Relief Effort?
 

OT, so please forgive me...




I was in Florida during the hurricane and a fireman came to the door and
asked to use our bathroom. I figured it was an emergency evacuation.

Heh.

L8R

Skip and Lydia

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:52:39 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:

I was in Florida during the hurricane and a fireman came to the door and
asked to use our bathroom. I figured it was an emergency evacuation.

Heh.

Good to see you bouncing back from surgery, Skip. Either that or you
are taking too many "pain" pills....

R.

"rhys" wrote in message
...

Good to see you bouncing back from surgery, Skip. Either that or you
are taking too many "pain" pills....

R.


Thanks for the warm thoughts. However, bouncing back is relative I'm
thankful to say that there's no pain, in either the original or infection
followup; I was off all pain meds with not so much as an aspirin from the
first day out.

Overall, however...

I knew I was going to have some surgery to fix some problems with a prior
operation, but expected that it would be very minor. It turned out to be a
redo of the original, with its attendant rehab which will take until
February or so at the earliest. Unfortunately, however, I got an infection
which either undid or stopped some of the repairs, and that will mean a
reassessment at the end of the therapy period. Failure to get as much end
result as we need (ability to raise the arm overhead easily, with at least
some strength in the 80-130 degree quadrant) will likely mean I'll go in
again for more surgery.

The objective will be to allow me to be useful overhead with that arm,
something which I've not been able to do for 3 years. So, it will all work
out, I'm sure. In the meantime, we wait for houses and land to sell, with
no movement at the moment.

Our expectation is to do easy cruising - most likely, down the Thorny Path -
until we get to the St. Thomas neighborhood, with an objective of around May
of probably 2006, though if we get out of here much earlier than expected,
that could be next year. We're figuring to stop there for a while to renew
acquaintances and scout out job opportunities (work high season, cruise off
season) and anchorage/mooring locations.

I'm assuming I'll be involved in some sort of maintenance or repair of
boats, and Lydia some sort of office or retail environment. Until we get a
better feel for that, we don't know what to expect in terms of
transportation needs and other minutiae of everyday life :{))

So, while she's beside herself wanting to get on board, I'm taking a more
measured approach and knowing that it will all work out right, as it always
does, and not getting pushed into doing something premature or unwise (or,
at least, to the best of my ability on the latter!). We're developing a
loglist for those who might be interested in our journey; it will start,
whenever I actually get to transcribing it, with the shakedown/delivery,
"The last voyage of SV Tehamana" (as it is renamed now, though the painting
has yet to be done, that was the last voyage of that boat), and then
continue as we actually get to go aboard. Flying Pig is safely on ground,
untouched by the recent hurricane, though it was in the direct originally
expected path, awaiting various ministrations to upgrade and polish her
current systems.

If you'd like to be on the loglist (cruising reports, including the
shakedown/delivery) drop me a line.

And, Rhys, about your search, did you get my note about Shilo?

L8R

Skip and Lydia

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:13:25 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach @
adelphia . net (usual alterations for spam avoidance) wrote:

Thanks for the warm thoughts. However, bouncing back is relative I'm
thankful to say that there's no pain, in either the original or infection
followup; I was off all pain meds with not so much as an aspirin from the
first day out.

That's good news..

Overall, however...

I knew I was going to have some surgery to fix some problems with a prior
operation, but expected that it would be very minor. It turned out to be a
redo of the original, with its attendant rehab which will take until
February or so at the earliest. Unfortunately, however, I got an infection
which either undid or stopped some of the repairs, and that will mean a
reassessment at the end of the therapy period. Failure to get as much end
result as we need (ability to raise the arm overhead easily, with at least
some strength in the 80-130 degree quadrant) will likely mean I'll go in
again for more surgery.

The objective will be to allow me to be useful overhead with that arm,
something which I've not been able to do for 3 years. So, it will all work
out, I'm sure. In the meantime, we wait for houses and land to sell, with
no movement at the moment.

You strike me as a patient person, however...G


Our expectation is to do easy cruising - most likely, down the Thorny Path -
until we get to the St. Thomas neighborhood, with an objective of around May
of probably 2006, though if we get out of here much earlier than expected,
that could be next year. We're figuring to stop there for a while to renew
acquaintances and scout out job opportunities (work high season, cruise off
season) and anchorage/mooring locations.

I'm assuming I'll be involved in some sort of maintenance or repair of
boats, and Lydia some sort of office or retail environment. Until we get a
better feel for that, we don't know what to expect in terms of
transportation needs and other minutiae of everyday life :{))

So, while she's beside herself wanting to get on board, I'm taking a more
measured approach and knowing that it will all work out right, as it always
does, and not getting pushed into doing something premature or unwise (or,
at least, to the best of my ability on the latter!). We're developing a
loglist for those who might be interested in our journey; it will start,
whenever I actually get to transcribing it, with the shakedown/delivery,
"The last voyage of SV Tehamana" (as it is renamed now, though the painting
has yet to be done, that was the last voyage of that boat), and then
continue as we actually get to go aboard. Flying Pig is safely on ground,
untouched by the recent hurricane, though it was in the direct originally
expected path, awaiting various ministrations to upgrade and polish her
current systems.

If you'd like to be on the loglist (cruising reports, including the
shakedown/delivery) drop me a line.

Yes, please. I find your particular process in achieving your cruising
goals not only instructive, but extremely well-documented!

And, Rhys, about your search, did you get my note about Shilo?

No, I didn't, and please see my response to your latest "PING!"

R.

Hi, Y'all,

Sorry to use this forum sort of as my blog, but there seem to be interested
parties. If you're not one of them, please excuse and delete...

"rhys" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:13:25 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach @
adelphia . net (usual alterations for spam avoidance) wrote:

The objective will be to allow me to be useful overhead with that arm,
something which I've not been able to do for 3 years. So, it will all
work
out, I'm sure. In the meantime, we wait for houses and land to sell,
with
no movement at the moment.

You strike me as a patient person, however...G

It's one of my strong points. Lydia, on the other hand has a daily
prayer/mantra: Lord, please give me patience, and I want it right now!
This entire process has been very frustrating to her, once we actually
committed to going.

If you'd like to be on the loglist (cruising reports, including the
shakedown/delivery) drop me a line.

Yes, please. I find your particular process in achieving your cruising
goals not only instructive, but extremely well-documented!

Thanks. I'm glad it's been useful. I had to laugh, as we were going
through the purchase process, as, on reflection, in the end, we bought our
boat relatively quickly and especially so in light of our not having had a
specific type in mind when we started - but got an awful load of grief about
how endless and fruitless it was and (with some suspicion) commentary to the
effect that we enjoyed the process, were poseurs, and would never buy a
boat.

Heh. We'd offered on three, trialed two, and had bought one and sailed it
nearly a thousand miles within 3 months of finding the type we wanted...


And, Rhys, about your search, did you get my note about Shilo?

No, I didn't, and please see my response to your latest "PING!"

You have a separate response, off line.

In all, it's been a heck of a ride, and it's just starting. I've always
maintained that everything will happen in its own good time, and trying to
rush it is not only unproductive, it wastes a lot of energy. So, you're
right about my patience. When we're supposed to be out there, we'll be
gone, but not before :{))

L8R

Skip and Lydia

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin