Wednesday, October 28, 2009


Spent the weekend drifting to different spots around Vermilion Bay. It's lovely being anchored in the middle of nowhere (well, the scenic oil rigs-) with nothing to do but cook and read. The phones and web stopped working promptly, so we couldn't get anything done- very relaxing. And the swimming off the boat is great- we have belatedly discovered wetsuits. The water's still above 70- not exactly a brave gesture, but fun.

Now we're back in New Iberia getting the engine looked at- it's spewing oil, which doesn't seem to be a good thing. A chance to eat lettuce and see movies: Chris Rock's "Good Hair" was a lot of fun- highly recommended for old white folks.

Thursday, October 22, 2009


We just dropped anchor in Weeks Bay- it's so rainy we thought we'd hang out here instead of in town, and just play with the boat. Lorenzo has devised a new anchoring system that seems to be working out. The cats have forgiven us for making all that unseemly noise with the engine. Still not sure what to do when other boats come directly at us- but so far we've managed to get out of the way.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

our new following


We're returning from Weeks Bay here, and attracting a crowd. Just a short voyage- enough to use the electronics, and practice not hitting other boats. Lucky it was such a grey day- not many people out there. Just a few fishermen.

Muz, this is what the inside of the boat looks like: not ready for photographers. Or seas over 2 feet . . .



Friday, October 9, 2009

FINI

We did it. The Eileen Farrell is ready to go. John put in his last day and we're loading up our stuff.
Now we have to figure how to steer this puppy and make it go where we want, so we're heading out to the Vermillion Bay to run around in circles for awhile. Still have a few odds and ends to pick up and provisions to stock up on.

Had lunch with some cruisers yesterday in order to pick their minds with a thousand questions and they pretty much came to conclusion we were nuts, but then we knew that.