There are Lighted Boat Parades throughout the Hampton Roads region. Each happens the first Saturday of December (weather permitting). Normally I travel on Dave's boat in the Hampton parade. But this year, Dave and Petra are enjoying sunny Key West for t… more »

Last Sunday was the first race of the Frostbite series. It lived up to its name. It was cold. It was wet. It was too windy. The only thing missing was high waves. I showed up about an hour early, to clean up the boat a bit. With all the work I'd done t… more »

I learn things the hard way. Hopefully, however, I learn them well! more »

OK so. I thought the simpler coupler would make it much easier to tell if my engine was aligned to the shaft. After all, the coupler wouldn't fit together right if the engine wasn't aligned correctly. But it doesn't seem to have worked out that w… more »

Woowee! After 2-1/2 months, the boat is back in the water! Hooray! Unfortunately, it wasn't an easy launch. I was most concerned with the new stuffing box. But I guess I should have paid a bit more attention to the new knotmeter as well. The boat was p… more »