Armed and Dangerous

"Don't you worry about pirates when you go sailing?"

Well, it's not like we are unarmed.

Flaming arrows are terrifying on the high seas. We make Jake practice at night so the locals won't get alarmed. Hopefully, Randall will have the catapult finished before we leave.

Ok, just kidding. Jake would not share pics from his mudbogging weekend so I got him to send pictures from tonight's "flaming arrow shooting contest." And he thought there would be nothing to do in Brunswick, GA.

Blue Crabs in Yellow Bucket

Blue crabs for dinner! Capt. Bill of MV Adelaine brought over 6 blue crabs he caught trapping off the dock. We have been dangling a chicken neck over the side of the boat and have hauled up several large crabs. However, we always loose them before we manage to get them in the bucket. Bill uses a crab trap which is much more effective. You need about 10 -12 to make 4 crab patties so hopefully we'll get a few more before the day is through.

Ridin' Around Seeing Sights

Our cute little Toyota Yaris took us to Savannah and Hilton Head this weekend. I'd like to say life is fine without a car but we oh-so-loved being in the fast lane again. I think Yaris tops out at 70 miles per hour but it seemed fast after bicycling everywhere for a month. In Savannah, Lily rode some public art as well. On Hilton Head, we toured by bicycle. We took the Yaris for a reprovisioning extravaganza then back to Enterprise for a sad farewell. We hope to see each other again sometime soon.

Leaks & More Leaks

Randall's been sawing on the boat again with a little miter saw. It's never fun to cut wood you know you'll have to replace with $40/foot teak but he didn't like the way the caprail was pulling up at the bow. To get to the wood, we had to remove the bow pulpit and the foreward stay so the top picture shows what it looked like before demolition. We also have all the stanchions and lifelines off to epoxy and drill new (leakless!) holes along the entire length of the caprail. It has rained almost everyday in Brunswick except for this past week so it has been confirmed that our leaks are not going away by themselves. The worst leak is right above Lily's berth so she can't wait to get rid of the drip bucket she shares a bed with.