boat at all in October because of weather and travel but we did buy her some new toys at the boat show to make up for it.

Here is what the boat looks like after engine and water system winterization and then covering part of it to keep snow and ice out of the cockpit and off the bimini. It is also to keep the bird crap off. It seems like there is more of the latter than the former in Clinton.

Piggy Sue made the trip with me to Clinton but her health has been up and down. She gets dehydrated because she doesn't want to drink. We trick her by giving her fruit drinks and soup and she perks right up. Acts like a little piglet. Well, not quite. Then the next week she doesn't want to drink what we've been giving her and we have to try something new. It's like dealing with a cranky old aunt or grandmother in the nursing home. If you are a cranky old lady, I don't mean you.

Piggy Sue will be in the next issue of Points East magazine. http://www.pointseast.com/

This is likely my last post for 2009. We are starting to work on preparing the house for a spring listing and are looking forward to moving aboard fulltime and then sailing away in 2010. In the mean time...

I hate winter!