Thursday, December 4, 2025

Hilton Head Island: 14.1; the taste of women; a poem

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I have said that the fastest speed I have seen GANNET make was about 13.7 knots.  I was wrong.  In rereading the log of the passage from Dur...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Hilton Head Island: the stages of life

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 In AS YOU LIKE IT, Shakespeare gives us seven ages of man. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...
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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Hilton Head Island: worked out and two poems

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  My calendar for this past week.  This has been the first week in two months since I started being chopped that I have done all my workouts...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Hilton Head Island: the right way and a small boat to Antarctica

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In rereading the journal entries for GANNET SIX I came across this originally posted on September 1, 2016.  I was impressed then by Mark’s a...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

Hilton Head Island: a night on board

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  I spent last night on GANNET.   Temperatures have returned to normal.  Highs around 70F/21C.  Lows around 50F/10C.  One day of winter was ...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Hilton Head Island: record cold and a very small boat

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  A screenshot taken of the Apple Weather App on my iPhone this morning.  I realize that it is cold in most of this country, but it is more ...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Hilton Head Island: a solution from GANNET

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  As regular readers know for decades my breakfast on land and sea has been ½ cup of uncooked oatmeal, ⅓ cup of trail mix, a scoop of Vital ...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Hilton Head Island: hurricanes; poems; Cape York

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As you may know so far this year no hurricanes have made landfall on the United States coast.  It could still happen but the season is almos...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Hilton Head Island: active; fall; a lock-in

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  A sunny windy day in the marsh welcomed after three days of solid low overcast.  The Spanish moss seems to be reaching out for me.   Carol...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

Hilton Head Island: Band-Aids; a good ad

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I had my third and hopefully for a while last chopping yesterday.  I am now officially a piece of Swiss Cheese held together by Band-Aids. B...