brAT..I hear you have a new friend...


"Scotty" wrote in message
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you were gone?


Scotty


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Hey, everyone. You have all sure been busy posting away here
while I was
incommunicado. We finally got phone service established here
on our boat,
so I'm back to normal emailing. Oh, yeah...I forgot to
mention...we are now
living aboard Chanteuse, escaping the cold winter up in MI
(they've already
had 6 inches of snow and expect 6" nore tonight...too bad, so
sad). Right
now we're in the Pamlico Sound area (some of you know where
exactly...).
We're just taking life esasy for right now and staying away
from going out
into the Atlantic....the weather off Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear
is
frightening....45-50 knots with 20 foot waves. Not what I want
my first
encounter with the Atlantic to be! We've met a bunch of lovely
people,
including one Doug and Kathy King, who are great folks,
interesting to talk
to, and enjoyable to be with. Have also met some friends of
Michael Ortin's
(Schoonertrash) who sail in this area who are very pleasant
people too.
Chopper likes living aboard except that we're always having to
ask him to
move since the aft cabin has become the closet/storage area.
He was a bit
put out at first that we had usurped "his" room for such
mundane stuff as
the printer, clothes, and accesoroes. We are now official
liveabords since
we installed the requisite blue tarp over our boom when we had
a downpour
yesterday...sure makes a difference not having the rain come
pouring down
the hatch. We're also shopping for a new mainsail before
taking off to do
any serious cruising. Haven't decided whether we're going to
go north or
south yet. Plenty of time to decide that later. For right
now, we like it
here and there's lots to explore and lots of places to sail to
in the
vicinity. I brought my fishing gear with me and on a warmer
day will go out
to the beach to surf fish. I caught a 1.5# crappe off the dock
the other
day and cooked it up for dinner. So, that's where I've been
and am....good
to be back.

katy