–Captain Cat (transcribed by the Can Opener)
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Cruising Kitty’s New Year’s Resolutions 2013
–Captain Cat (transcribed by the Can Opener)
The Cruising Kitty’s Sailing Events List 2013
The Cruising Kitty’s Sailing Events List 2013
Here’s a list of the sailing and cruising events the Can Opener and I participated in in 2013:
Highlights
- yacht delivery …
- Red Tabby Cruising Regatta…
- team racing with the Red Tabby Yacht Club
- Cowes Week
- Junior Offshore Group racing
- passages with Cap’n André on Un Tigre Beau
- lectures at the Cruising Association
- RYA courses
Total number of events:
- exams/courses:
- cruising lectures:
- cruising and sailing celebrations:
- books read:
- different boats sailed on:
- deliveries:
- days team racing:
- days on delivery:
- days fleet racing:
- passage days:
Total days on the water:
Sea miles gained this year:
Why count up where we’ve been? You gotta know where you‘ve been to know where you’re going. At least, we figure it can’t hurt. And it feels good too.
Next up: I’ve got the Can Opener working on our Cruising Resolutions for 2014.
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
The Cruising Kitty’s Lecture List for 2013
The Cruising Kitty’s Lecture List for 2013
Here’s the complete list of the cruising lectures the First Mate and I attended in 2013:
- London Boat Show: Diesel Engine Maintenance
- London Boat Show: Autopilots
- London Boat Show: Boat Prep and Pre-Rally Checks
- London Boat Show: Marine Insurance
- Cruising Association: Auxiliary Systems
Huh. It didn’t seem like so much at the time, but when you write it all down… it adds up nicely!
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
Cruising Kitty’s Year in Review 2013
–Captain Cat (transcribed by the Can Opener)
Merry Christmas 2013!
Merry Christmas!
from
The Cruising Kitty
(& the Can Opener)
A Year In Pictures 2013
–Captain Cat (transcribed by the Can Opener)
The Cruising Kitty’s Reading List for 2013
The Cruising Kitty’s Reading List for 2013
Here’s what the Captain snoozed on during 2013
(and that were subsequently assigned to and read by the Can Opener too):
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- Around Alone, By Emma Richards
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- Marine Diesel Engines, by Nigel Calder
- The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, by Jim Trefethen
- The Nature of Boats: Insights and Esoterica for the Nautically Obsessed, by Dave Gerr
- The Voyager’s Handbook, by Beth Leonard
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
Something Magical
New Year’s Eve…
There’s something in the air that keeps telling us that 2013 is going to be a busy – and we hope a very productive – year.
Some little frisson of magic that‘s making our fur stand ever so slightly on end.
We’re going to do our darnedest to make it that way anyway!
Best wishes to all and to all a very
Happy New Year!
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
Cruising Kitty’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2012
New Year’s Resolutions for the Can Opener
- 100 days on the water in 2013!
- finish researching yacht designs on the short list
- start actively viewing potential yachts
- study Spanish 5 min/d (down from last year’s goal of 15min/d – which did not work out at all)
- keep on going to the gym4x/wk
This year, we’re going with the theory that doing a few things well is a better strategy than aiming for a giant impossible list.
New Year’s Resolutions for Captain Cat?
Mmph? Naaaaaaaaah.
(Audible, agitated, but indecipherable commentary from the Can Opener off stage…)
Okay, okay. Here we go:
- Be EVEN nicer to the Can Opener if that’s possible (further indecipherable commentary from the Can Opener off stage)…….. Apparantly, this is possible.
- Share my Jackie Chan and Cameron Diaz DVD collections more often (Why? See #1 above.)
(…Indecipherable commentary becomes less agitated.)
Well. I suppose that’ll be exhausting enough for one year... Must find my silk cushion now to recover upon.
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
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