s/v Monomoy's blog

Sept 24-26, 2010 made the 4th weekend in a row that we were able to get out of the slip. There was a really good chance of rain for the weekend, but it didn’t stop us from setting sail. Friday evening we set sail as soon as Carol got to the boat after work. The [...]

Three weekends in a row we’ve made it out of the slip to enjoy beautiful Pensacola water! Once again we departed Friday evening when Carol made it to the boat after work and sailed to Ft. McRee. Welcome aboard. Upon anchoring, Blake decided to take a rest on the bow. We were being watched. Ben, [...]

No pictures, but we replaced the steering cable, chain, and sheaves. The cable was showing signs of wear and the sheaves had seen better days. Also, when replacing the clutch and throttle cables recently, it was discovered that the plastic clip holding the cables in the pedestal was cracked through. We had ordered a new [...]

We had a fantastic weekend that started Friday evening when Carol got off work. Carol picked up a pizza on her way to the boat and we set sail as soon as she arrived. We sailed over to Ft. McRee with s/v Great Escape not far behind us. Pogo was anticipating our arrival to the [...]

What a fantastic weekend! Friday, Sept 3… It was Blake’s 8th birthday, so that evening started with a little cake and some quiet family time on Monomoy. Saturday, Ben took our dock neighbor Jim and Carol’s brother David for a sail on Saturday, while Carol and Blake went to setup for the evening double birthday [...]