To see as much of the world as we can,
Using the smallest carbon footprint we can,
Spending the least amount of money we can,
Making as many friends we can.

Team Red Cruising

  • The To-Do List

    How do you keep your to-do list?

    Paper? iOS Reminders app? A spreadsheet?

    What's on it? Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul? Anything else?

    I've been using Toodledo for years. Well over 10 years now. It has an iOS app as well as a web app. It has a kajillion features with folders …


  • Bladder Emptying and Hand-Washing

    A Bladder Cleanser sounds like a special cranberry juice drink. But really, the job isn't over until the hand-washing afterwords.

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    Yes this is a picture of soapy water in the galley sink.

    We put a little dish soap in the tank. Ran in some water. And …


  • Bladder Test

    It sounds so medical. It's not. It's technical.

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    Here's some parts.

    This immensely complex T-fitting with appropriate hose barbs all around.

    It's wonderfully Byzantine.

    The deck filler has a bushing to narrow it from the default 1½″ to 1″. This is actually good because the tiny …


  • The Old Bronze God

    This was what we use to help fill the water bladder in the dinghy. It must weigh well over a pound. Solid bronze (mostly) with a shiny brass part.

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    There's a pair of bushings at the bottom to reduce a 1¼″ threaded pipe down to ¾ …


  • New Start

    Today involves a bunch of new things.

    • A new year in the blog. Things are rearranged and reorganized.

    • No more day jobs for either of us. We're fully retired.

    • We started bending on sails now that winter has passed us by.

    • I finished fixing the outboard bracket. This involved a …


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