Saturday September 3, 2011

Port Orchard Yacht Club Labor Day Weekend Cruise This weekend is the official Hobo Cruise for our Yacht Club. We cruised into our destination around noon on Friday, just around the corner at the Bremerton Yacht Club. WOW... what a beautiful club and marina they have! The docks are both open and covered, boat houses line the wide and well lighted docks. The club house has a large meeting rooms as well as a big common area where we enjoyed a great breakfast this morning. The kitchen is set up to feed an army! They also have a very nice little park and a a Hugh pavilion that also boasts a full kitchen on one end and a gas fireplace on the other... FANCY... We were supposed to have one oar dingy races today but after that big breakfast I think everyone just wants to take a nap to kick back and just visit. Tonight we are BBQing burgers in the pavilion. I have to work on my Hobo costume. Tomorrow night they crown the King and Queen Hobo and of course I plan on winning. LOL

Thursday September 1, 2011

I have discovered that I actually have a following... well sorta.. I am so excited. I mean I knew that a few friends and weird relatives followed my Blog.. (Thanks Janie for ALWAYS posting a comment to let me know SOMEONE is listening)... But I recently found out that people actually look forward to my daily blurbs about weather and tidal shift and ducks and geese. So I am once again spurred on to try my best to post a bit more often and not neglect my blog..... I finished the canvas covers for the front windshield and side windows. I sewed them and Ben put in the snaps. There are a few things I would have done different, better... but all in all they turned out great. The labor was free, the material was about $60 not bad. They sure keep the sun from burning in all day long. It keeps the boat so much cooler. Next step is the side windows and lower bedroom windows.

Wednesday August 31, 2011

The Bimini is on!!! I LOVE it. Day by day... piece by piece... the boat IS coming together. Although it has truly been a struggle :-( at times. When we ordered the new canvas top for the back deck, because of the SIZE we had to get a Bimini made for a Pontoon boat ... aka Party Barge. Little did we know that the rails on a Pontoon boat are Square tube rails while our boat has Round tube rails....... Hmmmmm... Thankfully... my hubby was able to make square pegs fit into round holes and it looks AWESOME! Thanks Baby...  :-)  I even decided to take on sewing the canvas covers for the front windows. After finding the perfect material and thread I spent days cutting and planning.... Unfortunately my sewing machine had other ideas and decided it did NOT want to sew through the heave canvas... So today I am going to hit up one of my neighbors here at the marina who has a heavy duty machine. Maybe if I offer cookies???  We have fun plans for Labor Day. The Yacht Club is cruising out for a Hobo weekend. Meeting up Friday at noon here in Bremerton, then its off for a weekend of One Oar Dingy races, Dingy parades and even a  Derelict Fashion Show.... Mimosa, BBQ, Games and Prizes.. sounds like so much fun!!!! I gotta get those front curtains done! LOL. AND I have to hit up Goodwill today so I can get started on my Hobo costume for the fashion show.... You KNOW I'm gonna walk down THAT runway... LOL