Sailing things right

Fresh water supply!

Local panorama from the hill.
Full res attached in the first comment

The last (I'm really hoping it was the last) breath of the storm was the most violent. Here, behind the rocks, we got over 40. Outside it was, probably, about 60.
My friend's boat was dragging, so he left me to catch it.
Unofficial competition between QCR and Bruce anchors was flawlessly won by QCR! :)

Checked out the price of the pontoon I met in the sea. And it was twice as big as the left one.
I HAD TO TOW IT WITH ME. :(

One of the unexpected benefits of living on the boat. :)

Little bugger still avoiding all 75 traps deployed and doing its nasty stuff.

Chinese sticky traps didn't work — the mouse took away the bait and stored it in the anchor box.

Looks like I have to spread the poison and find the mouse later by smell. :(

In three days all the west coast of Italy will get hit by stormy weather, so I'm skipping the passage to Rome and going straight to Sardegna (via the longest possible open waters).
See you in three days.

Living the best life

Ask me what this place is — I won't answer. Just because I don't remember. :)
But it's a beautiful place in Italy.

Met there a couple guys who were just chilling with the homemade wine. So we got the wine too and chilled with them for a while. :)

Another boring video of the boatworks.
Preparing to change thru-hulls. Finding out that that was a very right time to do it.
Caution, speaking only one phrase out of the 9 minutes shot.

A friend helped me to climb on the mast today to check the anchor light.
Found out that there were just contacts failing, not the bulb.
Another note to the list for future general replacements. I will need to replace all the wiring through the mast since current wires are old, partially failing and damaged in certain places.

Meanwhile the bun is being a bun. :)

#bobaka

This mouse is a damn Terminator

So little deviation from "normal" pressure, but so much trouble.
My morning started at 5am with the first 25+ gusts.
At about 11 got 35 knots for a few minutes and then gradually easing up to 6pm.
The seabed here is grassy so I got some drag, but not much to get concerned about.
Out there in the bay the wind was way more nasty. I was glad that I'm not there.
So, I'm good, planning further moves.

Turning to Capri. Autopilot decided to die again.
Will have to survive that on Monday-Tuesday. Going to use "double-anchor" strategy.

The War. Part I.

God, please, not a mouse!

Morning, guys

Without any warnings a huge thunderstorm came in.
Sitting in the boat fully packed to get on the helm just in case of anchor drag.
It already did a little, but in the right direction.
The neighboring boat suffers a lot worse drag. They're trying to redeploy their anchor now.

Just found out, that I've filmed the moment of catching that tiny missile-fish.

Today started some canoe-polo championship(?) here among European teams.
Spent some time watching the game. That was fun.

Thanks to all gods for just 30 knots here. Chilling/swinging on the anchor, trying to make some job done.

Closest navigation plans: stay still, survive what's coming in Friday.

Bonus: today's sunset

Morning won't be boring.

Found a bunch of inflatable kids toys and this. :)

Shit. This is a mouse.
And this is war!

Supply mission successful.

With the great help of my friends I got about a hundred kilos of food in the boat along with 160 liters of diesel.

Got it!
Who ordered a marlin? Here it is! :)

Fresh water supply!

Without any warnings a huge thunderstorm came in.
Sitting in the boat fully packed to get on the helm just in case of anchor drag.
It already did a little, but in the right direction.
The neighboring boat suffers a lot worse drag. They're trying to redeploy their anchor now.

Another boring video of the boatworks.
Preparing to change thru-hulls. Finding out that that was a very right time to do it.
Caution, speaking only one phrase out of the 9 minutes shot.

Local panorama from the hill.
Full res attached in the first comment

Today started some canoe-polo championship(?) here among European teams.
Spent some time watching the game. That was fun.

Meanwhile the bun is being a bun. :)

#bobaka

Checked out the price of the pontoon I met in the sea. And it was twice as big as the left one.
I HAD TO TOW IT WITH ME. :(

Closest navigation plans: stay still, survive what's coming in Friday.

Bonus: today's sunset

So little deviation from "normal" pressure, but so much trouble.
My morning started at 5am with the first 25+ gusts.
At about 11 got 35 knots for a few minutes and then gradually easing up to 6pm.
The seabed here is grassy so I got some drag, but not much to get concerned about.
Out there in the bay the wind was way more nasty. I was glad that I'm not there.
So, I'm good, planning further moves.

Little bugger still avoiding all 75 traps deployed and doing its nasty stuff.

Found a bunch of inflatable kids toys and this. :)

The War. Part I.

Living the best life

Supply mission successful.

With the great help of my friends I got about a hundred kilos of food in the boat along with 160 liters of diesel.

Morning, guys

Just found out, that I've filmed the moment of catching that tiny missile-fish.

A friend helped me to climb on the mast today to check the anchor light.
Found out that there were just contacts failing, not the bulb.
Another note to the list for future general replacements. I will need to replace all the wiring through the mast since current wires are old, partially failing and damaged in certain places.

The last (I'm really hoping it was the last) breath of the storm was the most violent. Here, behind the rocks, we got over 40. Outside it was, probably, about 60.
My friend's boat was dragging, so he left me to catch it.
Unofficial competition between QCR and Bruce anchors was flawlessly won by QCR! :)

Thanks to all gods for just 30 knots here. Chilling/swinging on the anchor, trying to make some job done.

This mouse is a damn Terminator

One of the unexpected benefits of living on the boat. :)

Morning won't be boring.

Turning to Capri. Autopilot decided to die again.
Will have to survive that on Monday-Tuesday. Going to use "double-anchor" strategy.

Chinese sticky traps didn't work — the mouse took away the bait and stored it in the anchor box.

Looks like I have to spread the poison and find the mouse later by smell. :(

In three days all the west coast of Italy will get hit by stormy weather, so I'm skipping the passage to Rome and going straight to Sardegna (via the longest possible open waters).
See you in three days.

Shit. This is a mouse.
And this is war!

God, please, not a mouse!

Ask me what this place is — I won't answer. Just because I don't remember. :)
But it's a beautiful place in Italy.

Met there a couple guys who were just chilling with the homemade wine. So we got the wine too and chilled with them for a while. :)

Got it!
Who ordered a marlin? Here it is! :)

Fresh water supply!

Without any warnings a huge thunderstorm came in.
Sitting in the boat fully packed to get on the helm just in case of anchor drag.
It already did a little, but in the right direction.
The neighboring boat suffers a lot worse drag. They're trying to redeploy their anchor now.

Another boring video of the boatworks.
Preparing to change thru-hulls. Finding out that that was a very right time to do it.
Caution, speaking only one phrase out of the 9 minutes shot.

Just found out, that I've filmed the moment of catching that tiny missile-fish.

Local panorama from the hill.
Full res attached in the first comment

A friend helped me to climb on the mast today to check the anchor light.
Found out that there were just contacts failing, not the bulb.
Another note to the list for future general replacements. I will need to replace all the wiring through the mast since current wires are old, partially failing and damaged in certain places.

Today started some canoe-polo championship(?) here among European teams.
Spent some time watching the game. That was fun.

The last (I'm really hoping it was the last) breath of the storm was the most violent. Here, behind the rocks, we got over 40. Outside it was, probably, about 60.
My friend's boat was dragging, so he left me to catch it.
Unofficial competition between QCR and Bruce anchors was flawlessly won by QCR! :)

Meanwhile the bun is being a bun. :)

#bobaka

Thanks to all gods for just 30 knots here. Chilling/swinging on the anchor, trying to make some job done.

Checked out the price of the pontoon I met in the sea. And it was twice as big as the left one.
I HAD TO TOW IT WITH ME. :(

This mouse is a damn Terminator

Closest navigation plans: stay still, survive what's coming in Friday.

Bonus: today's sunset

One of the unexpected benefits of living on the boat. :)

So little deviation from "normal" pressure, but so much trouble.
My morning started at 5am with the first 25+ gusts.
At about 11 got 35 knots for a few minutes and then gradually easing up to 6pm.
The seabed here is grassy so I got some drag, but not much to get concerned about.
Out there in the bay the wind was way more nasty. I was glad that I'm not there.
So, I'm good, planning further moves.

Morning won't be boring.

Little bugger still avoiding all 75 traps deployed and doing its nasty stuff.

Turning to Capri. Autopilot decided to die again.
Will have to survive that on Monday-Tuesday. Going to use "double-anchor" strategy.

Found a bunch of inflatable kids toys and this. :)

Chinese sticky traps didn't work — the mouse took away the bait and stored it in the anchor box.

Looks like I have to spread the poison and find the mouse later by smell. :(

In three days all the west coast of Italy will get hit by stormy weather, so I'm skipping the passage to Rome and going straight to Sardegna (via the longest possible open waters).
See you in three days.

The War. Part I.

Shit. This is a mouse.
And this is war!

Living the best life

God, please, not a mouse!

Supply mission successful.

With the great help of my friends I got about a hundred kilos of food in the boat along with 160 liters of diesel.

Ask me what this place is — I won't answer. Just because I don't remember. :)
But it's a beautiful place in Italy.

Met there a couple guys who were just chilling with the homemade wine. So we got the wine too and chilled with them for a while. :)

Morning, guys

Got it!
Who ordered a marlin? Here it is! :)