Monday, February 17, 2014
Still no sewing machine!!
So here we are, February 17 th and still no song machine. I must say I have seen her. But am not allowed to use her! I like to say that, but in actuality my back is so bad I could not do any sewing right now anyway. Today I go for a Mri on the lower back and the pelvis. I have the sneaking suspicion my sacroiliac joint is broken again. I suppose the Mri will not show it as usual, nothing new. I am so tired of this. 23 yrs is enough. Can hardly believe it. Anyway, the boat now has chain plates, and, my washing machine!!! Who
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HI Teri, glad to be working on a crazy quilt as well. Its new to me as well. I could live on a sail boat for a short time, but I am a 'thing' person, like to have my things around me. Looking forward to our cq class.
ReplyDeleteAfter Hurricane Harvey made landfall right on top of Flying Cloud there were a few hundred boats destroyed and only three survived. Flying Cloud was one of the three and came through better than the other two. Still, she was a mess and required a lot of work before we could move aboard again.
ReplyDeleteWe took up residence in a FEMA provided motel in LaGrange Texas for four plus months.
Moving back onboard was difficult, inconvenient and painful for Teri. At first we thought she had survived the storm with only cosmetic damage. But time would prove me wrong. Leaks started showing up in the hull/deck joint, windows, port lights and all sorts of small unidentifiable places.
The engine had just been rebuilt and was in my shop when the storm totally destroyed the building. So I bought a “rebuilt” engine on eBay in California. I drove out, picked it up and returned in three days.
Long story short, it was a piece of junk.
Eventually we left Rockport and made it as far as Sabine Pass, Texas where we ended up spending a miserable year trying to recover from all the hurricane damage.
In September 2020 we bought another, factory new engine and went to pick it up in New Hampshire.
Teri stayed in Virginia while I returned to Texas to install the engine.
Upon my return I had to make immediate preparations for another hurricane that was headed straight for me. A neighbor shrimper offered to tow me to Galveston to get away from the storm. We ran all night, slept the next day and night, then he towed me back to Sabine.
Two weeks later I was ready to install the new engine when another hurricane started heading toward me. Local weather forecasters said we would only get 50 to 60
mph winds from this storm. So I decided to stay onboard. Big mistake! The storm arrived with 110mph wind and enough storm surge to flood everything in sight.
A few days later I had the engine in and running. I piled everything I could think of onboard, took my truck and trailer to a friends place and untied the dock lines.
I said goodbye to Sabine and sailed to Shell Island where I anchored for a few days to rest and organize things.
With just me and Shorty I took my time traveling the GICW all the way to Houma Louisiana. Here I discovered that one of the locks I need to pass through was closed for repairs. Facing a ten day wait before it opens I asked Teri to come join me.
We left Houma, got through the lock with some difficulties and ran to Rabbit Island right on the Louisiana/Mississippi stateline.
We’ve been anchored here for three nights and will probably stay two more while we wait for good weather and continue with boat projects. It’s been cold and wet and we are ready to get moving to warmer latitudes.