14 Jul. 10
How freaky is that? My dream was real and they did actually break into my house whilst I was dreaming about them doing it. Now if I can just dream who it was then I can direct the cops straight to them and solve the crime.
Anyway when we got back home Lola’s dad told me that they broke open the gate and then the alarm went off which must have scared them away. So the alarm paid for itself once again. Outdoor alarm systems are the future!
Yesterday Lola got a call from Lela, Rauen’s Grandmother, and she asked if we knew a lady by the name of Corinna. Now some time ago we had a boat at Bayshore Marina and I had mentioned in my blog about a guy named Jeff. His wife’s name was Corinna and her one grandson had invented a game called “Webs, Wands and Waterfalls” which Rauen had received for his birthday from Lela. Anyway it turns out that Corinna is actually Rauen’s Aunt, small world.
19 Jul. 10
Still waiting for the outcome of the last CCMA case that interrupted my holiday. Our next trip to the boat will be sometime in early August, on the first long weekend that comes along, and I can’t wait. It is funny how you can actually miss an object, a piece of fibreglass with some windows and sails. But it does happen, the longer I am away from the boat, the more I miss the boat.
Met a very interesting, and helpful guy called Barry, on a yacht called Tiana. He was busy moving his rudder aft as it was to far forwards and thus the boat was not easy to steer. He told me that he started sailing in Cape Town some time ago and had sailed around the world all the way to Richards bay. He was planning to sail in the forties back to Australia after the modification to Tiana. Barry was kind enough to leave his project and come down to our yacht to assist me with the sails and gave me some amazing advice. Thanks Barry, hope to see you in Aus when we get there.
20 Jul. 10
Today was an excursion to the licence department in order to change ownership of our car from the bank into our name. I’m not sure how other countries do it, but here in Africa when you finance a vehicle the bank retains ownership of said vehicle until you have paid it up. This wasn’t always the case, but I believe that too much fraud caused the change.
Always such an interesting experience dealing with government departments, I wonder if it is the same all over the world, or if our government employees are specially trained to be like this? It doesn’t seem to matter which government department you are dealing with, all the employees seem to have the same mannerisms. I would say attitude but it’s not really an attitude, more a none attitude.
Somehow government departments haven’t ever heard of bottlenecking, they always have one window that everybody has to go to, and many windows that are never used and don’t seem to have any purpose.
22 Jul. 10
Having another man PMS day for some or other reason and can’t seem to snap out of it. I’m not sure if it’s because of how I feel (I have again quit smoking) or what, but everybody, and his sister, wants to speak to me today and it’s just not what I’m in the mood for.
27 Jul. 10
Another week to wait before we can go down to Yrumoar, and its only Tuesday today with the rest of the week still ahead. The man pms seems to be gone for now at least. I’m finding it harder and harder to wait because we seem to be in a state of limbo again, waiting for money, always waiting for something. The CCMA case outcome finally arrived and it was good news for us, we won the case.
I was looking through the photos of our last trip and noticed that I have been replaced by an old guy. This phenomenon I thought was only reserved for the old guy that is always in my way when I am trying to see myself in the mirror. I have tried to move suddenly and look past him, but he seems to know my every move and anticipates the move before I manage to see myself. He appears to have now moved to my photos as well.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Lists of repairs
10 July 2010
We took them on a day sail out of the harbour and I had to fetch Lindie from the fore deck, where Warren had left her, because she started to panic and couldn’t get back to the cockpit. Rauen of course fell asleep during the journey and slept so soundly that he didn’t know we had left the harbour.
We started to look around the boat in order to know where everything is, the more I look the more I see, sounds pretty obvious really. Every time I open a bilge or look at a fitting or open a window I find more things that need to be fixed. The list of repairs is going to become so long that it may take three lifetimes to get the boat ready, so I decided that some of the repairs will have to be done on route, and only the most necessary will be done before we depart. Lola made a great list of all the “necessities”.
I had a dream last night that someone had broken into my house and when I woke up this morning I told Lola about my dream and then I noticed, on my cellphone, that during the night my house alarm had gone off numerous times, so who knows. Perhaps it is because tomorrow our holiday comes to an end and we have to go back and row with the other slaves, or do I have a mental telepathy bond with my house.
We took them on a day sail out of the harbour and I had to fetch Lindie from the fore deck, where Warren had left her, because she started to panic and couldn’t get back to the cockpit. Rauen of course fell asleep during the journey and slept so soundly that he didn’t know we had left the harbour.
The closest I've ever been to my sister!
We started to look around the boat in order to know where everything is, the more I look the more I see, sounds pretty obvious really. Every time I open a bilge or look at a fitting or open a window I find more things that need to be fixed. The list of repairs is going to become so long that it may take three lifetimes to get the boat ready, so I decided that some of the repairs will have to be done on route, and only the most necessary will be done before we depart. Lola made a great list of all the “necessities”.
I had a dream last night that someone had broken into my house and when I woke up this morning I told Lola about my dream and then I noticed, on my cellphone, that during the night my house alarm had gone off numerous times, so who knows. Perhaps it is because tomorrow our holiday comes to an end and we have to go back and row with the other slaves, or do I have a mental telepathy bond with my house.
Fishing fromt he boat
7 July 2010
Fortunately our next visitors Warren and Lindie were due to come down in three days time so we could survive until then. If we became desperate we could have taken a walk around to Tuzi Gazi waterfront and find most of what we needed. I then called Warren and asked him to go to my house and break in to get my spare car keys. He did manage, without getting arrested, and on the Wednesday afternoon we had keys again.
Warren and Lindie arrived at 2 pm after being on the road for about 12 hours. They must have taken the scenic route, or did they get lost? The subject was not discussed again but they did agree to allow us to write down some directions for them to follow on the way home. Then the fishing began. We have a cheap Pick & Pay fishing rod on board and the kids tried it out using all sorts of bait, but once we tried some left over steak from the braai and Keagan caught his very first fish, Warren suddenly became a man possessed by an evil spirit. He would not stop fishing until he caught a fish, and once he caught the first one he needed another, and then another. In the morning whilst we were still asleep I heard him casting the line. By the time we got up he had one in the broom bucket and another on the line. After we ran out of steak the fish stopped biting, the mealies and ribs did not have any success and slowly the wind went out of Warren’s sails.
Fortunately our next visitors Warren and Lindie were due to come down in three days time so we could survive until then. If we became desperate we could have taken a walk around to Tuzi Gazi waterfront and find most of what we needed. I then called Warren and asked him to go to my house and break in to get my spare car keys. He did manage, without getting arrested, and on the Wednesday afternoon we had keys again.
Warren and Lindie arrived at 2 pm after being on the road for about 12 hours. They must have taken the scenic route, or did they get lost? The subject was not discussed again but they did agree to allow us to write down some directions for them to follow on the way home. Then the fishing began. We have a cheap Pick & Pay fishing rod on board and the kids tried it out using all sorts of bait, but once we tried some left over steak from the braai and Keagan caught his very first fish, Warren suddenly became a man possessed by an evil spirit. He would not stop fishing until he caught a fish, and once he caught the first one he needed another, and then another. In the morning whilst we were still asleep I heard him casting the line. By the time we got up he had one in the broom bucket and another on the line. After we ran out of steak the fish stopped biting, the mealies and ribs did not have any success and slowly the wind went out of Warren’s sails.
Our First Boat visitors
6 July 2010
Quite some time has passed since the last time I’ve written, not that I have been too busy because I haven’t, but my routine has been turned upside down this month. Firstly the Fifa soccer world cup is busy being played here in South Africa, therefore the normal school holidays were changed to suit the soccer. This worked perfectly into my favour and we decided to take a really long holiday on the boat. However because we have just bought the boat we had lots of visitors down to come and see and give their individual stamp of approval so to say. Our first visitors, Jason, Tammy, and kids arrived the day after we got here, so little had been done before they arrived. First we took them out into the harbour and then I asked if they wanted to do a harbour tour or go into the ocean for a sail.
The answer was obvious and I believe that both Tammy and Jason are now sold on sailing and are possibly going to see us on occasion somewhere around the globe once we manage to get going, if not sell up everything they own and buy their own boat. The evening was ended with a braai at the club house and after twisting Jason’s arm for about a micro second they decided that they would sleep over on the boat and head back to there holiday destination of St Lucia in the morning.
The morning came with the obvious bad luck and headache that always follows an evening of over indulgence. I believe that it is the Lord’s way of trying to make me behave with dignity instead, but I am sadly a very slow learner and seem to make the same mistakes all the time. So whilst attempting to climb off the boat I felt something slip out of my hands and watched in absolute horror as my car keys slowly sank into the depths. Jason attempted a dive rescue but after a few attempts came up empty handed. So now we were stranded without road transport.
Quite some time has passed since the last time I’ve written, not that I have been too busy because I haven’t, but my routine has been turned upside down this month. Firstly the Fifa soccer world cup is busy being played here in South Africa, therefore the normal school holidays were changed to suit the soccer. This worked perfectly into my favour and we decided to take a really long holiday on the boat. However because we have just bought the boat we had lots of visitors down to come and see and give their individual stamp of approval so to say. Our first visitors, Jason, Tammy, and kids arrived the day after we got here, so little had been done before they arrived. First we took them out into the harbour and then I asked if they wanted to do a harbour tour or go into the ocean for a sail.
The answer was obvious and I believe that both Tammy and Jason are now sold on sailing and are possibly going to see us on occasion somewhere around the globe once we manage to get going, if not sell up everything they own and buy their own boat. The evening was ended with a braai at the club house and after twisting Jason’s arm for about a micro second they decided that they would sleep over on the boat and head back to there holiday destination of St Lucia in the morning.
The morning came with the obvious bad luck and headache that always follows an evening of over indulgence. I believe that it is the Lord’s way of trying to make me behave with dignity instead, but I am sadly a very slow learner and seem to make the same mistakes all the time. So whilst attempting to climb off the boat I felt something slip out of my hands and watched in absolute horror as my car keys slowly sank into the depths. Jason attempted a dive rescue but after a few attempts came up empty handed. So now we were stranded without road transport.
Cruising Kitty
1 June 2010
The question of how we expect to afford this trip comes up all the time. Well, we have some properties that we will rent out. This will hopefully provide some of the income required. We also have some Google ads on the website, if someone goes to the website and clicks on the ads we earn a few cents, this will hopefully provide some small income as well. Then we have joined some affiliate programmes that sell products and e-products, and hopefully somebody buys some of these products as another source of income. None of these mentioned above have brought in any money yet, except for the properties, but these are not fully paid up yet, so hopefully they will bring in something once we get going. If not, well there is always fishing for food and growing veggies on the boat as an alternative. I am not sure if the alternative will work at all as even now being at home with lots of fertile soil around me in my yard, I haven’t been able to grow anything substantial or edible!
The question of how we expect to afford this trip comes up all the time. Well, we have some properties that we will rent out. This will hopefully provide some of the income required. We also have some Google ads on the website, if someone goes to the website and clicks on the ads we earn a few cents, this will hopefully provide some small income as well. Then we have joined some affiliate programmes that sell products and e-products, and hopefully somebody buys some of these products as another source of income. None of these mentioned above have brought in any money yet, except for the properties, but these are not fully paid up yet, so hopefully they will bring in something once we get going. If not, well there is always fishing for food and growing veggies on the boat as an alternative. I am not sure if the alternative will work at all as even now being at home with lots of fertile soil around me in my yard, I haven’t been able to grow anything substantial or edible!
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